For one final time last weekend, I found myself jetsetting off on a whirlwind trip to…
Month: December 2014
BC Alumni, Priests Pass Away
Bishop Joseph Maguire ‘41 and Father T.J. Martinez SJ ’92, both graduates of Boston College, recently…
Cardinal Burke named Patron of the Knights of Malta
On November 8, the Vatican announced that Cardinal Raymond Burke would be transferred from his post…
Pope Francis Visits Turkey
Pope Francis visited Turkey for the fourth time from November 28 to 30 on an apostolic…
Saint of the Issue: Lucy
During December in Boston, four o’clock in the afternoon often looks more like ten o’clock at…
Cornerstone: Advent
Four Sundays before December 25, the Church restarts its liturgical year with the season of Advent,…
It’s Good To Be Home
In December of 1953, J.R.R. Tolkien wrote a letter to a young Jesuit named Robert Murray,…
Pope Francis Calls on Europe’s Leaders to Work for Peace
On Tuesday, November 25, Pope Francis called on European leaders to be instruments of peace for…
World Religious Leaders Sign Declaration Against Modern Slavery
A note Pope Francis hand-wrote shortly after entering the papacy to Chancellor of the Pontifical Academy…
A Jesuit at Oxford
A graduate of the Boston College Class of 1971, T. Frank Kennedy, SJ is a professor…