Pope John Paul II taught us to have hope in troubled times

(April 2, 2020) —  Fifteen years ago Thursday, the world bid farewell to a tenacious world leader whose life and words have much to offer us today. Even though Pope Saint John Paul II didn’t live through a global pandemic, he was renowned for his fighting spirit...

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...

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....
St. Padre Pio and the art of fraternal correction

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...