Pope Archives

It’s time for Jubilee!

by Joannie Watson | Dec 27, 2024 | Between the Sundays, Living | 0 |

“Seven hundred and twenty-five years later, the hallmark of the Jubilee Year 2025 is the...

The Temptation When Feeling Shepherd-less

by Joannie Watson | Jul 16, 2021 | Between the Sundays, Living | 0 |

“Do not let your anger and your wounds become uncharity.” Feeling Shepherd-less A few years ago, probably after something surfaced with the McCarrick scandal, I distinctly remember a moment in prayer when struggling...

Our Responsibility as the Flock

by Joannie Watson | Feb 22, 2019 | Between the Sundays, Living | 0 |

Today we celebrate the feast of the Chair of St. Peter. The Gospel for the feast is Matthew’s...

Pope St. Martin, Martyr for the Truth

by Joannie Watson | Apr 13, 2018 | Between the Sundays, Regular Feature | 0 |

Today is the feast of Pope St. Martin I, the last Pope to be venerated as a martyr in the Catholic...

I will give you shepherds

by Joannie Watson | Dec 1, 2017 | Between the Sundays, Regular Feature | 0 |

My diocese was given a unique Thanksgiving present this year by Pope Francis. After our bishop died in June, we entered that uncertain time of vacancy in the diocese, that time of transition while waiting for a new bishop. We...

Peter, the Rock

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. | Sep 2, 2017 | Sundays | 0 |

No sooner does Jesus praise Peter’s confession at Caesarea Philippi and dub him “the Rock” than he...

Peter, the Pope and the Keys

by Marcellino D'Ambrosio, Ph.D. | Aug 26, 2017 | Sundays | 0 |

When we think about the Pope, we often think of the Vatican. But the roots of the Papacy are in the Old Testament as well as in the Gospel story of Jesus changing Simon’s name to Peter and giving him the keys of the Kingdom of...

The Mormon Fallacy

by Mike Carlton | Jun 27, 2017 | Spotlight | 0 |

It was a beautiful spring day in Dublin Ireland. I was finished with my work meeting and decided to walk through the park near my hotel. The park was crowded with people, sitting on the grass, playing catch near a pond, reading...