Scottsdale singer captures sounds of ‘Unfailing grace’ in first book
It’s about a woman’s Catholic faith and how to live it, most notably in the Valleys, but at all points along the journey. Or, as part of the subtitle calls it, “Showing the Beauty of This Tapestry of Life.”
Priests swap clericals for camouflage to help fight Australian fires
They live in the field with firefighters and share in the daily routine which includes clearing roads, mending fences and anything else to help communities make the first steps to recovery.
New research details Catholic inmates at Auschwitz
WARSAW, Poland (CNS) — A Polish researcher has published the first study of religious practices among Christian prisoners at Auschwitz-Birkenau, as the 75th anniversary of the Nazi-run death camp’s liberation was marked in Israel and Poland.
Marching ‘an authentic act of patriotism,’ says military archbishop
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Taking part in the March for Life is “an authentic act of patriotism,” Archbishop Timothy P. Broglio, head of the U.S. Archdiocese for the Military Services, told 5,000 worshippers Jan. 24 in his homily for the closing Mass of the National Vigil for Life.
Movies: Jojo Rabbit
NEW YORK (CNS) — As with many satires, the makers of “Jojo Rabbit” (Fox Searchlight) don’t care much whether an audience likes their film — or understands all of it.
Remembering Holocaust is ‘a duty,’ pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis said remembering the millions of men, women and children who perished in the Holocaust is a call for the world today to reflect and commit to not repeating the atrocities of the past.
God’s word brings light to life’s dark corners, pope says at Mass
Jesus enters the human heart the same way He passed through Galilee: to heal and call people to follow Him.
Pope Francis ‘has our backs’ on pro-life cause, says archbishop
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pope Francis “has our backs” in the pro-life cause, Archbishop Joseph F. Naumann of Kansas City, Kansas, said to applause in his Jan. 23 homily at the opening Mass of the National Vigil for Life.
Chinese Mass ushers in New Year, new perspective on modern persecution
Freedom to practice the Catholic faith is not guaranteed, even in the modern age, as one priest's life story and a newly-released report show.
Basketball superstar Kobe Bryant, sustained by Catholic faith, dies in helicopter crash
LOS ANGELES (CNA) — Basketball superstar Kobe Bryant died Sunday in a helicopter crash in Southern California. Bryant, the father of four, was 41.
