What a time we’re living in. What a year to be watching events unfold across the world.I keep thinking of my college political science professors; I imagine them as experiencing a kind of bewildered giddiness at the fodder they’ve been given for classroom discussions. Journalists and late-night television hosts tooRead More
Mother Rosemae Pender, 94, foundress of the Franciscan Sisters of the Eucharist, died unexpectedly during a June 26 Mass of Thanksgiving for Consecrated Life.Read More
The hard work and dangers that mark the lives of most seafarers demand people's attention, said the Pontifical Council for Migrants and Travelers.Read More
Jan Karon, author of the Mitford series and the Father Tim books (Photo by her daughter, Candace Freeland)---"Everywhere I have sought rest and not found it, except sitting in a corner by myself with a book." -Saint Thomas à Kempis(Quoted in In the Company of Others)---Summertime is the best timeRead More
A Vatican court, citing freedom of the press, acquitted two journalists who published confidential documents while their source, a Spanish monsignor, was sentenced to 18 months behind bars.Read More