May 11, 2009 | Catholicism, Papal visit
AMMAN, Jordan (May 10, 2009) — 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...
May 7, 2009 | Papal visit
CHICAGO (May 7, 2009) — 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...
Mar 1, 2009 | Catholicism, faith
by Patrick Novecosky It’s the oldest story ever told. Adam. Eve. The garden. The snake. We’ve heard the creation story since we were old enough to sit on our mother’s knee. God made the world in six days. On the seventh day, he rested. He looked at his work and...
