August 22nd, 2010 
Tom Pringle Whew! It’s amazing how quickly the summer passed us by. And, let me tell you, what a summer it has been.
Many of you know that I decided to leave the seminary this summer and have been following my progress with starting anew on Twitter and/or Facebook. That decision ultimately led me to transfer to the [...]
Posted in Personal, Rome, Year in Review 
Tags: Life Update, Papal Visit, Pope Benedict XVI, Rome, UCF, UK 
View Comments July 19th, 2010 Tom Pringle I apologize for the lack of posts over the last few days. There is not much ecclesial news happening around these parts. When the Pope goes on vacation for the summer the Catholic news cycle slows down quite dramatically.
The most interesting tid-bit that has emerged within the last week is the Vatican’s release of modifications [...]
Posted in Vatican News Tags: Archbishop Donal Wuerl, Bishop Blase Cupich, Bishops' Committee on Doctrine, Bishops' Committee on Protection of Children and Young People, CDF, Clergy Sexual Abuse, Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, Ordination of Women, Pope Benedict XVI, Rome, USCCB, Vatican, Vatican News View Comments June 30th, 2010 Tom Pringle It has certainly been a busy morning on the Catholic side of the blogosphere!! This morning, the musings about Cardinal Marc Ouellet heading to Rome as the Prefect for the Congregation for Bishops and head of the Commission for Latin America were confirmed when he was appointed to those positions by Benedict XVI. For the [...]
June 29th, 2010 Tom Pringle During this morning’s Mass celebrating the Feast of Ss. Peter and Paul, the Holy Father conferred the pallium on 38 new metropolitan archbishops.
To the glory of Almighty God and the praise of the Blessed Virgin Mary and of the apostles Peter and Paul, and of the Holy Roman Church, for the honor of the Churches, [...]
June 29th, 2010 Tom Pringle Here is the full text homily given by Pope Benedict XVI at this morning’s Pallium Mass.
Dear brothers and sisters!
The biblical texts of this Eucharistic Liturgy of the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul, in their great wealth, highlight a theme that could be summarized thus: God is close to his faithful servants and frees them [...]
