Finding Something I Lost? [Bishop’s blog]
June 13, 2019 – Baltimore, MD “God draws straight with crooked lines.” It is the third day of our bishops’ conference meeting in Baltimore, and the business part of our Continue Reading
Welcome to my experiment [Bishop’s blog]
June 12, 2019 – Baltimore, MD “Let’s have a conversation, and may it lead us into a closer relationship with one anotherand with our wonderful God.” Bishop John Michael I Continue Reading
Meeting with three Popes ”face to face”
For the past 25 years, I have been supremely blessed to have met three Popes “face-to-face” in mostly private audiences on several different occasions in the Vatican as a result Continue Reading
Then I realized they were truly saints…
„CUM AU REUȘIT SFÂNTUL PAPĂ IOAN PAUL AL II-LEA ȘI CEI 7 EPISCOPI MARTIRI GRECO-CATOLICI SĂ-MI SCHIMBE VIAȚA PENTRU TOTDEANUA… ” Născut și crescut în Oradea, într-o familie de preot Continue Reading
The Seven Romanian Greek-Catholic Bishop-Martyrs Who Will Be Beatified by Pope Francis
On June 2, 2019, seven Romanian Greek-Catholic Bishop-martyrs will be beatified in Blaj on the Liberty Plain. The Holy Father Pope Francis himself will lead the beatification service. The blessed Continue Reading
One Body of Christ
It has become something of a cliché to fret about how polarized and divided we have become, not only as a nation but even, as it were, as a species. Continue Reading
Reflections on Pope Francis’ 2019 World Day of Peace message
As the saying goes, “Politics and religion don’t mix.” Although this cliché is espoused by many, you will not hear it from Pope Francis. On the contrary, the leader of Continue Reading
Nostalgia
Memory is such a beautiful thing! Without our memories, life would be a flat, tasteless pursuit of our most immediate needs, without reference to the times, places, and people that Continue Reading
A Christmas message from the heavens
Fifty years ago on Christmas Eve (Dec. 24, 1968) the crew of Apollo 8 entered lunar orbit and began circling the moon – the first time in history for humans Continue Reading
Water and Spirit
“Jesus Christ is the Savior of the world. The Holy Spirit is my personal Savior, because ‘no one can say, “Jesus is Lord,” except by the holy Spirit,’ (1 Cor. 12:3).” I Continue Reading