by Steve Ray on December 13, 2011
I met Cardinal John Foley when he was Archbishop Foley. He joined us on a pilgrimage cruise. He was a prince among men too. Great sense of humor, powerful speaking style, palpable love of God, the Church and the Gospel. He was a pleasure to be with. He loved communications and was thus in charge [...]
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by Steve Ray on November 9, 2011
I am in Rome and decided to run to St. John Lateran this morning a make a video — so all of you could enjoy the Feast Day of the Dedication of St. John Lateran Church on November 9, 313. Yup, that’s right! It was the first Christian church ever built and it was the [...]
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by Steve Ray on November 1, 2011
Since we are in the land where all this took place — Israel — I thought you would find this interesting. So, what did it sound like at Caesarea Philippi when Jesus renamed Simon and made him the rock of the Church: ”And I tell you, you are Peter [rock], and on this rock I will [...]
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by Steve Ray on July 23, 2011
First, Liz Lev gives some concrete reasons to appreciate the Popes for what they’ve done for Rome. Her list includes: 1) straight roads and obelisks, 2) conservation of antiquities, 3) churches, 4) aqueducts, 5) museums, 6) hospitals and hostels, and 7) prayers. You can read the whole excellent article at “A Long Overdue Word of [...]
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by Steve Ray on June 15, 2011
There are several groups of schismatic Catholics who are called Sedvacanist. The word means “empty chair.” They think they are more Catholic than the Pope. They claim that Vatican II was illegitimate, there is no pope in Peter’s Chair and the new Mass is invalid. Such nonsense needs to be refuted since too many fall [...]
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by Steve Ray on April 28, 2011
VATICAN CITY, APRIL 21, 2011 (Zenit.org).- The Vatican will work through its official Twitter and Facebook pages to live-stream the vigil and beatification of John Paul II. (Picture: Posters all through Rome!) The Pontifical Council for Social Communications, in collaboration with the Vicariate of Rome and Vatican Radio, is promoting the beatification as an occasion [...]
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by Steve Ray on April 4, 2011
I was recently privileged to be interviewed for a very good article on Infallibility by Kristen Moulton of the Salt Lake Tribune. The end result was very good. You can read the whole article here. Interestingly, it was published side-by-side with an article explaining Mormons and their view of infallibility with their Mormon prophets. Their [...]
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by Steve Ray on March 27, 2011
From my friend and Canon Lawyer Ed Peters: A remarkable essay by the Eagle of Fargo Ironic. One of the most important essays by a bishop on Canon 392 (the norm setting forth a bishop’s fundamental duty to supervise the enforcement of ecclesiastical discipline in his diocese) never mentions Canon 392; one of the most [...]
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by Steve Ray on February 25, 2011
For a marvelous resource of Church Documents and Encyclicals going all the way back to the 1200′s, click on St. Peter’s Basilica. Isn’t it great to have the Church! God still speaks today and like times past still has a family and a voice through the Church — his body. Where else can you find [...]
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by Steve Ray on February 11, 2011
Since we were supposed to be at Mount Sinai today (until the unrest caused our trip to Egypt to be postponed until Feb 7, 2012), I thought this was significant. A young man stood up at my conference in the Philippines a while ago and parroted (yelled out) the Fundamentalist mantra: “The Pope is a [...]
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by Steve Ray on February 1, 2011
Isn’t that good of her?? :-) WASHINGTON, D.C., JAN. 31, 2011 (Zenit.org).- Sister Carol Keehan, who garnered widespread attention with her support of Barack Obama’s health care reform proposal in the face of the U.S. bishops’ opposition to it, is acknowledging the authority of the local bishop in resolving moral and ethical questions for Catholic [...]
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by Steve Ray on January 26, 2011
George Weigel, the biographer of Pope John Paul II, has agree to speak to our pilgrimage in Rome. We arrive in Rome to share in the historical event of the Beatification of Pope John Paul II – AND YOU CAN BE THERE! JOIN US — hear George Weigel, experience the Beatification, tour Rome, visit Assisi, [...]
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by Steve Ray on January 18, 2011
It’s official: Blessed John Paul II, Pope Benedict to declare predecessor Blessed Pope Benedict XVI approved the miraculous healing of a French nun on Friday, paving the way for his predecessor to be officially declared Blessed, the final stage on the road to sainthood. The beatification will take place at the Vatican on May 1. [...]
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by Steve Ray on January 14, 2011
Benedict XVI is planning to preside over the beatification rite for John Paul II on May 1, Divine Mercy Sunday, in the Vatican. A communiqué from the Congregation for Saints’ Causes announced that today the Pope, in an audience with the congregation’s prefect, Cardinal Angelo Amato, “authorized the dicastery to promulgate the decree of the [...]
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by Steve Ray on January 14, 2011
I am taking a pilgrimage group to Rome for the beatification of John Paul II. This once in a lifetime trip will fill up very fast. More info soon. Call Suzanne at 800-727-1999 extension 121 to sign up. Or e-mail at sparran@ctscentral.net Please spread the word and visit the pilgrimage site which will have more [...]
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by Steve Ray on December 23, 2010
Last summer I was in England to give a series of talks at two conferences. While there, I was interviewed for a top-notch Brithish production entitled KEYS OF THE KINGDOM. This documentary centers on St. Peter and the Papacy through the centuries. There is a rising movement among orthodox, fired-up Catholics in Great Britain to [...]
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