Meet Philly's New Archbishop
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, July 19, 2011
As Lisa indicated obliquely yesterday, the Pope has appointed a new archbishop of Philadelphia: Archbishop Chaput.
Here’s an interview he granted to John Allen about the appointment. I think you’ll find it interesting on many fronts, but here’s what’s really relevant for a certain blogmistress.
I’m going to have to become a Phillies fan, and an Eagles fan, and everything else in Philadelphia. I genuinely mean that, because I think it’s important for the bishop to embrace the sports teams that his people embrace. But I want you to know that all the time I’ve been a Broncos fan, I’ve secretly been a Steelers fan … I hope that doesn’t get me into trouble in Philadelphia!
I’m an old Pittsburgh guy. I was there for three Super Bowls that the Steelers won, and that made a permanent impression on me. Secretly, where it has to be hidden, I’m a Steelers fan, but I also want to embrace the local community.
Priorities!
Health Insurance Reform & The Bishops
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Monday, March 15, 2010
When a group of “Catholic” hospitals endorsed the health care bill up for a vote this week, it made headlines.
The USCCB, however, while in favor of health insurance reform, strongly opposes the bill.
In a bulletin insert sent to dioceses around the country, the bishops urged Catholics to call their representatives and oppose this bill.
Bishop Loverde of Arlington is calling for days of prayer and fasting against passage of the bill.... READ MORE
Telling Us What To Think About
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, July 14, 2009
My journalist father taught us kids that the power of media isn’t in telling us what to think, but in shaping what we think about.
Denver’s Archbishop Chaput made that very point in a recent address on our relationship to the press.
I think you’ll find it worthwhile reading and thinking about—particularly his observation about how the sheer pace of the news cycle is changing our culture, quite apart... READ MORE
Bishop Chaput v. Professor Kmiec
Posted by Rebecca Teti in News on Tuesday, October 21, 2008
Those of you following the debate among pro-life Catholics about which way to turn in the election in two weeks will want to read the latest salvo from Archbishop Chaput.
It started last February, when Professor Douglas Kmiec, a member of the Reagan administration and Professor of Law at Pepperdine University, suggested that Barack Obama would be a natural choice for Catholic voters in a column for... READ MORE
In Conversation With Archbishop Chaput
Posted by Rebecca Teti in Reviews on Thursday, September 25, 2008
When you have a little time—perhaps over the weekend—I think you’ll enjoy this video interview with Denver’s Archbishop Chaput.
It’s part of the Uncommon Knowledge series (which I consider one of the undiscovered treasures of the web) conducted by Peter Robinson of the Hoover Institution.
Since he’s not limited to three minutes, Robinson can really delve into a topic with whoever he’s talking to... READ MORE
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