The friars are members of the Order of Preachers, AKA "The Dominicans" and we are members of the Eastern Dominican Province. There are many… » More
At the conclusion of yesterday's Palm Sunday celebration in St. Patrick's Cathedral, Archbishop Timothy Dolan commented on the recent campaign by some media organizations to implicate Pope Benedict XVI's pastoral service as a cause of the clergy scandals now unfolding in Europe. The full text of his remarks are below.
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Br. Austin Litke, O.P., recently interviewed George Weigel, Distinguished Senior Fellow at the Ethics and Public Policy Center. A frequent television and newspaper commentator, Weigel is best known for his 1999 authorized biography of the late Karol Wojtyla—Witness to Hope: The Biography of Pope John Paul II (Harper Collins). He is the author of numerous… » More
Scholar, news commentator and papal biographer George Weigel paid tribute to the Province of St. Joseph Sept. 30 in a talk celebrating the achievements of the Dominican House of Studies (DHS). referring to the DHS as “an intellectual reactor core that is essential to authentic Catholic renewal,” he argued that such renewal is essential, especially… » More