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Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM MEXICO – As the plane carrying him back to Rome from Mexico was flying over Texas, Pope Francis insisted building walls to keep immigrants out of one’s country is un-Christian. Holding his customary in-flight news conference Feb. 17 after a six-day trip that ended at the Mexico-U.S. border, Pope Francis […]
Global
By Cindy Wooden
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – At the border of Mexico and the United States, Pope Francis blessed a large cross in memory of all the people who have crossed the frontier. The pope said nothing Feb. 17, but he clasped his hands tightly in prayer and bowed his head in silent prayer. He left a bunch […]
Global
By Junno Arocho Esteves
MORELIA, Mexico – Excitement turned potentially dangerous and elicited an angry snap from Pope Francis at a meeting with young people in Morelia Feb. 16. As the 79-year-old pope made his way to greet a boy in a wheelchair, one of the many pilgrims behind the boy pulled the pope’s arm, causing him to fall […]
Local
By Ashleigh Buyers
While many couples were out on Valentine’s Day dates Sunday night, a large group gathered at St. Ann Church in Arlington for a special musical performance. Under the dimmed lights of the sanctuary, the St. Patrick’s Family Players performed the musical cantata “Resurrection,” by Bryan Jeffery Leech.
Global
By David Agren
CIUDAD JUAREZ, Mexico – Speaking from the symbolic platform of the U.S.-Mexico border, Pope Francis pleaded for the plight of immigrants while warning those refusing to offer safe shelter and passage that their actions and inhospitable attitudes were bringing about dishonor and self-destruction as their hearts hardened and they “lost their sensitivity to pain.” Recalling […]
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
SAN CRISTOBAL DE LAS CASAS, Mexico – Paying homage to the culture and ancient wisdom of Mexico’s indigenous peoples, Pope Francis urged them to hold on to hope and condemned those who exploit their people and their land. “Some have considered your values, culture and traditions to be inferior. Others, intoxicated by power, money and […]
Local
By Dave Borowski
St. Isidore of Seville sometimes is called the patron saint of computers and the Internet. The fourth-century Spanish saint wrote numerous books, including an encyclopedia, a dictionary and rules for religious orders. St. Isidore probably wouldn’t know what to make of the computer lab at Our Lady of Good Counsel School in Vienna and the […]
Global
By David Agren
MEXICO CITY – Pope Francis demanded forceful denunciations of drug violence in Mexico from the country’s bishops, who have preferred timid pronouncements instead of speaking prophetically on a tragedy that has claimed more than 100,000 lives over the past 10 years and left another 25,000 Mexicans missing. Speaking Feb. 13 to an audience of bishops […]
Local
By Michael Brown
BOISE, Idaho – Most people know chef Lou Aaron for his culinary mastery, including the Idaho Ice Cream Potato that draws crowds to his Westside Drive-in, a nationally recognized establishment given five stars on the Food Network’s “Diners, Drive-ins and Dives.” What most don’t know is that Aaron’s Catholic faith is a key ingredient in […]
Columns
By John Garvey
Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, God rest his soul, was routinely described as a conservative, and so he was. He held fast to a lot of traditional values. He loved his church, his wife and nine children, and his country. He favored small government over big, and local over national. He believed that change would […]
