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The Napa Institute’s First D.C. Event

Over the years, Washington, DC has become the place where members of the Body of Christ examine and pursue ideas that impact our culture in critical ways.  Organizations such as the Catholic Information Center, USCCB, EPPC, EWTN, Catholic University of America, and The National Shrine, among...

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In The Fight for Life, Voting and Conversion Are Both Needed

Read the full article at National Catholic Register   The fight for life has entered a new and critical stage. Coming off the 2022 midterm elections, abortion activists have set their sights on socially conservative, pro-life states. They’re preparing ballot initiatives in the hopes of...

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The Dedication of the Shrine of Blessed Stanley Rother

Steph and I recently accompanied our good friend, the Ecclesiastical Advisor to the Napa Institute, Archbishop Paul Coakley, to the dedication of the Blessed Stanley Rother shrine in Oklahoma City. Executive Director John Meyer and Director of Advancement Ben O'Neill joined us from Napa Institute fo...

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Clergy Hospitality: Complimentary Hotel Stays at Select PHG Hotels for Clergy

Priests, Bishops, and Daily Communicants,   For many years, the Pacific Hospitality Group ("PHG"), a hospitality company with thirteen hotels throughout various states, has offered clergy hospitality in partnership with the Napa Institute. PHG provides a free room to a Roman Catholic Prie...

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‘God’s Rottweiler’: Pope Benedict was a fierce and compassionate defender of the faith

Read the full article at USA Today   “Jesus Christ is not just a book. He was and is our brother, our Lord.”   Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger said these words to me in Rome in November 2003, a year and a half before his election as Pope Benedict XVI. They capture the heart of th...

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A Night of Joy and Peace – December 7, 2022

For 20 years, I’ve had a tradition of hosting a Catholic CEO men’s group following Thanksgiving. We invite a prelate to lead an evening retreat, then the next day, we tour some Orange County religious sites such as JSerra Catholic High School, Christ Cathedral, and St. Michael’s Norbertine Abb...

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Vivek Ramaswamy and the Larry Fink Problem – October 27, 2022

Originally posted by National Review here. David is joined this week by Vivek Ramaswamy, the author of the best-selling book, Woke Inc., to talk about a moral defense of markets. They go all around the horn in looking at where the Business Roundtable got it all wrong, where so-called “stak...

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Cardinal Zen on Trial – October 25, 2022

Originally posted by First Things here. It says a lot about Communist China that Beijing feels the need to arrest and prosecute a frail ninety-year-old Catholic leader. It says even more that Cardinal Zen is accepting his plight with such grace and courage. With his trial on trumped-up nation...

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Two Masses – October 16, 2022

NOTE: Being a visitor at New Orleans’ St. Patrick’s Church, I made an inaccurate surmise about the celebrant at the Latin Mass I attended. He was not, as I originally wrote, Fr. Garrett M. O’Brien; rather it was Fr. William Farge, S.J. I have corrected the text of my column accordingly, a...

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The Eucharistic Harrowing of Hell’s Kitchen, Votive Mass of the Holy Eucharist – October 11, 2022

Fr. Roger J. Landry Sacred Heart of Jesus Parish, Manhattan Memorial of St. John XXIII Votive Mass of the Holy Eucharist Sixtieth Anniversary of the Second Vatican Council October 11, 2022 1 Cor 11:23-26, Ps 116, Jn 6:51-58 To listen to an audio recording of today’s homily, please click ...

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