I had a rather rotund friend in college who loved life, loved God and definitely loved food. He would often say as we ate in our cafeteria, “Food is God’s love made edible.” In fact, he even wrote his senior thesis on the relationship between food and theology (Banquet Feast of the Lamb, for example)....Read More

The weeks leading up to Christmas are among the busiest of the year for parish priests. There are Masses to celebrate, reconciliation services to hold, missions to give, decorations to coordinate, homilies to prepare and countless other duties to attend.Read More

The 1843 death of Sulpician Father James Joubert, co-founder of the Oblate Sisters of Providence, was painfully felt in the black community. Archbishop Samuel Eccleston had no use for religious women of color and suggested that the Oblates return to the world and find employment in the better households of Maryland. The women opted to...Read More

HUNTSVILLE, Texas – With nothing more to protect them from the elements than the “umbrella of life,” more than 800 Catholics gathered in Huntsville to take part in the first “Pilgrimage of Life” Nov. 24.Read More

OCEAN CITY – The hearts of members of the St. John the Evangelist, Hydes, youth group were in the right place Nov. 22, as they entered the frigid waters of the Atlantic Ocean for a charity plunge.Read More

OCEAN CITY – Scott Miller walked over to Ansel Augustine Nov. 23 and planted a kiss on the top of his forehead.Read More

VATICAN CITY – Christian martyrdom is the fullest expression of human freedom and reflects the supreme act of love, said a top Vatican official at a Mass beatifying 188 Japanese martyrs.Read More

I can’t ever recall reading letters (CR, Nov. 20) filled with such venom. President-elect Obama was accused of being a Marxist and prayers were called for his failure. Where was the outrage when President George W. Bush invaded Iraq without provocation and began a war that has taken over 800,000 lives, many of them innocent...Read More