Vatican-ordered investigation targets Bishop Strickland of Tyler, Texas…

Vatican-ordered investigation targets Bishop Strickland of Tyler, Texas…

CNA, CBJ—The Vatican’s Dicastery for Bishops has completed a formal investigation of Bishop Joseph E. Strickland and the Diocese of Tyler, Texas, according to multiple media reports and confirmed by EWTN News. Apolstolic Visitation The inquiry, known as an apostolic visitation, marks a rare though not unprecedented intervention by Rome into a U.S. diocese and…

Bud Light, Target, haven’t the Dodgers learned anything? As a sports team owner, I know better

Bud Light, Target, haven’t the Dodgers learned anything? As a sports team owner, I know better

Will the Los Angeles Dodgers ever be the same? I doubt it. One of the most-storied sports brands in history is reeling. It’s the result of management’s foolish decision to invite an anti-Catholic hate group to an LGBT Pride night, then rescind the invitation after criticism from the right, only to re-invite the group after blowback from the left.…

OBIT: Tommy Lasorda – You may not be “Dodger Blue” but ya gotta love Tommy, Baseball, and Tommy’s Catholic Faith

OBIT: Tommy Lasorda – You may not be “Dodger Blue” but ya gotta love Tommy, Baseball, and Tommy’s Catholic Faith

Dodger Blue lost a legend this month, its famed manager Tommy Lasorda died on January 8, 2021.  Having recently been released from a two-month hospital stay, Lasorda suffered a sudden cardiopulmonary arrest at home. He was 93. He is survived by his wife of 70 years, Jo, their daughter and granddaughter. He was preceded in…

Baseball, Bishops and Catholic Night at the Ballpark

Baseball, Bishops and Catholic Night at the Ballpark

Catholic Business Journal brings you a moment from the past that is perhaps worth repeating elsewhere in the country, you be the judge—On Sept. 2, 2016, Dodger Stadium served as the center of a massive Venn diagram of local Catholics and lifelong fans of the Los Angeles Dodgers, as the ballpark hosted its first-ever “Catholic…