The Spirit of the Liturgy, by Pope Benedict XVI, Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Ignatius Press, 2000. Reviewed by Rey Dalisay. What is the liturgy? What happens during the liturgy? What kind of reality do we encounter there? So begins Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger’s book The…
A response to an editorial in the Pacific Daily News, August 15, 2014: Community needs to have frank and honest discussion on suicide Thank you, Pacific Daily News, for bringing up the topic in the wake of Robin Williams’s death…
My copy of the “Hartford Catholic Worker” arrived in the mail a few days ago, and its arrival reminded me of my time volunteering at a Catholic Worker community on Cass Avenue in St. Louis during my senior year of…
Pope Leo and the Neocatechumenal Way Pope Leo XIV’s address to the leaders of the Neocatechumenal Way, Monday, January 19, 2026. Cult or Sect? The Initial Phase of Catechesis Sacramental Issues The Scrutinies The Traditio Symboli stage Rene Girard and…
I’ve had a sneaking suspicion for many years that it was all about me, but I never was sure. Then I saw this sign: You see, it’s the silly season here on Guam, i.e. the election campaign season, and both…
Jesus and the Jewish Roots of the Eucharist, by Brant Pitre, Doubleday, New York, 2011. 202 pages. Nihil Obstat, Impramatur, with a foreword by Scott Hahn and amply footnoted. “The message of Jesus is completely misunderstood if it is…
On Wednesday, June 11, 2014, Pope Francis concluded a series of talks he began in early April at his Wednesday General Audiences on the Seven Gifts of the Holy Spirit. While the Holy Spirit is certainly not limited to gracing…
Here’s a true story of a brave Chamorro man, Luis Baza, who successfully challenged a cruel and corrupt Spanish governor in court and won. The governor, Francisco Moscoso y Lara, was fined and banished from the Mariana islands forever. Baza’s story,…