Jan 13, 2022 | Catholicism, faith, Interviews, Papal visit
EDMONTON, Alberta, Canada (January 13, 2022) — Author and international speaker Patrick Novecosky was a guest on The Catholic Canuck Podcast today. Host David Skuban asked Novecosky about his upbringing in Saskatchewan. Novecosky discussed growing up Catholic...
May 11, 2009 | Catholicism, Papal visit
It’s amazing to think that in a country with only 109,000 Catholics, nearly a third of them piled into Amman’s International Stadium on Sunday for an open-air papal Mass. After departing the media center at 6:00 am, I expected the horde of media (yours...
May 9, 2009 | Catholicism, Papal visit
Moses wandered in the desert for 40 years before he saw the Promised Land. It took me almost 41. But my wanderings haven’t all been in the desert. Earlier today, about 150 people — media, guests, and clergy — gathered atop Jordan’s Mt. Nebo...
May 7, 2009 | Papal visit
After months of planning and anticipation, I’m sitting on Royal Jordanian Flight 264, a direct flight from Chicago to Amman, Jordan. This will be a short post because I’m tapping this out on my iPhone. In 12 hours, we will land 6,228 miles from home! What...