An Open Letter to US Dioceses
OPINION – The Annual Appeal was launched in our diocese this weekend, as it has been or will be in many other dioceses, with a sound-tracked video at every Mass and a step-by-step walk-through of the completion of pledge cards. While I sympathize with the...
US Coffee Circle of Bishops Meets in Baltimore
OPINION – The fall general assembly of the USCCB lumbered into session last week at the Marriott Waterfront in Baltimore, as they do each November. The ponderous livestream of bishops, all doing their best to be flavorless, was, to say the least, somnolent....
A Hit Dog Will Holler
Charlie’s Brief #77 – Charlie shares some thoughts about the ongoing challenges in the Church, the frustrating impact it can have on the faithful, and why it’s so critical for us to serve as little guardians of the Faith through these times that try men’s...
