Big Apple Bishop

November 29-December 5, 2009 Issue

Archbishop Timothy Dolan couldn’t keep it to himself anymore.

Half a year into his tenure as archbishop of New York, he was bothered by widespread anti-Catholicism in the media. So he wrote a column about it and offered it to The New York Times. Most of the examples he cited were found in... READ MORE

Friar Pluck

BY Celeste Behe

November 22-28, 2009 Issue

Father Benedict Groeschel has spent a lifetime evangelizing, preaching, teaching, writing books and reforming religious life.

Recently celebrating 50 years as a priest, the Franciscan Friar of the Renewal shows little sign of slowing down, in spite of a serious car accident several years ago and a... READ MORE

Spaghetti Westerns and Faith

BY EDWARD PENTIN

November 15-21, 2009 Issue

Ennio Morricone is considered by many to be one of Hollywood’s finest film score composers.

In a career spanning nearly 50 years, he has written around 450 unique, stirring and atmospheric soundtracks for some of the world’s most memorable films. They include the Clint Eastwood spaghetti... READ MORE

Fighting the Good Fight

BY Joseph Pronechen

November 8-14, 2009 Issue

Father Peter Uhde has a unique mission.

As U.S. Army Capt. Uhde, he is not only a priest chaplain — he also works as a recruiter trying to convince priests and seminarians to become military chaplains.

Ordained in 1981 for the Archdiocese of Newark, N.J., Father Uhde was sent to the University... READ MORE

Son of a Saint Marvels at His Mother’s Continuing Love

BY Edward Pentin

November 1-7, 2009 Issue

Pierluigi Molla was only 5 when his mother died. But he had absorbed enough of her saintly character to make a mark on his life.

Canonized in 2004, St. Gianna Beretta Molla refused to have an abortion and gave her life instead to save that of her fourth child, Gianna Emanuela. Her heroic example... READ MORE

Coaching, On and Off the Field

BY Trent Beattie

October 25-31, 2009 Issue

Paul Mainieri knows all about the World Series — the College World Series, that is.

In June of this year, the Louisiana State University head baseball coach guided his team to its first NCAA title since 2000, with a decisive 11-4 victory over the Texas Longhorns. Mainieri’s LSU Tigers started... READ MORE

A Message for October and Beyond

October 18-24, 2009 Issue

Deacon Bob Ellis knows the Fatima story well. He is the national coordinator of the World Apostolate of Fatima in the United States.

Oct. 13 marked the 92nd anniversary of the so-called “miracle of the sun,” when the sun danced in the sky above the small village of Fatima, Portugal, with... READ MORE

Growth in Self-Giving

BY Robert Kumpel

October 11-17, 2009 Issue

Dr. Rick Fitzgibbons has practiced psychiatry for more than 30 years. As director of the Institute for Marital Healing near Philadelphia, Fitzgibbons specializes in helping married couples heal their relationships.

His work extends beyond marital problems, however; he helps priests,... READ MORE

View From the House

BY Joan Frawley Desmond

Bart Stupak Fights Abortion Mandates In Health-Care Reform Bills

October 4-10, 2009 Issue

Rep. Bart Stupak warns that if language restricting abortion funding is not included in healthcare reform legislation, it will be very difficult to reverse the situation in the future.

Stupak, 57, is a Catholic and a pro-life Democrat. Elected in 1992 to serve Michigan’s First District... READ MORE

One Brave Doctor

BY Tim Drake

September 27-October 3, 2009 Issue

Dr. Mary Martin is on the front lines of the nation’s health-care fight.

She’s one of tens of thousands of physicians whose practices — and lives — could be forever changed, depending on what kind of health-care reform comes out of Washington.

For Catholic physicians like Martin, the life... READ MORE

Speaking for a Catholic Civilization

BY Tim Drake

September 20-26, 2009 Issue

Newt Gingrich, former speaker of the House of Representatives, was received into the Catholic Church on March 30 at St. Joseph’s Church in Washington.

It was his experience of being with Pope Benedict XVI in Washington last spring that led to his final decision to become Catholic.

Gingrich... READ MORE

Cardinal Zen on China and Christianity

BY Simon Roughneen

September 6-12, 2009 Issue

Cardinal Joseph Zen is sometimes called “the new conscience of Hong Kong.”

That’s due to his outspoken defense of religious freedom and political rights.

He has often been the target of criticism from state media in mainland China, and he was banned from entering China from 1998-2004.

For... READ MORE

How Should We Die?

BY Joel Davidson

Medical Ethicist Says End of Life Can Be Full of Graces

August 23-September 5, 2009 Issue

Father Tad Pacholczyk serves as director of education for the National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia.

Father Pacholczyk (pronounced pa-HOLE-check) was ordained a priest for the Diocese of Falls River, Mass., in 1999. After earning a Ph.D. in neuroscience from Yale, he did... READ MORE

Engaging the Same-Sex Attracted

BY Barb Ernster

August 9-22, 2009 Issue

John Heard has written about sex, religion and politics from the perspective of a same-sex attracted man faithful to the teaching authority of the Catholic Church.

The Australian Catholic received tens of thousands of e-mails, and his writing (available on his blog Dreadnought at... READ MORE

Apostle to the ‘Idiots’

BY Jesuit Father Matthew Gamber

Catechism Author Learns by Teaching

July 26-August 8, 2009 Issue

Mary DeTurris Poust, author of The Complete Idiot’s Guide to the Catholic Catechism, is an award-winning columnist, journalist and author whose work has appeared in both Catholic and secular magazines and newspapers. 

She is also the author of Parenting a Grieving Child: Helping Children Find... READ MORE

The Pope and the President

BY Edward Pentin

July 12-25, 2009 Issue

Carl Anderson heads one of the largest lay Catholic organizations in the world.

Anderson is supreme knight of the 1.75 million-member Knights of Columbus. He was also once a personal assistant to President Ronald Reagan and is a consultor to the Pontifical Academy for Life and the Pontifical... READ MORE

'Passion' Producer’s Islam Film

BY Patrick Novecosky

June 28-July 11, 2009 Issue

Steve McEveety is no stranger to controversy. The veteran producer of films like Bella, Braveheart and We Were Soldiers has worked with some of the biggest names in Hollywood. But he’s also taken heat for projects like The Passion of the Christ, which some groups charged as being anti-Semitic... READ MORE

Doctor of Mercy

BY Nona Aguilar

June 21-27, 2009 Issue

Dr. John Bruchalski would rather close the doors to his medical practice than violate his conscience.

That’s what he said in a recent interview as the Obama administration was considering rescinding a Bush administration rule on protecting the consciences of physicians who refuse to perform... READ MORE

A Priest, a Confession, a Court

BY Nicole Callahan

Sacrament on Trial After Secret Taping

June 14-20, 2009 Issue

Father Timothy Mockaitis knows full well that hearing confessions is one of the most important things about being a priest.

This week begins the Year of the Priest, 150 years after the death of St. John Vianney, who was known to spend hours on end in the confessional.

But the seal of the... READ MORE

California's Marriage Lessons

BY Sue Ellin Browder

Behind the Scenes on Proposition 8

June 7-13, 2009 Issue

The California Supreme Court May 26 upheld Proposition 8, the ban on same-sex “marriage” passed by the state’s voters in November.

Proposition 8 amended the state Constitution to define marriage as between one man and one woman. The high court allowed the 18,000 or so same-sex “marriages”... READ MORE

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