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San Clemente
San Clemente, today’s station church, is one of the greatest places to experience Rome’s many layers. Here, a twelfth century…
Yearly Archives: 2011
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S. Maria in Domnica
Perhaps better known by it’s nickname, Santa Maria della Navicella, today’s station church is Santa Maria in Domnica. In the ninth century,…
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Lenten Transfiguration
Imagine: you are ten years past customary retirement age. It’s time finally to kick back and relax. You live in…
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S. Pietro in Vaticano
Yesterday we visited the church of Santi Apostoli. This is the church where candidates for the priesthood would go on Ember…
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The Altar and the Confessional: A Pastoral Letter on the Sacrament of Penance
My dear friends in Christ: On this Feast of Saint Patrick, I wish the entire Archdiocese of New York an…
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Poem: “An Ancient Kingdom”
An Ancient Kingdom Along the shore of Honshu I saw six mounds Where ancient kings were buried They are taboo…
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Ugly Girls
For the second time in a week I have run into the ugliest girls I ever met. I’m not being…
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European Court Upholds Crucifixes in Government Schools
[Friday] the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, France, ruled that Italy has not violated…
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Failing to Protect Our Own in America’s Nursing Homes
“Our society must make it right and possible for old people not to fear the young or be deserted by…
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The JP2 Generation Tells Its Story: Part Two, Stephanie Muhs
Presented in cooperation with Greg Schlueter and JP2Journey.com: The JP2 Generation Tells Its Story, remembering World Youth Day 2002 and…