As far as I can tell in our day and age, only church councils and papal transitions can attract the kind of global attention for the Catholic Church that is both honest and positive.  While working in Rome in February and March of 2013, I was struck by this reality and by how the intrigue ...read more

Returning home after World Youth Day Rio 2013 there were several things I didn’t miss: the long walk from our accommodations to the media centre because traffic was closed, the language barrier, and the weather that fluctuated between hot beach weather, and damp, winter rain. One thing I discovered I really do miss the incredible ...read more

Pilgrims have returned home, Copacabana Beach has been cleaned and Rio de Janeiro has returned to business as usual, but in the hearts of everyone something has changed. Something has to have changed. This has been my fourth international World Youth Day and every time, something changes. Perhaps it’s an insight, perhaps an emotion or ...read more

Post-Communion Remarks of Most Rev. Mieczyslaw Mokrzycki, Archbishop of Lviv, Ukraine at the 131st Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus in San Antonio, Texas, August 8, 2013 I am very pleased that John Paul II is present with us in this sacred relic. During his pontificate, Blessed John Paul II had a strong relationship ...read more

Homily of Most. Rev. William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore and Supreme Chaplain of the Knights of Columbus on the occasion of the Annual Memorial Mass for deceased Knights at the 131st Supreme Convention in San Antonio, Texas, August 8, 2013 I. Introduction – Our Eyes Have Not Seen A. Each year at our Supreme ...read more

Associate Editors of The Jesuit Post Sam Sawyer, SJ (left) and Eric Sundrup, SJ (middle) have teamed up with Salt and Light’s Sebastian Gomes (right) to create a new podcast that puts the Catholic faith in dialogue with modern culture.  The objective: to discuss serious issues affecting the church and the world… without taking themselves ...read more

At the 131st Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus, Most. Rev. Gerard Cyprien Lacroix, Archbishop of Quebec and Primate of Canada, inaugurated the Marian Prayer Program in honour of Our Lady of the Immaculate Conception of the Basilica Cathedral of Notre-­Dame de Quebec. Below are his remarks presenting the Prayer Program, August 7, 2013 Bonjour ...read more

Tonight in San Antonio, Texas at the 131st Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus, Cardinal Sean O’Malley of Boston gave the following keynote to the over two thousand Knights, their wives, bishops, cardinals, and priests gathered for the States Dinner. The New Evangelization in the Pontificate of Pope Francis Keynote Address of His Eminence Seán ...read more

Remarks of Most Rev. Richard Smith, Archbishop of Edmonton and President of the Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops at the States Dinner of the 131st Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus in San Antonio, Texas, August 6, 2013 Your Eminences and Excellencies, Supreme Knight Carl Anderson, Dorian, Brother Knights, Ladies and Gentlemen, I am ...read more

Remarks of Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, Archbishop of New York and President of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, at the States Dinner of the 131st Supreme Convention of the Knights of Columbus. Our Supreme convention has special significance as we assemble during this Year of Faith, convoked by our former Holy Father, Pope ...read more