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The fish fry has become a savory staple of parish fellowship during Lent. In New Orleans, several parishes vary their menus each Friday, with such offerings as shrimp and okra, blackened catfish, shrimp and grits, shrimp pasta Alfredo, crab and corn bisque, and, for the healthy eater, even grilled redfish. (CNS photo/Frank J. Methe, Clarion Herald)

Lenten staple prompts a grammar debate: Are they fish ‘fries’ or ‘frys’?

Peter Finney Jr.
February 14, 2019
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Inquiring minds – especially Catholic newspaper editors during Lent — need to know: Should the headline of their calendar-of-events listings be fish “fries” or fish “frys”?

Archdiocese Joins Diocese of Covington in Commending High School Students Exonerated in Independent Investigation into Incident in Washington, D.C.

Archdiocese of Baltimore
February 13, 2019

Citing the public release today by the Diocese of Covington of the Final Investigative Report into the January 18th incident at the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, D.C., the Archdiocese of Baltimore joins Bishop Roger J. Foys, Bishop of Covington, in expressing its support for the students of Covington Catholic High School.

CNS photo/Warner Bros. Rebel Wilson and Liam Hemsworth star in a scene from the movie "I'sn't it Romantic." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13.

Movie Review: ‘Isn’t it Romantic’

John Mulderig
February 13, 2019
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The essential message of “Isn’t It Romantic,” concerns the need to appreciate yourself before you can be open to receiving love. That’s a valid enough lesson for emotionally fearful Natalie to learn. But, along the way, her educational adventure takes on topics best suited to mature viewers.

Korey Adams, left, and his twin brother, Keon, shown with their mother, Anita, were among those honored at the 22nd annual Mother Lange awards Feb. 8 at Martin’s West. The family worships at St. Gregory the Great Parish. (Paul McMullen/CR Staff)

Good news abounds at 22nd annual Mother Lange awards

Paul McMullen
February 13, 2019
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Sponsored by the Office of Black Catholic Ministries, the event honors not just contributors to parish life in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, but Mother Lange, who helped found the Oblate Sisters in 1829.

A Feb.9 eucharistic procession was one of the highlights of Mount 2000, a eucharistic prayer retreat held Feb. 8-10 at Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg. (Katie Sukeena/CR Staff)

Eucharistic prayer retreat inspires faith and provides challenge

Katie Sukeena
February 12, 2019
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More than 1,000 young people attended Mount 2000, an annual eucharistic prayer retreat held at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg.

Gary Sinise, the actor perhaps best known for playing Lieutenant Dan in the 1994 movie "Forrest Gump," is pictured at the National Press Club in Washington June 15, 2015. Sinise, who converted to Catholicism in 2010, has a newly published book titled "Grateful American," a memoir that details his life growing up in the Chicago suburbs. (CNS photo /Bob Roller)

Actor Gary Sinise describes his road to the Catholic Church

Mark Pattison
February 12, 2019
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Gary Sinise, the actor perhaps best known for playing Lieutenant Dan in the 1994 movie “Forrest Gump,” followed a rather unusual path to becoming a Catholic.

Death-row inmate Domineque Ray, 42, was executed Feb. 7, 2019, by lethal injection at the Alabama state prison in Atmore. The U.S. bishops said they were troubled by his execution but also by the U.S. Supreme Court denying the Muslim man's request to have his imam at his execution. Ray was sentenced to death for the 1995 rape and murder of a 15-year-old girl. (CNS photo/Alabama Department of Corrections handout via Reuters)

U.S. bishops condemn court’s denial of imam’s presence at execution

Carol Zimmermann
February 12, 2019
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The Supreme Court’s refusal to allow an imam to be present at a Muslim man’s execution Feb. 7 was “unjust treatment” that is “disturbing to people of all faiths,” said two U.S bishops.

Couples exchange vows during a wedding service at St. Michael the Archangel Church in Georgetown, Del., Feb. 14, 2010. National Marriage Week is Feb. 7-14, 2019, in the U.S. Catholic Church. World Marriage Day is celebrated Feb. 10 this year. (CNS photo/Don Blake, The Dialog)

Weeklong observance in U.S. celebrates ‘beauty and gift of marriage’

Catholic News Service
February 11, 2019
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National Marriage Week USA and World Marriage Day are opportunities for “building a culture of life and love that begins with promoting and defending marriage and the family,” said Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia.

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