Movie Review: ‘Gretel and Hansel’ February 6, 2020By Kurt Jensen Filed Under: Movie & Television Reviews, News, World News The film covers the familiar outlines of the old story, with two children negotiating a dark and very foggy forest as they escape a famine-scarred home life in search of food and security.
Among calls for unity, Trump criticizes Democrats at prayer breakfast February 6, 2020By Dennis Sadowski Filed Under: News, World News As three members of Congress and a well-known economist called for healing, unity and “love of neighbor” at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump broke ranks and criticized Democrats for impeaching him while hailing Republicans who acquitted him.
Black history is Catholic history February 6, 2020By Shannen Dee Williams Filed Under: Commentary, Guest Commentary As we mark this 94th annual celebration of black history during February, I encourage all Catholics interested in justice, reconciliation and peace to commit to learning about the central place of black people in the church’s long and complex history.
Sister who works with Philadelphia homeless attends State of the Union February 6, 2020By Carol Zimmermann Filed Under: News, World News Mercy Sister Mary Scullion, co-founder and executive director of Project HOME, an organization that helps the homeless in Philadelphia, was one of the many guests who attended the Feb. 4 State of the Union, which she hoped would draw attention to homelessness and inspire federal aid to alleviate it.
Human Rights Watch says deportees killed after return to El Salvador February 6, 2020By David Agren Filed Under: News, World News At least 138 Salvadorans have been murdered after being sent back to their violent Central American country from the United States, according to a report from Human Rights Watch.
Trump highlights pro-life, school choice issues in State of the Union February 5, 2020By Julie Asher Filed Under: News, Respect Life, World News Less than two weeks after pro-life leaders welcomed President Donald Trump to the speakers’ platform at the Jan. 24 March for Life on the National Mall, these leaders were praising a call he issued in his State of the Union address Feb. 4 that Congress immediately ban late-term abortion.
How St. Michael the Archangel became the Ministry of Brewing February 5, 2020By Tim Swift Filed Under: Local News, News How did one of Baltimore’s most historic Catholic churches – built in 1852 to serve German immigrants and once led by St. John Neumann – become a brewery?
‘He was a great,’ Pope Francis says of St. John Paul II February 5, 2020By Cindy Wooden Filed Under: Feature, News, World News St. John Paul II taught the world that truly great faith and holiness dwell in “the normality of a person who lives in profound communion with Christ,” Pope Francis said in a new book.
When I grow up February 4, 2020By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Blog, Open Window It’s past bedtime, and our little boy should be asleep. But when I go to check on him, his mind is too full to sleep.
Popsicles before dinner February 4, 2020By Rita Buettner Filed Under: Commentary, The Domestic Church I have come to see that there are times when the best parenting move is the one that is best for the parent.
Catholic high schools continue to be more affordable than most private schools February 3, 2020By Paul McMullen Filed Under: Feature, Local News, News, Schools The 19 Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore continue to be more affordable than all but a handful of their private peers, as evidenced by the Catholic Review’s annual survey of cost of attendance among other nonpublic high schools in the archdiocese.
Are you ready to see the Light of Life? February 3, 2020By Father J. Collin Poston Filed Under: Blog, Dust and Dewfall Every day is a gift from our Heavenly Father. May we not take it for granted but live it as such, and allow the light of Jesus to shine in and through us so, as to illuminate and brighten our often dark and troubled world.
