Above, hundreds of survivors of Typhoon Haiyan have dinner and rest under candle light in a Redemptorist-run church where they found shelter in Tacloban, Philippines. Nearly two weeks after Super Typhoon Haiyan tore through the central Philippines, Catholic aid workers were still seeing great needs. Below, a man lights a candle Nov. 25 as he […]
The second annual Shadow Box Film Fest – the world’s only all-boxing film festival – will take place Dec. 6-7 at the SVA Theatre on West 23rd Street in Manhattan. When the worlds of film and boxing collide, it always makes for great drama. For decades, the movie industry has created legendary characters inspired by […]
by Effie Caldarola In Flannery O’Connor’s novel, “Wise Blood,” the protagonist senses Jesus moving “from tree to tree in the back of his mind, a wild ragged figure.” I fell in love with that phrase long ago and imagined Jesus, intriguing, mysterious and persistent, flitting in and out of our consciousness, but at the end […]
by Cindy Wooden Pope Francis’ apostolic exhortation (See Page 11) on sharing the joy of the Gospel is a call to faith-filled optimism, recognizing challenges but knowing that God’s love and lordship will prevail, said Archbishop Rino Fisichella, introducing the text to the media. The archbishop, president of the Pontifical Council for Promoting New Evangelization, told […]
WARSAW, Poland (CNS) – Climate change represents an “ethical challenge to civilization,” said the Vatican’s lead representative to an international conference discussing the worldwide impact of climate change. Archbishop Celestino Migliore told attendees at a Church-run conference that the Vatican would help “form consciences and ethical perspectives” on climate change in line with Catholic social […]
by John Garvey It was foggy this morning. I found it cozy. I always have. I love the fog. When I was a boy, we lived on a small lake in Pennsylvania. I liked to get up early to see the fog sitting on the bay. When the sun rose, it would roll out toward […]
by Father Robert Lauder Fifth in a series From the time that Pope Francis was elected, there has been considerable speculation about what having a Jesuit as pope will mean for the Church. I went to Xavier High School, a Jesuit high school situated on West 16th Street in Manhattan. I imagine all the Jesuits who […]
by George Weigel There’s a lot for U.S. Catholics to be thankful for at Thanksgiving 2013: seminaries that have turned the corner from the doldrums of the immediate past and are now full, or getting close; a reform of the liturgical reform that is bringing a new sense of the sacred back to Catholic worship; […]
by Sister Karen M. Cavanagh, C.S.J. “IT’S A BROOKLYN thing!” In my day (that’s a giveaway), children dressed as ragamuffins on Thanksgiving morn. We visited neighbors, knocking on doors and begging: “Anything for Thanksgiving?” We received an apple, an orange, walnuts in their shell or maybe some pennies. We imagined the experience of those who […]
Dear Dr. Garner, I am very upset. My 12-year-old son is overweight (more than 100 pounds), and he is constantly getting made fun of by the other children. Besides the emotional pain, he actually has physical pain in his knees when he walks, which I think is due to his weight problem. His blood sugar […]
