The highest honor a high school basketball student-athlete can receive is having their jersey number retired and on display in the gymnasium for all future generations to see.
Month: December 2023
While Saying He’s Better, Pope Reveals Plans for His Funeral and Burial
While insisting that his health continues to improve and he has no present plans to resign, Pope Francis nevertheless revealed in a new interview that he’s begun making plans for his own funeral and burial, including his desire to be entombed in Rome’s famed Basilica of St. Mary Major.
‘Trinity’ Archbishop Protests Cuts in Funding for Nuclear Test Victims
In a year in which the legacy of the world’s first nuclear test has been thrust back into the spotlight due to the success of the Oscar-contending movie “Oppenheimer,” New Mexico’s Catholic archbishop is protesting a recent congressional move to cut long-standing compensation for victims of nuclear testing and uranium mining from a defense bill.
Supreme Court to Take Case on Abortion Pill Availability
The Supreme Court agreed Dec. 13 to look at a dispute over the availability of a commonly used abortion pill, mifepristone, making it the first abortion case it will hear since its decision overturning Roe v. Wade last year.
Obituaries, Week of December 16, 2023
Sister Doris Marie Batt, CSJ
Letters to the Editor Week of December 16, 2023
I Have Questions, Catholics, Please Return to Mass, Essential Article about Nuclear Disarmament, Wonderful Retreat
The Rise of Antisemitism Should Concern All of Us
As people of the Jewish faith gather together to celebrate the Festival of Lights this Hanukkah season, a darkness is falling over the faithful.
Learning From the Atheist Philosopher Jean-Paul Sartre
I had an interesting experience last August. I was at the dentist and the gentleman who handles finances for the dentist and who is very interested in computers, asked me a question: “What are you going to do about artificial intelligence?” I told him that I did not know anything about it.
The Presence of the Lord Among Us Is a Great Joy
Upon entering most of our Catholic schools and academies, a visitor will see a sign on the wall that reads, “Let it be known to all who enter here that Jesus Christ is the reason for this school, the unseen but ever present teacher in all its classes, the model of its faculty, and the inspiration for its students.”
Fed Judge OKs Buffer Zones Around Abortion Clinics in Several NY Counties
A federal judge has granted a preliminary injunction requested by New York Attorney General Letitia James to create a buffer zone for protesters at New York abortion clinics in several counties.