Chaldean Catholic Archbishop: Iraqis have ‘big anxiety’ after drone kills Iranian general January 3, 2020By Dale Gavlak Filed Under: Feature, News, World News Iraqis fear their country, already weary from years of war, may be dragged into a conflict between the United States and Iran, following the U.S.-targeted killing in Baghdad of Iran’s top general, Qassem Soleimani.
Still celebrating Christmas, homemade donuts, and hopes for the New Year (7 Quick Takes) January 3, 2020By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window, Recipes Are you still celebrating Christmas? It’s only the 10th day of Christmas, and the Three Kings haven’t yet arrived. Our tree is still up, and we have been exchanging final gifts with friends and baking cookies.
Journey to the light January 3, 2020By Christopher Gunty Filed Under: Behind the Headlines, Blog, Commentary We don’t stop celebrating his birth just because the stores take down decorations and end the sales. We find the light in the manger and we trek to the Lord with all who seek him.
Sister Joan Tobin, OSF, served St. Joseph Medical Center January 2, 2020By Catholic Review Staff Filed Under: Local News, News A funeral Mass was to be offered Jan. 3 in Aston, Pa., for Sister Joan Christine Tobin. A professed member of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia for 52 years, the former Sister Joseph Christi died there Dec. 27, at age 85.
‘Violence in the name of God is blasphemy,’ USCCB president says January 2, 2020By Catholic News Service Filed Under: News, World News Decrying the acts of religious violence that have taken place during the Christmas season, the president of the U.S. bishops declared: “Violence in the name of God is blasphemy.”
March for Life theme borrows page from suffragist centennial January 2, 2020By Mark Pattison Filed Under: Feature, News, World News The March for Life, the annual march in Washington to protest legalized abortion in the United States, is tying itself in 2020 to the women’s suffrage movement for the 100th anniversary of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote.
Embrace all the New Year brings December 31, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church We can’t know what lies ahead. As much as we might not like uncertainty, there’s also a gift in not knowing what the future holds.
Discover a beautifully told story with the new ‘Little Women’ film December 30, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window “Little Women” has been performed many times, but my favorite rendition doesn’t feature Elizabeth Taylor or Winona Ryder.
Work assignment on Sunday/ Mass card for non-Catholic wedding ceremony? December 30, 2019By Father Kenneth Doyle Filed Under: Commentary, Question Corner Father Doyle fields questions on work assignment on Sunday and giving a Mass card to a couple married in a non-Catholic ceremony.
Stories from Christmas, a Star Wars birthday cake, a new flyswatter, and more (7 Quick Takes) December 27, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window Stories from Christmas, including how an Old Bay ornament made its way to our tree
There’s something special about a baby December 26, 2019By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window God knows how the Infant Jesus will capture our attention—if we just let Him.
Christmas, freedom and obedience December 25, 2019By George Weigel Filed Under: Commentary, The Catholic Difference The Christmas story is a lengthy meditation on a counterintuitive but essential truth: true freedom, genuine liberation, comes through freely chosen obedience to God’s purposes.
