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The crown of motherhood
A friend told me that he saw my picture in a 30th-anniversary issue of my hometown newspaper, the Forest City Summit. It was a picture of me along with the other members of the Miss Forest City Pageant court smiling at the camera. Miss…
Holy Father’s prayer intention for October
EVANGELIZATION: The Mission of Religious: That consecrated religious men and women may bestir themselves, and be present among the poor, the marginalized, and those who have no voice.
U.S. bishops’ administrative committee releases statement on actions to be taken regarding sex…
Days after a committee of United States bishops met with Pope Francis to discuss the clerical sex abuse crisis unfolding in the U.S., the Administrative Committee of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, on Sept. 19, released…
Will Graham on playing his grandfather in ‘Unbroken’
Louis Zamperini — Olympian and World War II veteran — has been the subject of two films. In 2014, Angelina Jolie’s movie Unbroken — adapted from the best-selling book of the same name by Lauren Hillenbrand — told Zamperini’s story up to his…
The ‘Miracle Hunter’ and ‘The Apparition’
The Apparition, written and directed by Xavier Giannoli, is a thought-provoking mystery that follows a young French novitiate named Anna (Galatéa Bellugi) who claims that the Virgin Mary appeared to her. The film is seen through the eyes of…
In the midst of sex abuse allegations, what is a Catholic layperson to do?
I am one of those angry and sickened Catholic laity. The torrent of news about the latest revelations of clerical sexual abuse in the United States and elsewhere has left me drowning in frustration and grief. The Church that I love is…
What does the Catechism say about work?
With summer coming to its unofficial close, we celebrate the importance of work on Labor Day, a national holiday in the United States and Canada. As Christians, we know that even Jesus himself worked. Pope Francis wrote this in his 2015…
Holy Father’s prayer intention for September
UNIVERSAL: Young People in Africa: That young people in Africa may have access to education and work in their own countries.
Responding to the sexual abuse crisis
The past month has been a difficult and sad one for the Church in America and for all Catholics. With the resignation from the College of Cardinals Archbishop Theodore McCarrick and the release of the Pennsylvania grand jury report, our…
Bringing healing to a wounded Church
Fr. Thomas Berg had just finished celebrating morning Mass. The faithful had left the church, and Fr. Berg was locking up. As he made his way back to the sacristy, he glanced up at a stained glass window depicting the Resurrection. It was…
