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National
By Catholic News Service
OAKLAND, Calif. – Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone, to be installed in October as archbishop of San Francisco, was arrested in San Diego early Aug. 26 for driving under the influence. The archbishop, a San Diego native, had his mother in the car. In an Aug. 27 statement issued from the Diocese of Oakland, which Archbishop […]
Global
By Bridget Kelly Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Terrorist attacks on Christians in Africa, the Middle East and Asia tripled in a seven-year period, a Vatican official told a U.N. meeting. Archbishop Silvano M. Tomasi, the Holy See’s permanent observer to U.N. offices in Geneva, told the U.N. Human Rights Council that while Christians are not the only victims, attacks […]
Schools
By For The Catholic Herald
Students in kindergarten through eighth grade at Sacred Heart Academy in Winchester made 532 bologna and cheese and 166 cheese sandwiches for the homeless last week. The sandwiches will be distributed through the Congregational Community Action Project. Students wrote messages, such as “Made with love” and “One must see God in everyone,” on the sandwich […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY – The Vatican dismissed claims that Pope Francis played a direct role in the kidnappings of two Jesuit priests during Argentina’s murderous military dictatorship and described them as part of a campaign by “left-wing anti-clerical elements to attack the church.” Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, the Vatican spokesman, read a statement to journalists March […]
Pope Francis
By Francis X. Rocca
VATICAN CITY – Marking the 50th anniversary of the opening of the Second Vatican Council and the start of a special Year of Faith, Pope Benedict XVI called on Catholics to revive the “authentic spirit” of Vatican II by re-proposing the church’s ancient teachings to an increasingly Godless modern world. The pope spoke at a […]
National
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Pope Benedict XVI has accepted the resignation of Bishop Joseph A. Galante of Camden, N.J., and has named Auxiliary Bishop Dennis J. Sullivan of New York to succeed him. The changes were announced in Washington Jan. 8 by Archbishop Carlo Maria Vigano, papal nuncio to the U.S. Bishop Galante, 74, has headed the […]
Local
By Effie Caldarola
Why does family history matter? I asked myself that question as I put together some albums of ancestry for my kids for Christmas. Is there anyone among us who hasn’t lamented at some point, “Gee, I wish I would have asked Grandma – or Grandpa or Dad or Uncle Joe – more questions about the […]
Movies
By Catholic News Service
The first symbol after each title is the Catholic News Service classification. The second symbol is the rating of the Motion Picture Association of America. CNS classifications: A-I – general patronage; A-II – adults and adolescents; A-III – adults; L – limited adult audience, films whose problematic content many adults would find troubling; O – […]
Movies
Morally ambiguous drama about an airplane crash and the emotional impact it has on the survivors. Despite being an alcoholic and a cocaine addict, the pilot (Denzel Washington) of a doomed airliner becomes a hero after miraculously landing his craft with only a small loss of life. When the accident investigation reveals his impaired and […]
Movies
A seemingly innocuous wooden box purchased at a yard sale contains an evil spirit that takes possession of a young girl (Natasha Calis), blighting her life and those of her recently divorced parents (Jeffrey Dean Morgan and Kyra Sedgwick). Director Ole Bornedal initially achieves above-average results with this mostly gore-free chiller. But returns diminish as […]
