Russell Shaw’s Clerical Quartet
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:02 PM
Cardinal Pio Laghi at the Vatican Nunciature in Washington in 2003. (CNS/Reuters)
The past 40 years have been a troubled era for the Church in America.
Catholic commentator Russell Shaw knows all about that. Indeed, few people have been more intimately acquainted with the ups and downs of these turbulent times than Shaw, a former spokesman for the U.S. bishops’ conference.
In an article titled “Four Men” posted on Insidecatholic.com, Shaw takes a look back over this... READ MORE
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Neuhaus on Martin Luther King
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, January 19, 2009 3:59 PM
Father Neuhaus (far right) with Martin Luther King Jr. (First Things)
Today is Martin Luther King Jr. Day.
To commemorate the occasion, First Things has reposted an article the late Father Richard John Neuhaus wrote in 2002 about King, who befriended Father Neuhaus in the 1960s at a time when Father Neuhaus was a left-leaning young Lutheran pastor with a predominantly black congregation in Brooklyn.
In his article, Father Neuhaus strips away the hagiographical... READ MORE
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De Souza Remembers Neuhaus
Posted by Tom McFeely
Thursday, January 15, 2009 4:33 PM
Cardinal John O'Connor ordains Father Neuhaus in 1991. (First Things)
A Life Lived in Prayer
Memories of My Friend, Father Neuhaus
By Father Raymond J. de Souza
Of Father Richard John Neuhaus, much has been written of his extraordinary life, and much more remains to be written.
For me, his death is the personal loss of a spiritual father and friend, mentor and model. In the days following his death and in preparation for his funeral, many memories came flooding... READ MORE
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Neuhaus the Educator
Posted by Tom McFeely
Tuesday, January 13, 2009 2:39 PM
The funeral Mass for Father Richard John Neuhaus took place today at the Church of the Immaculate Conception in New York.
In this post, we are featuring an article published in the December 2008 issue of Blue and White, the undergraduate magazine of Columbia University.
Entitled “The God Solution,” Andrew Flynn’s article is a well-written and well-researched exploration of the thought of... READ MORE
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‘You’re Wrong,’ Said Father Neuhaus
Posted by Tom Hoopes
Saturday, January 10, 2009 3:46 AM
Today’s Wall Street Journal story on Father Richard John Neuhaus cites his 2001 Register piece, “Just War Is an Obligation of Charity” (Where he wrote: “Sept. 11 recalled America from an extended and mainly hedonistic holiday from history.”)
But Raymond Arroyo in yesterday’s WSJ reminds me of a Neuhaus trait: telling you when you’re wrong.
Arroyo remembers viewing the body of Pope John Paul II... READ MORE
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Apostle of Faith and Reason
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, January 09, 2009 4:34 PM
This video is excerpted from an excellent profile of America’s most famous Canadian-born priest, Father Richard John Neuhaus, aired by the Canadian Broadcasting Corporation in December 2007.
(The original CBC video ran longer than the ten minutes permitted for Youtube videos. So we recommend you go here to view the complete video on the CBC website.)
One striking aspect of the video is its... READ MORE
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Father Richard John Neuhaus, 1936-2009
Posted by Tom McFeely
Friday, January 09, 2009 8:42 AM
(CNS)
Catholic Priest’s
‘Unexpected Life’
By Father Raymond J. de Souza
With the death of Father Richard John Neuhaus on Jan. 8, the Catholic Church lost one of its greatest public intellectuals, a theologian who brought the light of the Gospel to the world of public life.
More than that, though, Father Neuhaus made possible a new world of intellectual engagement with the culture.
Father... READ MORE
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