Silence In Hyde Park
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Tuesday, September 21, 2010
Not to belabor the point, but Pope Benedict XVI really won the people of the United Kingdom over.
Here’s an incredible story about that.
Read it if you need some cheering up.
I bring this up again, though, because it highlights one of the most astonishing moments of the trip, more powerful, perhaps, than his many beautiful and pitch-perfect addresses.
That was the moment of exposition of the Blessed... READ MORE
The People's Pope
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Monday, September 20, 2010
“We have heard you.”
“You have challenged the whole country to sit up and think.”
Those are the words of Prime Minister Cameron to the Holy Father as he departed from a pastoral visit one of the gloomiest pre-trip observers hailed as a “personal triumph for the Pope.”
I think it was not the Pope’s triumph so much as Christ’s. Now that the people of the UK know the pope, have heard “his powerful message... READ MORE
"Among the Future Saints"
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Friday, September 17, 2010
In spite of a terror plot against him, the Holy Father seems to be having another smashing success of a day, as I expected would turn out to be the case.
I tuned in this morning to his visit with school kids from all over Scotland, England & Wales.
I absolutely love the way he talks to young people. He keeps it simple, but he does not talk down to them.
...there is something I very much want to say... READ MORE
Benedict Among The Scots
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Thursday, September 16, 2010
The Pope arrived in the United Kingdom today, first heading North to Scotland.
Yes, there were protesters: about 50 in a crowd of more than 100,000 according to reports.
During his homily in Glasgow, which introduced me to the wonderfully named Saints Ninian and Mungo, he focused on the recovery of Christian identity in Europe, urging the faithful as follows:
The evangelization of culture is all the... READ MORE
Papal Plaid
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Wednesday, September 15, 2010
In honor of the Holy Father’s pilgrimage to the United Kingdom beginning tomorrow, the Scots have unveiled a new tartan in his honor.
Introducing it, Cardinal Keith O’Brien observed:
“What could give him a greater Scottish welcome than a new tartan created in honour of this historic visit?”
Alas, the Scottish welcome apparently will be much warmer than that he’ll encounter a little further South.... READ MORE
Hawking Nonsense
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Monday, September 13, 2010
“Hawking says Science proves there is no God” read the headlines.
“Here we go again,” thought I.
I read the lengthy excerpt from the great physicist’s new book hoping for an intellectual challenge and found the same old thing: “Science” pretending to prove what “Science” cannot even speak about.
I use the scare quotes not to imply disrespect for scientists or scientific inquiry, or even for Mr.... READ MORE
What's So Great About The Assumption?
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Tuesday, August 17, 2010
I made an apologetics blunder this weekend.
My daughter and I were in New York on a “girls’ weekend out” trip and staying with a beloved aunt who is not a believer.
Usually when we’re in town we go to Mass in her neighborhood, but for the Assumption, we wanted to do something special and went to St. Patrick’s cathedral.
My aunt had never heard of the Assumption and wanted to know what it was. Like... READ MORE
Court of the Gentiles
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Thursday, July 22, 2010
Pope Benedict XVI has long had the re-evangelization of the West on his heart.
Just before he and the rest of the Vatican went on vacation, two major initiatives toward this end were announced.
First, there is now a Pontifical Council for Evangelization (here’s a column of mine with more on that) dedicated to renewing faith in places where the Gospel has already been preached, but the sense of God... READ MORE
Entrepreneurs of Grace
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Monday, July 19, 2010
While we were celebrating Independence Day, the Pope was on one of his intra-Italian pastoral visits: this time to Sulmona.
His message to young people there should have particular resonance with Americans, who prize entrepreneurial spirit.
The Pope called the saints “entrepreneurs of grace.”
The remark came in the context of a discussion of prayer as the means for knowing one’s vocation:
the secret... READ MORE
A Consensus Of Saints
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Faith on Thursday, July 15, 2010
I love the answer Benedict XVI recently gave to a question about theological fads!
To an exasperated African priest who basically asked what good theologians are, the Pope gave an amusing and wise response.
The occasion was the Q & A session with priests held at the close of the Year of the Priest. (Same event I highlighted yesterday—these annual Q&As with priests are my favorite thing the Holy... READ MORE
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