Louie Verrecchio

Social Justice: A Much Needed Primer

March 15th, 2010 by Louie Verrecchio

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…

 

Vatican II and Living the Catholic Faith

March 5th, 2010 by Louie Verrecchio

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.”…

 

What’s the Scoop with your Diocesan Newspaper?

February 22nd, 2010 by Louie Verrecchio

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

The Olympics are Talking: Are You Listening?

February 20th, 2010 by Louie Verrecchio

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…

 

‘Ecumenical Catechism’: A Jungle Book of an Idea

February 12th, 2010 by Louie Verrecchio

“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…

 

Venerable John Henry Cardinal Newman – Father of Vatican II

February 10th, 2010 by Louie Verrecchio

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…

 

Holy Mass, Batman! What Do We Do Now?

February 5th, 2010 by Louie Verrecchio

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…

 

Subsidiarity: Where Justice and Freedom Coexist

December 17th, 2009 by Louie Verrecchio

What is the Catholic social justice principle known as “subsidiarity”?

If you’re an American and you’re unfamiliar with subsidiarity in this day and age in which the federal government is about the only segment of the economy that’s growing; you…

 

Clergy Sexual Abuse Study: It’s Time for Common Sense

December 5th, 2009 by Louie Verrecchio

At the USCCB Fall General Assembly in Baltimore on November 17th, the bishops received a preliminary briefing from researchers of the John Jay College of Criminal Justice on a report they commissioned in 2006 for insight into the clergy sex…

 

SSPX – Holy See Meetings Offer Something for Everyone

November 26th, 2009 by Louie Verrecchio

Just four days after removing the excommunication from the four bishops of the Society of St. Pius X, Pope Benedict XVI offered insight regarding his motives during the General Audience of January 28th.

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