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His wife had been unfaithful and now she wanted to come back. He was willing to consider. I admired his openness to forgiving.

Fr. Callistus Sweeney, OFM is thin and ascetic looking. His easy laughter is surprising if you didn’t realize Christian asceticism includes good humor. We talked after the 8 a.m. English Mass at the Franciscan Chapel Center in Tokyo.

The Americans for Civil Liberties Union is suing the U.S. Bishops.

What makes it even more special is the connection they found between their belated pastor who helped coordinate the encounter and the pontiff himself.

Find photos that fellow seminarians and others took during an Oct. 3 diaconate ordination. Some 41 men, including Phoenix's Kevin Grimditch, were ordained deacons and will continue another year of formation for the priesthood. Grimditch joins transitional Deacons Keith Kenny and Scott Sperry as Phoenix's candidates for priestly ordination in June.

Jesuit Father Jean de Brebeuf, in France for his final vows in 1633, returned to his difficult missionary life in Quebec. When someone would comment on the many hardships he endured living among the Huron Indians, he would respond, “Compared to the end, this is roses.”

One of the many perks about being Catholic: you don't have to wait for New Year's Eve to roll around again to resolve to do better. Every moment, especially after the sacrament of reconciliation, is a chance to start anew.

Browning Montana on the eastern edge of Glacier National Park is in the middle of the Blackfeet Reservation. I was there in May, again as a guest of the annual men's Cursillo.

buy oem software download Where were you 25 years ago today? Pope John Paul II was making his way around the Valley. He touched down...