Pope Benedict visited the Mediterranean island of Malta from April 17 to April 18. Though at first glance this may seem superficially short, his trip teemed with sightseeing and outreach, including a Mass at the Floriana Granaries and a meeting with sexual abuse victims. As publicly released on the Vatican website, Pope Benedict outlined three [...]

“As Moses came down from Mount Sinai with the two tablets of the commandments in his hands, he did not know that the skin of his face had become radiant while he conversed with the Lord” Exodus 34:29. Moses’ face shone because of his encounter and his experience of God, who is the all-good, all [...]

Last Tuesday evening, author and filmmaker Paul Wilkes spoke in the Murray Function Room of Yawkey Center about his recently released memoir, In Due Season: A Catholic Life. Sponsored by the Boston College Theology Department and the Church in the 21st Century Center, this talk was a part of the C21 Center’s ongoing goal, as [...]

“Jesus gave a loud cry and breathed his last. The veil of the sanctuary was torn in two from top to bottom. When the centurion who stood facing him saw how he breathed his last he said, ‘Truly this man was the Son of God!’” (Mark 15: 37—39). Some Jewish leaders thought that the true [...]

“The justice of God has been manifested through faith in Jesus Christ,” (cf. Rm 3, 21-22). This biblical connection between justice and the person of Jesus is the passage on which Pope Benedict bases his 2010 Lenten message. He notes that the purpose of Lent is “review” and reform of one’s life “in light of [...]

“Quiet! Be still!” said Jesus to the wind and sea in the passage about the calming of the storm in the Gospel of Mark (4:39). So often in our lives, we find ourselves wishing, “if only I had more time” or tired at the end of a day wondering exactly where the daily grind left [...]

Pope Benedict XVI recently invited the bishops of Ireland to the Vatican for a two-day conference concerning the Irish Bishops’ response to the priest sex-abuse scandal. The Catholic News Service (CNS) noted the discrepancy between the participants’ assessment of the meeting and the outside media coverage. According to CNS, the Pope and the Bishops saw [...]

Everyone knows that one person who is always “keeping score.” He or she may say “I forgive you” but what is really meant is “I forgive you but I’m not forgetting this.” This adolescent clinging to old injuries is not how God means for us to live. Yes, God set forth the 10 Commandments. And [...]

Boston College faculty, staff, and students convened in Saint Ignatius Church for a special evening celebration of the Mass. Father Francis Hermann was the homilist and Father Leahy, president of BC, presided at the liturgy, which was offered for the suffering people in Haiti, Ever since the January 12 earthquake devastated Haiti and moved the [...]

I am sure that everyone has heard his or her parents fondly reminisce about life when they were younger. I know growing up, my own parents often cautioned my brother and me about spending too much time talking to friends on the computer. A few times my parents mentioned how they actually wrote letters back [...]