The Good Catholic Life

Scot Landry to lead Catholic Voices USA The Pilot, August 29, 2013 By Pilot Staff Braintree – The Archdiocese of Boston announced August 29 that Scot Landry, Secretary for Catholic Media and President and CEO of iCatholic Media, will leave his current duties to become Executive Director of Catholic Voices USA, a national apostolate that […]

By Scot Landry Please see below WQOM’s statement on the defacing of one of its 23 billboards in the Boston-area as part of its “Try God” campaign. Also at the bottom of this post are the photos taken by WQOM’s billboard partners this morning before and after they removed the sticker added by the vandalizers. […]

This Chrism Mass is one of the great liturgies in the first half of Holy Week. Each Tuesday of Holy Week, Cardinal Sean gathers with several hundred priests from the Archdiocese of Boston and various priests of local religious orders to celebrate the Chrism Mass. His homily is typically one of Cardinal Sean’s significant annual […]

Cardinal Sean O’Malley offered holy Mass at the Cathedral of the Holy Cross on Palm Sunday, March 24, 2013 at 11:30. Below is the text of Cardinal Sean’s homily.  All photos were taken by George Martell and a broader set of photos are available at www.BostonCatholicPhotos.com. Cardinal Sean O’Malley, OFM Cap. Archbishop of Boston Cathedral […]

By Scot Landry George Martell and I set as our goal for these 2 weeks in Rome that if Archdiocese of Boston Catholics followed our coverage, we would provide you a sense of what it was like to be here in Rome during this papal transition. We hope we have delivered on our goal through […]

By Scot Landry Today at noon, Pope Francis delivered his first Sunday Angelus message.  Typically when the Holy Father is in Rome he has 2 regular weekly appearances: the Wednesday General Audience and then the Sunday Angelus message. If you read my Wednesday post, you remember that I thought there was only a remote chance […]

By Scot Landry The Basilica of St. Paul Outside the Walls is the second largest Church in Rome (St. Peter’s Basilica is the largest). It was built in the first-half of the fourth century by the emperor Constantine.  It remained practically intact until 1823 when it was almost destroyed by a terrible fire.  The rebuilding […]

By Scot Landry St. Mary Major is the most ancient Church in the west dedicated to the Blessed Mother. Unlike the other Basilicas, the decision to build this Church to glorify God wasn’t one of an emperor but was based on strong desire by the faithful to honor the Mother of God. When it was […]

By Scot Landry The election of Pope Francis occurred at least a day earlier than most prognosticators predicted.  We are blessed with our new Holy Father.  The early election also provided us with an opportunity to visit some of the sites away from St. Peter’s Square, since we weren’t needed to be around for the […]

By Scot Landry The big event on Saturday was a gathering of Pope Francis with all the credentialed media in Rome to cover the papal transition. Since we had heard that more than 5,000 media were credentialed and that families were also invited, we wanted to get in line early to make sure we had […]