Papal Patriotism: Popes Praise America
Posted July 4th, 2018
The Fourth of July evokes so many images: Fireworks, fife and drum corps, and … old men in miters dressed in white. [Read More...]
The Pen, the Plough, and the Blood of Boniface
Posted June 5th, 2017
The words of Pope Benedict XVI on the great apostle to Europe. [Read More...]
Fours Years into the Papacy …
Posted March 14th, 2017
It’s an irresistible question to ask if Pope Francis would be re-elected were he a president on the four-year anniversary of Pope Francis’ March 13, 2013 election. [Read More...]
A Pope Is Coming. Expect the Unexpected.
Posted September 22nd, 2015
Papal visits follow a fairly predictable arc — they are predictably unpredictable. Remember Pope John Paul II’s first World Youth Day in America, in Denver? Church officials were told a cold, hostile America would [Read More...]
Students on the Drama of Divine Love
Posted September 11th, 2015
In May 2015, Benedictine College’s Theatre Deparment performed a play directed by senior Gregorian Fellow Will Wright. Rather than choosing a light-hearted play that was easy to perfrom, Wright chose a profound [Read More...]
The Convocation and the Call to Greatness
Posted September 8th, 2015
It is “back to school” time at Benedictine College. That means ritual and ceremony that is almost liturgical — professors processing in academic regalia and filing into monk stalls, Knights of Columbus [Read More...]
Pope Benedict Steps Down: Let the Secular Media Scrum Begin
Posted February 12th, 2013
For the first time in six centuries a pope has retired. Early this morning the chattering classes on the networks were “handicapping” the “frontrunners.” One eagerly suggested that since the Church was [Read More...]
The Professor Pope’s Lesson
Posted February 12th, 2013
A cell phone photo from President Minnis’ December Vatican visit. By Stephen D. Minnis || What follows is the contribution to a National Review Online Symposium by the President of Benedictine College. [Read More...]