In your charity, please pray for my sister-in-law Linda.

Would recommend adding Knock and Walsingham to your list. Neither has the sheer power of Lourdes but they offer serenity and are worth the efforts you’ll make getting there.

Am I to understand there are people who think it ISN’T???

Last night, the Chinese Communist Party unjustly convicted Jimmy Lai. He must be released immediately. The show trial is over. The time has come for China to #FreeJimmyLai The CCP arrested Jimmy Lai because he stood strong for democracy and freedom of the press against the

Do the Jets regret passing on a DT in the Draft? Though it was a deep class, Mougey didn’t see value when the Jets were on the clock.

I’m disgusted by these headlines and reports painting our bishop as a clone of Cardinal Cupich. This is not at all the case. I genuinely love him and frankly it’s a punch in the gut to lose him. But these scandalizing reports can be silenced now.

Ex-Trump voters swung hard to Democrats over costs in NJ & VA, new research shows dlvr.it/TPrwxM

Report confirms Joliet bishop to become archbishop of New York

Let’s face it: This will be relevant until January 2029.

One of my childhood heroes. #RIP

Pope Leo XIV has accepted the resignation of His Eminence Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan, 75, from the pastoral governance of the Archdiocese of New York, and has appointed Most Reverend Ronald A. Hicks, currently Bishop of Joliet, as the Metropolitan Archbishop of New York. The

One thing may be “shaken” as a result of Hicks’ appointment. The long-stalled beatification of Ven. Fulton Sheen might be jump-started by an Illinoisan taking over for Dolan. Stay tuned.

I rejoice today with + Fintan Monahan and my ancestral diocese on the Feast of St. Flannan. And a word to Americans of foreign descent (which is to say all of us): make a pilgrimage with your ancestral bishop. It’s life-changing.

A cohesive explanation of foreign policy would have been preferable.

Dec. 9? For those of us praying for the cause of Ven. Fulton Sheen, THIS is auspicious.

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🧵 1/4 With flu increasing and strains of flu circulating that may make it a worse season, getting vaccinated now can help prevent severe disease. Holidays are coming!

Could he stick? Is he an AG guy? Have to root for the kid after his battle with depression.

The wait is over for Chicago Bears fans. The team earned its first playoff berth since 2020 on Sunday night after the Bears beat the Green Bay Packers on Saturday and the Pittsburgh Steelers took down the Detroit Lions on Sunday. shawlocal.com/bears/2025/12/…

Well, I should hope so!