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Movies

Underworld: Blood Wars

The latest film in the "Underworld" series recounts the latest travails of the recurring main character (Kate Beckinsale), a skilled warrior now alienated from both sides in the longstanding conflict between her fellow vampires (led, among others, by Lara Pulver) and a race of werewolves known as Lycans (headed by Tobias Menzies).

Global

Catholic priest found dead in northern Mexico

By David Agren
MEXICO CITY (CNS) — A Catholic priest has been found dead in northern Mexico, marking another attack on clergy in a country where the widespread violence of the past decade has not spared church leaders. The body of Father Joaquin Hernandez Sifuentes, 42, was discovered Jan. 11 in Parras de la Fuente, approximately 90 miles […]
Columns

The sick, our everyday heroes

By Sr. Constance Veit, Lsp

Studies have shown that the majority of people who support assisted suicide do so because they fear the loss of personal autonomy and dignity in their final days. Suffering, they say, is meaningless and should have no place in the human experience. 

National

Nat Hentoff was self-described pro-life Jewish atheist

By Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON — Pro-lifers mourned the death of Nat Hentoff, 91, who died Jan. 7, as a rare combination of Jewish atheist, political liberal and pro-lifer. “It’s not surprising an atheist would be against abortion, because all he knows is life,” said Maria McFadden Maffucci, president of the Human Life Foundation and editor of its journal, […]
Bishop Burbidge

Message from Bishop Burbidge on the Celebration of Rev. Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.

By Bishop Michael F. Burbidge

May we make our holiday in remembrance of Dr. King more than just a “day off” from work or school and see it as an opportunity to serve the most vulnerable, to reach out to those rejected, to defend the rights of those who are oppressed and abused, and to promote peace in our communities. 

National

Georgia woman killed at Florida airport was parish stalwart

By Catholic News Service
ATLANTA — Olga Woltering, a bedrock member of her parish and the Atlanta Cursillo movement and beloved to her family and many friends, was among five people killed in the Jan. 6 shooting at a Florida airport. Woltering, 84, was leaving for a cruise with her husband, Ralph, to celebrate his birthday and were flying […]
Local

January is Poverty Awareness Month

During Poverty Awareness Month, join the U.S. Catholic Bishops, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development and the Catholic community in taking up Pope Francis' challenge to live in solidarity with the poor. 

Local

Science fair judges needed

The diocesan science fair needs volunteers with a science background to help judge the research projects of seventh- and eighth-grade students for the 2017 Science Fair.  

Local

St. Agnes to celebrate 80th anniversary

The community of St. Agnes Church in Arlington will celebrate its 80th anniversary Jan. 21, the feast day of its patron saint, with Mass at 5 p.m. Dinner and a musical ensemble will follow in the parish hall, St. Agnes Church, 1910 N. Randolph St., Arlington, 6-9 p.m. 

Pope Francis

Pope baptizes 28 infants

By Junno Arocho Esteves
VATICAN CITY — Parents are charged with guarding the faith given to their children at baptism and helping them become true witnesses by example rather than just rules, Pope Francis said. By asking the church for faith for their children through the sacrament of baptism, Christian parents have the task of helping their children to […]

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