Soup for January, the beauty of a sky and snow, a new hoverboard, an Epiphany house blessing, and more (7 Quick Takes) January 10, 2020By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Something about January puts me in a soup mood. This week I made Italian wedding soup.
Writer’s Southern roots inspire ‘radical faith’ element to her fiction January 10, 2020By Mike Mastromatteo Filed Under: News, World News A native of Beaufort, South Carolina, Sayers’ first five novels touch on the sense of separateness and isolation of Catholic communities in the heavily Protestant U.S. South.
Puerto Rico reels under successive earthquakes; Catholic church damaged January 10, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Filed Under: News, World News At least one person has died and one Catholic church was destroyed by the latest of a series of earthquakes to rock Puerto Rico.
Sister James Frances McGlashen, O.S.F., dies at 100 January 9, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News, Obituaries A funeral Mass will be offered Jan. 15 for Franciscan Sister James Frances McGlashen at Assisi House in Aston, Pa.
Iowa priest-photographer surprised by appeal of viral cattle cross image January 9, 2020By Dan Russo Filed Under: News, World News Thousands have seen the photograph and its impact continues weeks after the priest took the shot.
Movie Review: ‘Underwater’ January 9, 2020By John Mulderig Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News Like the ocean depths in which it’s set, director William Eubank’s monster movie “Underwater” (Fox) is dim and murky.
Turn the Page: A Moment of Mercy January 9, 2020By Robyn Barberry Filed Under: Blog, Unconditional Mercy heals. It’s something God offers us and it’s something we should offer to others when we can see that they have given up on themselves.
Middle Ground: St. Stephen School in Bradshaw opens new building for grades 6-8 January 9, 2020By Mary K. Tilghman Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools White boards share wall space with BenQ interactive flat-screen boards that connect to a computer, the Internet or TV, and work with other high-tech tools.
Don’t let the devil light ‘fire’ of war in your heart, pope says January 9, 2020By Carol Glatz Filed Under: Feature, News, World News People cannot call themselves Christians if they sow the seeds of war, Pope Francis said.
Amid threat of war, world must not give up hope, pope tells diplomats January 9, 2020By Junno Arocho Esteves Filed Under: Feature, News, Vatican, Video, World News Hope is the virtue needed to approach the coming year, especially when the looming threat of war surrounds a humanity scarred by violence, Pope Francis said.
My favorite thing to do when it snows January 8, 2020By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window When I hear snow is coming, I can’t wait to start baking.
USCCB president urges world leaders to pursue dialogue, seek peace January 8, 2020By Catholic News Service Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Hours after Iran launched more than a dozen ballistic missiles at two Iraqi bases, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, issued a statement calling for urgent prayers “that our world’s leaders will pursue dialogue and seek peace.”
