
Francis X. Maier, Good Servant of a Good Shepherd
“Christianity is fundamentally about friendship,” says the former Register editor in chief and longtime aide to Archbishop Charles Chaput, “and helping each other get to heaven.”
“Christianity is fundamentally about friendship,” says the former Register editor in chief and longtime aide to Archbishop Charles Chaput, “and helping each other get to heaven.”
COMMENTARY: For more than 30 years, Archbishop Chaput has been a model of creativity and collaboration in preaching and preserving the Gospel.
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Speaking with the Register during the USCCB’s fall assembly, Philadelphia’s shepherd addresses a number of key current issues — and the selection of his former auxiliary as the new USCCB president.
Contention ensued over amendments to a letter meant to accompany a series of videos aimed at helping Catholics engage with the American political process.
USCCB approved a letter to supplement their voting document on Tuesday — but not without controversy over the ‘preeminent priority’ of abortion.
ANALYSIS: Collaborators reflect on the legacy of a shepherd with an outsized impact on the Catholic Church in the United States.
Bishops Thomas Paprocki of Springfield, Illinois, and Rick Stika of Knoxville, Tennessee, weighed in.
'I find it necessary to emphasize that Father Martin does not speak with authority on behalf of the Church, and to caution the faithful about some of his claims,' the archbishop wrote in a column on the archdiocese's website Sept. 19.
‘There’s some good in the world, and it’s worth fighting for,’ he told them, quoting The Lord of the Rings.
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