“Is Our Ministry About Us, Or Him? Is It About Us, Or the People?”

Whispers in the Loggia – March 28, 2013 Even if most of them took place earlier in the week, this Holy Thursday morning is the traditional time-slot for the annual “family reunion” of every local church: the Chrism Mass. Along those lines, from our family to yours, here’s fullvid of the off-cuff homily given just [...]

Archbishop Chaput Says Year of Faith Holds Solution to Relativism

Catholic News Agency – By Michelle Bauman – November 19, 2012 Baltimore, Md., Nov 19, 2012 / (CNA/EWTN News) – The current Year of Faith is an opportunity to counter the cultural relativism that plagues modern society and that has led many in the Church to deny Catholic teaching on important topics, said Archbishop Charles [...]

Public Witness and Catholic Citizenship

Catholic Philly – By Archbishop Charles J. Chaput – October 18, 2012 Public witness on issues of public concern is natural for Catholics because we have a commitment to the common good and to the dignity of each human person. Those two pillars — the common good and the dignity of every human person — [...]

Archbishop Chaput: Catholics Responsible for Evangelizing US

Catholic News Agency – By Kevin J. Jones – September 18, 2012 Los Angeles, Calif., Sep 18, 2012 / (CNA/EWTN News) – Archbishop Charles J. Chaput told the Los Angeles Catholic Prayer Breakfast Sept. 18 that Catholics must take responsibility for the evangelization of the country, and pursue this goal through humility and spiritual discipline. [...]

Government Cannot Take Away True Freedom, Archbishop Chaput Teaches

Catholic News Agency – By Benjamin Mann – July 4, 2012 Washington D.C., Jul 4, 2012 / (CNA/EWTN News) – Government cannot give or take away the ultimate freedom found in obedience to God, Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said at the closing Mass of the U.S. bishops’ “Fortnight for Freedom.” “True freedom knows no [...]

Remembering Who We Are As Catholics and Americans

Seek First the Kingdom – Cardinal Donald Wuerl – July 4, 2012 Today, Catholics from all backgrounds and all walks of life gathered at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington, D.C., for the closing Mass of the Fortnight for Freedom. I had the privilege of celebrating that Mass, and [...]

Pope Says Pallium Is Sign of Tie to Heaven and Earth, Christ and Pope

Catholic News Service – By Carol Glatz – June 29, 2012 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — After placing a woolen band around the shoulders of 44 new archbishops as they knelt before him, Pope Benedict XVI told them it was a reminder of their ties to heaven and earth and of their loyalty to Christ and [...]

Defense of Church Requires Revival of Faith, Archbishop Chaput says

Catholic News Agency – By Benjamin Mann – June 21, 2012 Indianapolis, Ind., Jun 21, 2012 / (CNA/EWTN News) – While defending their freedom in public life, Catholics must also renew the Church spiritually, starting in their own lives, Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput said in a June 20 address to journalists. “Politics and the [...]

Joy Overcomes Denver’s Future Archbishop

Catholic News Agency – By Marianne Medlin – May 29, 2012 Denver, Colo., May 29, 2012 / (CNA/EWTN News) – As Archbishop-designate Samuel J. Aquila of Fargo, N.D. assumes his role as Denver’s new shepherd, the former Coloradan brings with him a love for the priesthood, a passion for pro-life advocacy and a heart for [...]

Archbishop Chaput Challenges Catholic Educators to ‘Convert the Culture’

Catholic News Agency – By Benjamin Mann – November 11, 2011 Worcester, Mass., Nov 11, 2011 (CNA/EWTN News) – Philadelphia Archbishop Charles J. Chaput encouraged Catholic universities to rediscover the Church’s intellectual tradition and use it to shape society’s future. “Catholic higher education is heir to the greatest intellectual, moral and cultural patrimony in human [...]

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