Tag: John

John Henry Newman, Local Hero

As your teeth pass through the chocolate shell and reach the gooey “yolk” of a Cadbury Creme Egg on any given Easter, realize that you have John Henry Newman to thank for your confectionary celebration of the Resurrection. …

John Paul II and our Elder (Jewish) Brothers

Forty years ago, Pope John Paul II made a historic visit to the Great Synagogue of Rome. He was the first bishop of Rome to visit a synagogue (though presumably Peter, at least, made an appearance now and again). John Paul’s visit, so pregnant…

St. John Paul II, Priest

Beginning in 1979, Pope John Paul II took up the habit of writing an annual letter to priests which would be published on, or just before, Holy Thursday. These letters allowed John Paul II an outlet for repeated meditation on the nature of the…