Thirty-three years after Pope Saint John Paul II released the encyclical letter Veritatis Splendor (“The Splendor of Truth”), I’m starting a new Substack dedicated to a paragraph-by-paragraph gloss of the letter and an exploration of its themes.
Thirty-three years after Pope Saint John Paul II released the encyclical letter Veritatis Splendor (“The Splendor of Truth”), I’m starting a new Substack dedicated to a paragraph-by-paragraph gloss of the letter and an exploration of its themes.
On the memorial of St. John Mary Vianney, patron saint of priests, here are a few passages from a letter to priests that was published by Pope Saint John Paul II on Holy Thursday of 1986.
On July 26, 1970, at the church of Saint John the Baptist in Excelsior, Minnesota, the Rev. Vincent O’Connor poured water over my forehead and baptized me in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit.
I’ve just updated this article which I originally wrote for The Catholic Servant in 1997.
I’ve written a Substack post about Steven Spielberg’s new movie Disclosure Day.
In 2026, the solemnity of the Sacred Heart of Jesus (and the World Day of Prayer for Priests) falls on Friday, June 12th.
Pope Leo XIV’s letter on safeguarding the human person in the time of AI
If someone approaches me today and asks, “So how does it feel to be a year older?” I think I will respond, “The real question is: how does it feel to be a year closer to the life to come?”
In March of 1944, a B-24 bomber was shot down over Hansa Bay, New Guinea. My uncle, John W Emmer, Jr, was on board as aerial photographer.
a younger version of myself confronts pre-synodal synodality in a suburban parish
