ISSUES & ADVOCACY
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Iconographer's curiosity about God led to growing her faith through art
WASHINGTON -- Colette Kalvesmaki is trained in the ancient art of iconography, combining her knowledge of theology and her love of art to pass down stories of inspiration to future generations.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Minnesota deacon devotes decades to digging graves, praying for the dead
DELANO, Minn. -- Deacon Joe Kittok digs holes for a living.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Benedictines say their fresh-baked spice cookies have 'heavenly' scent
FERDINAND, Ind. -- The aroma of fresh-baked spice cookies fills the monastery bakery in Ferdinand.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: 'Catholic writer' a familiar shorthand for author Ron Hansen
TORONTO -- The website of St. Joseph of Cupertino Parish in California displays "Deacon Ron Hansen" as the last name on its clergy staff list.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Palestinian Catholic chef says he expresses his identity through cooking
WASHINGTON -- When he was a child, Bassem Hazboun loved helping his mother prepare French delicacies in their Bethlehem kitchen. But it was his father who kept trying to steer him to study engineering as he reached his teens.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Quebec Emmy winner, son of theologians, thought he would always be poor
QUEBEC CITY -- Thomas Montminy-Brodeur, 28, just won the Best Visual Effects Emmy Award as part of the team at Rodeo FX, the Montreal studio that makes the special effects for "Game of Thrones." Now at the top, Montminy-Brodeur smiles when he thinks about the work he used to do …
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Books look at poor from hands-on, historical perspectives
Jesuit Father Sean Salai provides a lot of information in "What Would Pope Francis Do?" -- a relatively short but well-written book that is particularly suitable for young Catholics.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Piecing thrown-away African girls, metal tabs into something beautiful
VATICAN CITY -- Sister Rosemary Nyirumbe's large gold metallic purse with wine-colored trim glinted in sharp contrast to her gray blazer and tan sweater.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: As his film debuts, Wahlberg finds time to praise priesthood in video
WASHINGTON -- Typically, the Facebook page for the Diocese of Providence Office of Vocations in Rhode Island gets anywhere from 3 to 40 likes on their posts -- most which celebrate seminarians, priests and their ministry.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Comic-commentator retraces de Tocqueville's route to view America
WASHINGTON -- When Catholic comedian and political commentator John Fugelsang started retracing the route taken by Alexis de Tocqueville nearly 200 years ago -- the Frenchman on a horse, Fugelsang in a blue Ford -- he knew he would see the power of the American dream.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Indiana sisters say foundress motivated by love for God, his love for her
ST. MARY-OF-THE-WOODS, Ind. -- The quaint country town of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, a few miles southeast of Terre Haute, seems a far cry from the "Wild West," but when Mother Theodore Guerin arrived there in 1840, the Indiana forest was frontier country.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Longtime immigration reporter focuses on one teen in 'Book of Isaias'
WASHINGTON -- Nobody's story is cut and dried, as longtime immigration reporter Daniel Connolly learned when doing reporting for his book, "The Book of Isaias."
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Traveling exhibit brings home refugee crisis
WASHINGTON -- The refugee crisis often seems worlds away and its numbers -- more than 60 million refugees and internally displaced people worldwide -- are so staggering that it is hard to fully take in the sheer magnitude of the situation and its impact on the individuals forced to flee …
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Hip-hop artist says youths must work as hard at faith as other pursuits
CHICAGO -- A Catholic hip-hop artist told a crowd of youths gathered for Holy Fire in Chicago that they need to work as hard at their faith life as they do at sports or other pursuits.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Book outlines false historical accusations against Catholic Church
The Catholic Church has more than its fair share of critics and detractors. The church, as a human institution, has been flawed and certainly found itself on the wrong side of history at times. But there also are accusations based on faulty information, misinterpretations, exaggerations and distortions of fact.
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