The call for “social justice” is often employed today, not as a mandate for the application of Catholic principles and precepts in the public square, but as a slogan for those who wish to promote agendas that are frequently at…

Louie Verrecchio - who has written 24 posts on Catholic Exchange.
Posted on 15 March 2010
The call for “social justice” is often employed today, not as a mandate for the application of Catholic principles and precepts in the public square, but as a slogan for those who wish to promote agendas that are frequently at…
Posted on 05 March 2010
I just recently returned to my home in Maryland after attending the Living the Catholic Faith Conference in Denver, CO where I had the great privilege of delivering an address called “Ten things every Catholic should know about Vatican II.”…
Posted on 22 February 2010
With February being “Catholic Press Month,” now is the perfect time to consider — and I mean soberly consider — the value of your local diocesan newspaper.
In the Second Vatican Council’s Decree on the Media of Social Communications, Inter…
Posted on 20 February 2010
I truly enjoy watching the Olympics. Having played and watched sports my whole life, it only makes sense, I suppose.
I’m the kind of guy who can flip through the television stations on a Saturday afternoon and land on a…
Posted on 12 February 2010
“Look for the bare necessities. The simple bare necessities. Forget about your worries and your strife…”
If you’re forty-five years of age or older, the catchy little tune that accompanies these playful lyrics is undoubtedly already playing in your head…
Posted on 10 February 2010
With news of the Holy Father’s plan to beatify Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman later this year, I thought I’d share a necessarily abbreviated look at the life of one of Catholicism’s most famous converts – a man who has been…
Posted on 05 February 2010
I’m currently overseeing a Harvesting the Fruit of Vatican II adult faith formation program in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, and we’re just about finished with our examination of Sacrosanctum Concilium.
The question most commonly asked by participants…
Posted on 28 January 2010
The Second Vatican Council’s Constitution on the Sacred Liturgy called for a restoration of the “prayer of the faithful” saying:
Especially on Sundays and feasts of obligation there is to be restored, after the Gospel and the homily, "the common…
Posted on 02 January 2010
With Pope Benedict’s recent declaration of Pope Pius XII as “venerable,” it is becoming clear once again that the true nature of the Catholic Church’s relationship with the Jewish people is largely misunderstood as an effort to promote a “can’t-we-all-just-get-along”…
Posted on 28 December 2009
Conduct a search for "Historical Jesus" on Amazon.com and you will find literally thousands of books, many of which employ various methods of research in an effort to establish whether or not Jesus really walked on water, if the multiplication…