Dear Parishioners,

In a recent weekday homily, I noted the distinction between two realities that we sometimes conflate—jealousy and envy. Strictly speaking, jealousy is the desire to rigidly guard what we already possess. Envy, on the other hand, is the resentment toward another for what he/she already possesses and the desire to deprive them of it.

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Dear Parishioners,

I’m calling my bulletin article for this week, Familiar Places with New Faces, as hopefully will be evident.

The first of these familiar places is Vatican City, the smallest sovereign state in the world. It is home to what may be the largest Catholic church in the world that is built over the necropolis where the apostle Peter is buried. It is also the place where the pope, successor of St. Peter, resides.

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