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The next pope -- looking for joy and the right personality in Rome

Published March 11, 2013

The prevailing sentiment here in Rome affirms the need for a strong personality who will at once offer a joyful and convincing presentation of the Gospel (to Catholics and non-Catholic Christians, and more broadly to believers and non-believers) and with a will and capacity to reform the Vatican Curia.
How Pope Benedict's courage changed my life

Published March 01, 2013

I wish to offer a personal reflection on the reasons and significance informing Benedict's choice to leave the office -- something that no pope has done in the last 600 years.
Why Lent?

Published February 13, 2013

Lent is a special time for prayer and fasting in keeping with the Bible’s many invitations to live seasons of more intense spiritual work, on the one hand, and times of festivity on the other.
Lessons from the Jesus 'wife' story

Published September 21, 2012

Christians have no reason to be scandalized by the thought of a married Jesus.