Tag: Editorial

Responding to scandals, January 6, 2011

Fr. Roger J. Landry The Anchor Editorial January 6, 2012 Ten years ago today, the Boston Globe published an article on the serial child abuse committed by Father John Geoghan, the suffering of his victims and their families, and the totally...

Memoranda, The Anchor, April 9, 2010

Fr. Roger J. Landry The Anchor Editorial April 9, 2010 Lent continues for the Church. The coverage of the Sacred Triduum from the Vatican focused very little on the events of the Lord’s suffering, death and resurrection, but mainly on what Benedict...

Black Friday, The Anchor, December 5, 2008

Fr. Roger J. Landry The Anchor Editorial December 5, 2008 The day after Thanksgiving was black not merely out of retailers’ hope for their financial bottom line. It was black because of what happened at 5 am at the Walmart in Valley Steam, New York...

A Prudent Fold, The Anchor, March 28, 2008

Fr. Roger J. Landry The Anchor Editorial March 28, 2008 Holy Week turned out to be a very good week on Beacon Hill. Legislators in the Joint Judiciary Committee effectively killed several bills that would have created even more chaos with regard to...

A Bad Bet, The Anchor, September 28, 2007

Fr. Roger J. Landry The Anchor Editorial September 28, 2007 Governor Deval Patrick’s September 17 announcement to seek to license three Resort Style Casinos in the Commonwealth, including one here in southeastern Massachusetts, is a unwise wager...

No Greater Love, The Anchor, April 6, 2007

Fr. Roger J. Landry The Anchor Editorial April 6, 2007 The great task of the spiritual life, one saint of the early Church was accustomed to say, is to “un-forget.” Like the Jews in the desert, who were prone to forget both the great miracles by...

Donum Vitae, The Anchor, February 23, 2007

Fr. Roger J. Landry The Anchor Editorial February 23, 2007 Yesterday was the 20th anniversary of the publication of Donum Vitae, the Church’s highest level foray into modern bioethical issues at the beginning of life. Written by the Vatican’s...

Plan B, The Anchor, September 1, 2006

Fr. Roger J. Landry Editorial The Anchor September 1, 2006   The August 24 decision of the Food and Drug Administration to allow women over 18 to have access to the Plan B morning after pills without a prescription has left Catholic and pro-life...

Navarro- Valls, The Anchor, July 21, 2006

Fr. Roger J. Landry The Landing Editorial The Anchor July 21, 2006   On July 11th, Pope Benedict acceded to Joaquin Navarro-Valls’ “oft-expressed readiness” to retire from the position of the director of the Holy See Press Office and de facto...

One Every Eight, The Anchor, June 9, 2006

Fr. Roger J. Landry The Landing Editorial The Anchor June 9, 2006   Normally editorials are dedicated to commenting on some recent or upcoming news event. This week it is regrettably devoted to the lack of one. The first or second Saturday in...

Men in Red, The Anchor, March 24, 2006

Fr. Roger J. Landry The Landing Editorial The Anchor March 24, 2006   The eyes of the Church universal and much of our region are justly on Rome today, where Pope Benedict XVI will create fifteen new cardinals. In addition to the particular...

Eros and Agape, The Anchor, February 10, 2006

Fr. Roger J. Landry The Landing Editorial The Anchor February 10, 2006   In his first encyclical, Pope Benedict XVI takes us to the “heart of the Christian faith” and presents us with a “summary of the Christian life.”  He described who God is, who...

Love Letter, The Anchor, February 3, 2006

Fr. Roger J. Landry The Landing Editorial The Anchor February 3, 2006   Most of us, when we receive a letter, normally open and read it. When the letter is from a close family member, we generally consume it faster. And most of us do not seem...

Matter Matters, The Anchor, August 5, 2005

Fr. Roger J. Landry The Landing Editorial The Anchor August 5, 2005 To believe in Jesus Christ as the Son-of-God-made-man means, minimally, to trust in what Jesus said and did. It is not possible for a true disciple to think that Jesus could have...