by Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Using high-tech lasers shooting pulses of ultraviolet light, Italy’s national research agency succeeded in reproducing on linen cloth colorations similar to those seen on the Shroud of Turin. The enormous technical difficulty in achieving the positive results also makes it highly unlikely that the shroud is a fake […]
Month: January 2012
Nuns’ Message to Pols: Welcome Immigrants
by Barb Arland-Fye DAVENPORT, Iowa (CNS) – In anticipation of this past week’s Iowa caucuses, 10 communities of women religious in Iowa and nearby states bought billboards throughout Iowa to deliver a call for comprehensive immigration reform. Quoting chapter 25, verse 35 of the Gospel of Matthew, the billboards read: “I was a stranger and […]
Pope to Meet Cuban, Mexican Presidents
by Carol Glatz VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI will meet with Cuban President Raul Castro, Mexican President Felipe Calderon and bishops and Catholics from the region when he visits Mexico and Cuba March 23-28. He will also deliver a message to the bishops of Latin America and the Caribbean as well as pray […]
Pope Looks to New Year With Hopes for Peace
by Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Christians should look toward the New Year with hope and a commitment to working for justice and peace, Pope Benedict XVI said. “God is love, he is just and peaceable, and anyone wishing to honor him must first of all act like a child following his father’s example,” […]
Smiles Make Bright Christmas Worthwhile
The final count for The Tablet’s Bright Christmas Appeal is not yet complete. But as we return from a week out of the office, we can report that more than 2,500 readers have taken the time to send us a donation. So far, we have collected $91,410.36. The average contribution is slightly more than $36. […]
Make It Happen in 2012
History is made up of three kinds of people: those who make it happen, those to whom it happens and those who wonder what happened! Whoever first observed this was onto something. Each of these options is a personal choice. What will ours be? As 2011 came to an end, it was only natural to […]
Treatment for Eating Disorders
Dear Dr. Garner, First, I would like to wish you and your family a wonderful new year and congratulations on your new grandson. I am writing to you about a problem that has me heartbroken. My beautiful 20-year-old daughter has a very bad problem. She cannot eat properly and is down to skin and bones. […]
Don’t Miss the Point Of Christmas
by Father Robert Lauder Although Christmas has passed and we have welcomed a new year, I find myself still thinking about Christmas and its meaning and its mystery. For several years I have noticed the large role memories play in my Christmas experience. I suppose everyone’s experience of Christmas changes from year to year and […]
A Cool Reception for Seasonal Church in Bavaria
A Catholic priest walks inside a church made of snow in the Bavarian village of Mitterfirmiansreut, near the German-Czech border. The snow church is likely to become a tourist attraction until the beginning of spring. Below, people work at the construction site of the snow church, which was unveiled during a Dec. 28 ceremony.
Magi Discover God’s Answer To The World’s Darkness
by Father Caleb Buchanan “THE SAVING GRACE of God for us may be delayed but never denied.” I have heard a beautiful gospel song titled “His Grace Sometimes Be Delayed But Not Denied!” We gathered in the midnight darkness over two weeks ago and stood with the blessed in heaven who rejoiced in the words […]