Looking back and looking forward
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, June 22, 2025, marks the 15th anniversary of my Installation as the Ninth Bishop of the Diocese of Springfield in Illinois. I will…
Read MoreDemocrats do parliamentary trick to pass physician-assisted suicide, but it fails in the end. The battle, however, is not over
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Illinois Senate Bill 1950 was introduced last February as “The Sanitary Food Preparation Act” and went through the usual hearing process in the…
Read MoreWhat we might expect during the pontificate of Pope Leo
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ: People throughout the world are rejoicing at the election of Pope Leo XIV, especially here in his home state of Illinois. Since he…
Read MorePresident Trump mocks our Catholic faith
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ: The headline of my column in the May 12, 2024 issue of Catholic Times published almost exactly one year ago read, “President Biden…
Read More‘Mass is boring. I don’t get anything out of it’
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ: “Mass is boring.” “I don’t get anything out of it.” “I stopped going to Mass because I was not being spiritually fed.” These…
Read MoreThe ‘crucial connection between the resurrection of the dead and our free will’
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Before celebrating the sacraments of confirmation and first holy Communion, I always meet with the candidates before Mass to explain the religious symbols…
Read MoreOne, holy, catholic and apostolic. How they are linked in the Nicene Creed
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, As we conclude our reflections on the Council of Nicaea held 1,700 years ago in the year 325, the last paragraph the Nicene…
Read MoreWhat the Nicene Creed tells us about the Holy Spirit
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, Continuing our consideration of the Nicene Creed adopted at the Council of Nicaea held 1,700 years ago in the year 325, we have…
Read MoreWhy Nicene Creed talks more about Jesus than God the Father and Holy Spirit
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ, The Council of Nicaea was called 1,700 years ago in the year 325 to deal primarily with the Arian heresy, named after…
Read MoreA lot to unpack in first sentence of Nicene Creed
My dear brothers and sisters in Christ: As we continue our reflections on the Nicene Creed during this year marking the 1,700th anniversary of the Council of Nicaea, last time we…
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