Pope Francis at 10 Years
There are numerous articles written about Pope Francis from different perspectives on the 10th anniversary of his pontific. He certainly is different from his immediate predecessors, Benedict XVI and Saint John Paul II. Some complain that he does not lay down the law, I’m exaggerating, when people go off the rails. Others rejoice when he […]
Reflections on The Church in the World
The Church of my youth had a clarity that served Catholics in a way that is not present today. In the 1950s Catholics knew who they were and what was expected of them in order to be recognized as active and practicing Catholics. To be a Catholic in the 1950s was to be set apart […]
Musings About Being Catholic
I have been a Catholic all my life. I was baptized as an infant, went to Catholic grammar school as a child, raised in a devout Catholic family of seven children, and attended Catholic High School, all in Southern California. Most evenings, all of us children would say the Rosary with our parents, kneeling in […]