Deacon Bob Yerhot serves the diocese of Winona-Rochester, Minnesota. He has dedicated his life to the service of his family and the Catholic Church. He has studied philosophy, classical humanities, theology and social work at St. Mary’s College (now University) at Winona, Minnesota, the Pontifical Gregorian University in Rome, Italy, and the University of Minnesota, Minneapolis. He currently serves two parishes in southeast Minnesota, is the Assistant Director Emeritus of the Diaconate for the Diocese of Winona, and is the diocesan consultant for the Courage and Encourage Apostolate and Unbound ministry in the diocese. He offers days of reflection and retreats for diaconal communities in the United States. For over 30 years he practiced clinical social work and psychotherapy before retiring in 2015.
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Category Archives: Popes
It Official: John Paul II and John XXIII will be Canonized!
The Holy Father has given his approval to the canonization of both Pope John Paul II and John XXIII. In a rather unusual move, Pope Francis has dispensed with the necessity of a second miracle in John XXIII’s case. (Please … Continue reading
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St. John Paul II and St. John XXIII
The reports are many that the last hurdle has been crossed. The Vatican congregation responsible for such things has attested to a second needed-for-canonization miracle, attributable to Pope John Paul II and will be submitting it to Pope Francis for … Continue reading
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Pope Francis’ First Encyclical and the Completion of Luciani’s Catechesis
Pope Francis’ first encyclical, entitled Lumen Fidei, (The Light of Faith) will be released this Friday, 11 o’clock in the morning Rome time. There will be an English translation immediately available, so we excitedly anticipate its contents. I don’t know much about … Continue reading
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St. John Paul II? And John Paul I??
I have read various reports recently that the Vatican is being flooded with reports of miracles attributable to the intercession of Blessed Pope John Paul II and that Office responsible for examining these claims has given its stamp of approval … Continue reading
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Do Not Place Obstacles To The Faith
Pope Francis in his daily homily today once again has some wonderfully simple and incisive words regarding opening the doors to the faith rather than putting obstacles to it. Here is Radio Vatican’s recounting of the Holy Father’s homily. The … Continue reading
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The Trivialization of Evil and the Denial of a Good God
Benedict XVI wrote in his book, Jesus of Nazareth, “The idea that God allowed the forgiveness of guilt, the healing of man from within, to cost him the death of his Son has come to seem quite alien to us … Continue reading
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Humility to the Detriment of Authority?
On March 28, on the the website, www.atlantico.fr Jacques-Charles Gaffiot published an article entitled, “Humilty Alert: What the Church would lose by renouncing decorum and her traditions.” In the article, it is reported (I do not read French, thus I … Continue reading
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Pope Francis’ Evangelistic Assault
If he keeps it up, it appears to me that Pope Francis is leaning hard on the rudder of the barque which is the Church, steering it in the direction that was so eloquently started by John Paul I, taken … Continue reading
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Here is the Papal RIng
It has not been confirmed by the Vatican (as far as I know), but this is what is being reported: the pope has chosen to wear this “used” ring after his installation tomorrow. It is a gold-plated silver ring that was … Continue reading
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The New Papal Coat of Arms and Motto
Here is Papa Francesco’s papal coat of arms. His coat of arms is simple in style, with the bishop’s miter at the top. As in all papal coat of arms, the papal keys, one gold the other silver, cross and … Continue reading
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Pope Francis’ Biography, in brief
Here is a short biography of Pope Francis, as given on the Vatican’s website. Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, S.J., Archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, Ordinary for Eastern-rite faithful in Argentina who lack an Ordinary of their own rite, was born on 17 … Continue reading
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This Says it All
This says a lot of about the man. Here is Pope Francis in 2005, washing the feet of women in a maternity ward. I assume it was HolyThursday.
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Pope Francis’ First Words to the World
(Here are the Holy Father’s first words to the world. The original is in Italian. This is my translation.) Brothers and sisters, good evening! You know that the Conclave must give a bishop to Rome. It seems my brother cardinals … Continue reading
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Pope Francis and John Paul I’s Legacy
I don’t know about the rest of you, but I was immediately struck by something when I watched Pope Francis at the front loggia of St. Peter’s yesterday afternoon. I thought, “This is what I remember in August of 1978. … Continue reading
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Pope Francis!
Our new Holy Father is Pope Francis! Formerly Cardinal Jorge Bergoglio from Argentina, Pope Francis is a Jesuit and a man of great holiness. A man who knows the poor, and who has taken the name of a great saint … Continue reading
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