The Stream: Remember when there was an anti-communist pope?
The Catholic Church did something revolutionary 45 years ago today. The world’s cardinals elected a Polish pope, who went on to change the world. On the evening of October 16, 1978, when Cardinal Karol Wojtyła stepped out onto the loggia of Saint Peter’s Basilica for...
The Stream: Remember when there was an anti-communist pope?
The Catholic Church did something revolutionary 45 years ago today. The world’s cardinals elected a Polish pope, who went on to change the world. On the evening of October 16, 1978, when Cardinal Karol Wojtyła stepped out onto the loggia of Saint Peter’s Basilica for...
Trending With Timmerie: John Paul the Great
GARDEN GROVE, California. (April 1, 2020) — Patrick Novecosky, editor of this blog, was a guest on Relevant Radio's Trending with Timmerie today. During the 48-minute segment, host Timmerie Millington asked Novecosky about his new book, 100 Ways John Paul II Changed...
The Jason Jones Show: John Paul II Changes the World
KAPOLEI, Hawaii. (March 25, 2020) — Patrick Novecosky, editor of this blog, was a guest on The Jason Jones Show podcast today. During the 70-minute podcast, host Jason Jones asked Novecosky about his new book, 100 Ways John Paul II Changed the World, which...
Don’t Blame the Gun, Your Eminence
by Patrick Novecosky (August 7, 2019) — Nobody blamed the truck when 29-year-old Uzbek national Sayfullo Saipov rented a pickup from Home Depot 18 months ago and deliberately mowed down a dozen pedestrians and bicyclists in New York City, killing eight. There was no...
For U.S. Catholics, it’s time to stop the bleeding
by Patrick Novecosky The Catholic Church is bleeding. It’s wounded from decades of abuse and neglect — sexual abuse, financial misconduct, cover-ups and the failure to adequately teach the faith, not to mention failure to live it. There’s enough blame to go around....
How the Oscars got grouchy: In your face politics
by Patrick Novecosky (February 26, 2019) — When Jack Palance stood up to collect his Oscar for Best Supporting Actor in 1992, I distinctly remember thinking, “I bet the old guy has a heart attack by the time he hits the third step.” Palance did, indeed, drop to the...
St. Padre Pio and the art of fraternal correction
by Patrick Novecosky (SEPTEMBER 18, 2018) — Nice is not a virtue. It’s not a bad thing to be nice, but it’s not among the seven virtues. To be frank, Jesus wasn’t always nice. When he overturned the moneychangers’ tables, I’m sure none of those who witnessed the event...
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