An Urgent Message from Fr. Owen Kearns LC, Publisher

Politics Returns

BY Father Owen Kearns, LC

May 11-17, 2008 Issue

One nice thing about the Pope’s visit to the United States was that the excessive coverage of politics slowed down for a little while. But now the Pope is back in Rome, and politics has returned even to headlines — and the front pages of the Register.

This week, Charlie Spiering reports from... READ MORE

Letters 05.04.2008

May 4-10, 2008 Issue

In response to the letter from Sister Simone Campbell, “Serious Questions” (April 6) regarding her apparent opposition to John McCain, I would agree that Catholics should not be single-issue voters.

First of all, I thank you for the generosity of acting on the gift of your... READ MORE

Benedict’s Own Five Issues

BY The Editors

May 4-10, 2008 Issue

Before Pope Benedict XVI visited the United States, we identified five key issues in his pontificate that we should watch for. The list was a good guess — but the man we once called the “Pope of Surprises” didn’t stick to our script.

With the benefit of a little hindsight, here is a... READ MORE

The Afterglow

BY Father Owen Kearns, LC

May 4-10, 2008 Issue

Now that the Holy Father has returned to Rome, we return to our regular coverage of the news. But we return transformed, we hope.

In many ways, we’re still basking in the glow of Pope Benedict XVI’s visit. He said and did so much while he was here that we will need time to take it all in and... READ MORE

Letters 04.27.2008

April 27-May 3, 2008 Issue

Your recent article, “Hijacked?” (3/2-8/2008 issue), makes spurious and fallacious allegations about the 800-SUICIDE hotline, misrepresenting facts that are readily available to the public. 

First, the notion that callers to this number are routed to the Mental Health... READ MORE

The World Meets Benedict

BY The Editors

April 27-May 3, 2008 Issue

Months ago, when we planned to go all out for the U.S. papal visit and World Youth Day, we dubbed our coverage “The World Meets Benedict.” But before long, that started to seem a little presumptuous. After all, the Pope himself dubbed his visit “Christ Our Hope.”

As we launched... READ MORE

The Coverage Continues

BY Father Owen Kearns, LC

April 27-May 3, 2008 Issue

What a glorious week it was!

Everyone has his own story of the events. I was blessed to be able to travel to Washington, D.C., for the National Prayer Breakfast, and to New York to join the young people and the seminarians at the “happening” with Benedict and to distribute Communion at Yankee... READ MORE

Letters 04.20.2008

April 20-26, 2008 Issue

Regarding “Easter Identity Crisis” (March 30):

In the section headed “Hiring Targets,” it says it is now difficult to achieve a 50% Catholic hiring goal for professors at the university. It is Father Jenkins’ policy to permit these performances at Notre Dame that... READ MORE

Benedict’s Backpack

BY The Editors

April 20-26, 2008 Issue

The Pope is Bavarian, and Bavarians are known by their cities in a way that isn’t seen in America apart from New Yorkers or Bostonians. But Pope Benedict XVI began his life as a man with no hometown — and he remains the same today.

So says Brennan Pursell in his book Benedict of... READ MORE

A Pause

BY Father Owen Kearns, LC

April 20-26, 2008 Issue

This issue of the Register is another case where we, as the producers of the newspaper, are at a distinct disadvantage compared to you, the readers of it. We send this issue to the printer on April 14 — the day before Pope Benedict XVI arrives at Andrews Airforce Base.

We have no knowledge of... READ MORE

Letters April 13, 2008

April 13-19, 2008 Issue

I am just reading Brian Burch’s article “Can McCain Take Up the ‘Catholic’ Mantle?” (March 9):

Well, your “Catholic President” just vetoed the bill on banning “waterboarding.”

Burch is touting a man who wants to continue war for the next 20 years in the Middle... READ MORE

5 Key Issues of Benedict the Rock

BY The Editors

April 13-19, 2008 Issue

Pope Benedict XVI is the successor to Peter, a name that means rock. As in bedrock. Jesus’ prayer for Peter could just as easily be for Benedict: “I have prayed that your own faith may not fail,” he said, in order to “strengthen your brothers.”

As preparation for his visit to America, we... READ MORE

The Bavarian

BY Father Owen Kearns, LC

April 13-19, 2008 Issue

In this issue, we interview Brennan Pursell and review his new Benedict of Bavaria.

We’re excited about the book for two reasons. First, because it is published by Circle Press, the book publishing arm of the company that brings you the Register. It comes just in time to take advantage of... READ MORE

Letters 04.06.2008

April 6-12, 2008 Issue

I hope the sampling of critical letters in response to your editorial “McCain and Pro-Lifers” (March 2) didn’t reflect the sentiments of a majority of your readers. How disappointing!

I thought the article was wonderful — the best explanation I’ve seen of what a... READ MORE

Benedict Is Coming

BY The Editors

April 6-12, 2008 Issue

Pope Benedict XVI will soon arrive for his apostolic journey to the United States. The Register plans to make the most of the visit. Like any other papal visit, this one will follow a predictable arc of misrepresentation in the media, followed by surprise that the Pope is not identical to the... READ MORE

Awaiting Peter

BY Father Owen Kearns, LC

April 6-12, 2008 Issue

The upcoming visit of Pope Benedict XVI is becoming more real for us. Our writers and editors just received notice of their accreditation for different events — subject to screening by the secret service.

As a newspaper publisher, I look forward to a rare opportunity in the papal visit to... READ MORE

Letters 3.30.2008

March 30-April 5, 2008 Issue

Regarding Mark Shea’s article “Beyond Tribal Faith” (March 16):

Mark’s comments concern a mother at a loss to speak to her daughter meaningfully about God, or even about death. Mark intimates that the rattle of death is no mere flatulence: death, albeit definitively cracked... READ MORE

We’re Waiting, Barack

BY The Editors

March 30-April 5, 2008 Issue

We were waiting through Barack Obama’s rousing speech on racial equality to hear the bedrock principle of human rights on which racial equality depends. We were waiting to hear the revolutionary words of equality that were incorporated after the Second World War by the United Nations in... READ MORE

The Latest

BY Father Owen Kearns, LC

March 30-April 5, 2008 Issue

We have been telling you a lot about Pope2008.com recently. One reason we are talking about it so much is that it’s new, and therefore, exciting.

But another reason is that it is truly making an impact.

The immediacy of the Internet has allowed us to “break” several stories using... READ MORE

Letters 03.23.2008

March 23-29, 2008 Issue

Regarding “McCain and Pro-Lifers” (March 2):

Thank you for explaining why this election may require a negative vote. “Who do you vote against?” is the correct question.

The points supporting your conclusion regarding the pro-death Democratic candidates needed some... READ MORE

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