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An image of the Lamb of God is seen on the tabernacle door at St. Anthony Shrine in Emmitsburg. (Father Collin Poston)

He must increase

Father Collin Poston
January 23, 2020
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As the Lamb of God, he gives himself to us in the Eucharist to empower us to conquer our own sins – and allow him to increase more and more within us and in our lives.

Morgan Wootten, a basketball coach for 46 years at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, Md., is pictured in a 2013 photo. Wootten, who brought his school national recognition and produced dozens of college and professional stars, died at age 88 at his home in Hyattsville Jan 21, 2020. (CNS photo/H. Darr Beiser, USA TODAY NETWORK via Reuters)

Faith always in first place for Catholic high school’s Hall of Fame coach

Mark Zimmerman
January 23, 2020
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Wootten led his teams to national prominence while teaching his players to prioritize God, family, school and basketball in that order.

Roman Griffin Davis, Taika Waititi and Scarlet Johansson are seen in the movie "Jojo Rabbit." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.(CNS photo/Fox Searchlight)

Movie Review: ‘Jojo Rabbit’

Kurt Jensen
January 23, 2020
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As with many satires, the makers of “Jojo Rabbit” (Fox Searchlight) don’t care much whether an audience likes their film — or understands all of it.

People line up outside the Supreme Court in Washington Jan. 22, 2020, ahead of oral arguments in a case from Montana on religious rights and school choice. The court is examining if states should give aid, in the form of tax credits, to private religious schools. (CNS photo/Lawrence Hurley, Reuters)

Supreme Court divided about religious schools in scholarship program

Carol Zimmermann
January 23, 2020
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During oral arguments Jan. 22 about the constitutionality of excluding religious schools from a scholarship aid program, a divided Supreme Court seemed like it might lean toward finding a way to allow religious schools to participate.

Bishop Nelson J. Perez of Cleveland is pictured in front of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican Sept. 16, 2019. Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia and has appointed Bishop Perez as his successor. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Archbishop Chaput retires; pope names Bishop Perez successor

Catholic News Service
January 23, 2020
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Pope Francis has accepted the resignation of Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia and has appointed Bishop Nelson J. Perez of Cleveland as his successor.

Arthur E. P. "Ed" Wall, a veteran journalist and former editor of the Catholic Review, is shown in a 1976 file photo. (CR file)

‘Ed’ Wall, former Catholic Review editor and veteran journalist, dies at 94

George P. Matysek Jr.
January 22, 2020
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Arthur E. P. “Ed” Wall, a former editor of the Catholic Review from 1965 to 1971 who would later become director and editor-in-chief of what is now Catholic News Service, died Jan. 18 in Orland Park, Ill. He was 94.

Britain's Prince Harry poses with Meghan Markle Nov. 27, 2017 in the Sunken Garden of Kensington Palace in London after announcing their engagement. Markle attended Immaculate Heart High School in Los Angeles. (CNS photo/Toby Melville, Reuters)

An open letter to the former royals during #Megxit

Rita Buettner
January 21, 2020
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I don’t really know what’s going on with this whole #Megxit situation—though I have to admit I am a fan of the hashtag. I just wanted to let you know, you’re not alone.

Pope Francis greets Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas, during a meeting with U.S. bishops from Arkansas, Oklahoma and Texas during their "ad limina" visits to the Vatican Jan. 20, 2020. Bishop Strickland said he asked Pope Francis about the Vatican investigation into Theodore E. McCarrick and the release of a promised report on how the former cardinal managed to rise through the church ranks. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Bishop Strickland says he asked pope about McCarrick report

Cindy Wooden
January 21, 2020
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Bishop Joseph E. Strickland of Tyler, Texas, said he asked Pope Francis about the Vatican investigation into Theodore E. McCarrick and the release of a promised report on how the former cardinal managed to rise through the church ranks.

Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl, then archbishop of Washington, greets members of the Little Sisters of the Poor after the closing Mass of the Fortnight for Freedom at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington July 4, 2016. The order of women religious is once again going to the Supreme Court over the Affordable Health Care's contraceptive mandate and an exemption for religious employers, like the Little Sisters, to opt out of the mandate. (CNS photo/Jaclyn Lippelmann, Catholic Standard)

Supreme Court to reexamine contraceptive mandate for religious employers

Carol Zimmermann
January 21, 2020
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The Little Sisters of the Poor are once again going to the Supreme Court.

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