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The vocation of grandparents in the salvation of the human raceFather Roger J. Landry

When Pope Francis was giving his aerial press conference returning from World Youth Day in Lisbon, he said the main issue in caring for the young is "accompaniment," but "the problem is to know how to ...

The Holy Spirit and the eucharistic revival Father Roger J. Landry

As we approach Pentecost during the first year of the three-year-plus Eucharistic Revival revivifying the Church in the United States, it's fitting to deepen our awareness and appreciation for the ...

Divine Mercy and the Eucharistic RevivalFather Roger J. Landry

Catholics can easily recall when Jesus instituted the Sacrament of the Eucharist: during the first Mass, which began during the Last Supper with the words of consecration and finished the following afternoon ...

Praying for Pope Francis Father Roger J. Landry

Ten years ago this Monday, March 13, at 8:22 p.m. Rome time, the 266th Peter walked out for the first time onto the Balcony of Blessing in the center of the faÇade of St. Peter's Basilica in ...

Slandering and spying on traditional CatholicsFather Roger J. Landry

On Feb. 8, former FBI special agent turned federal whistleblower Kyle Seraphin published online a Jan. 23, 2023, internal memorandum by the FBI's Richmond Field Office in which it advocated spying ...

The life, death, funeral, and legacy of Pope Benedict Father Roger J. Landry

Normally the death and funeral of a successor of St. Peter takes place within the context of a major distraction. The routine shock that comes even when death is expected, the grief that accompanies the ...

Pope Benedict's Augustinian Papal ConversionsFather Roger J. Landry

When Pope Benedict traveled to Pavia in 2007 to pray at the tomb of his theological mentor and inspiration St. Augustine, he focused on how the great fourth- and fifth-century doctor was "one of the greatest ...

The biggest news of all in 2022 Father Roger J. Landry

When I first became a Diocesan newspaper editor, I had the pious, albeit mischievous, desire to have big front-page article with the thick bolded headline, "Jesus Christ Coming To Our Diocese!" That's, ...