Editor’s note — In conjunction with our Back to School section this week, we offer this reflection for college students contributed by Sister Margie Lavonis, CSC, a writer and editorial assistant for the Sisters of the Holy Cross in Notre Dame, Ind. We hope it will be clipped and shared with the many young people […]
Continue readingWASHINGTON (CNS) — Catholic theologian Miguel Diaz was confirmed by the U.S. Senate Aug. 4 as the ninth U.S. ambassador to the Vatican. A professor of theology at the College of St. Benedict in St. Joseph, Minn., and St. John’s University in Collegeville, Minn., Diaz is the first Hispanic to serve in the post. Diaz […]
Continue readingBOSTON (CNS) — New billboards featuring the Eucharist displayed in a monstrance aim to get the word out about the return of perpetual adoration to Boston after a 40-year absence. The two giant signboards tower over the streets in two Boston communities, Brighton and East Boston. The words under the image read “The Son’s rays […]
Continue readingNAIROBI, Kenya (CNS) — Nairobi Cardinal John Njue has lifted a suspension he had imposed on the activities of the Catholic charismatic renewal movement in his archdiocese. The cardinal made the announcement July 31 after a special meeting with the members of the movement at Nairobi’s Holy Family Basilica. Cardinal Njue, who suspended the movement’s […]
Continue readingRating: O (R) NEW YORK (CNS) — The following is a capsule review of a movie recently reviewed by the Office for Film & Broadcasting of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Gruesome horror tale in which a handyman (Josh Stewart) breaks into his employer’s (Michael Reilly Burke) isolated country home, believing it to be […]
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