ISSUES & ADVOCACY
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Interreligious collection provides insights on all kinds of grieving
A significant loss in life changes people. More than likely it will cause them to grieve, too. Where will this grief lead? "Grieving With Your Whole Heart" suggests that over time people tend to realize that grief changes them for the good.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Clear and colorful: A common property in unscripted papal preaching
VATICAN CITY -- The god of Mammon, who is "like a wild animal, trying to clutch me with his talons and enslave me," and people not open to the Holy Spirit, who "are like swamps that give off foul-smelling gases," are just a few of the analogies that appear in …
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: History of religious-themed books a tough read but worth the effort
Several years ago, the "Left Behind" series of books, which described the fate of the earth and its inhabitants following the rapture, sold millions of books and made numerous best-seller lists. At the time, many commentators expressed amazement that religious-themed books would sell so well.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: A cake worthy of kings
WASHINGTON -- The fragrance of the cake is like no other.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Author explores meaningful legacy of least-known Kennedy sibling
The story of young Rosemary Kennedy (1918-2005), the first daughter born to the celebrated Boston family, invites sad contemplation of what might have been.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Exorcist films should teach how God always conquers evil, exorcist says
VATICAN CITY -- Movies depicting exorcisms could be an important medium for showing how God always triumphs over evil, but instead, they misrepresent the faith and exaggerate human and satanic powers over God, a leading exorcist wrote in the Vatican newspaper.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Moving to her own rhythm, gymnast defies limits of Down syndrome
MARIETTA, Ga. -- Before the afternoon rush at Chattooga Gymnastics and Dance school in Marietta, rhythmic gymnast Lani DeMello recently took advantage of a lull to work on perfecting a new rope routine.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Profile of a refugee: Former Colombian journalist, now deacon in Canada
QUEBEC CITY -- A well-known personality in Colombia, he fled to Canada to stay alive. Uprooted, new to the French language, he lived in precariousness in Quebec City, drawing strength to live from his family and his faith. Now he is in charge of the Latino community of the Archdiocese …
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Hope inspires Egyptian artist's effort to seek peace
CAIRO -- Gamal Lamie's paintings at a Cairo art gallery depict calm mothers with serene children, shining stars, doves, flowers, trees, fish and blue waters -- the many attributes of an Egypt that once existed, and, he believes, can again be achieved.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Authors present contrasting viewpoints on biblical theories
Brant Pitre, a professor of sacred Scripture at Notre Dame Seminary in New Orleans, packs a great deal of information into his new book, "The Case for Jesus."
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Heavenly mysteries: Questions of faith, science intersect at astronomy workshop
TUCSON, Ariz. -- Every time Jesuit Brother Guy Consolmagno looks through a telescope at a deep sky object or examines a piece of a 4-billion-year-old meteorite that found its way to Earth, he says he's exploring a mystery that spans both science and faith.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Enjoying 'paczki' on Fat Tuesday prepares soul for the 'sacrifices of Lent'
AMHERST, Ohio -- The foot-tapping melodies of Polish-style polka music that greets patrons as they enter the Kiedrowski family's bake shop says that old-world hospitality is at hand.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: 'Young Messiah' filmmakers had blessing from author who inspired it
MCLEAN, Va. -- The director and one of the producers of the upcoming movie "The Young Messiah" said they had the blessing of author Anne Rice, whose novel, "Christ the Lord: Out of Egypt," inspired the screenplay.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Book advocates using science to deepen faith, relationship to God
Walking hand in hand through history has not been easy for science and faith. People on both sides too often and easily toss invectives at the other, such as "superstition" and "heresy."
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Canadian nun tells of spiritual experience while captive in Cameroon
MONTREAL -- Notre Dame Sister Gilberte Bussiere, 76, was kidnapped in the middle of the night in April 2014, in Tchere, a small hamlet in northern Cameroon.
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