World Meeting of Families 2015
Today’s teaching on the family
See the daily excerpt from the preparatory catechesis for the 2015 World Meeting of Families, “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive.”
Rome’s poor shantytown gets surprise visit by pope
When Pope Francis walked through the gate surrounding a group of shacks, it took a while for people in the neighborhood to notice. When they did, they flocked around as he led them in praying the Lord's Prayer.
Today’s teaching on the family
See the daily excerpt from the preparatory catechesis for the 2015 World Meeting of Families, “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive.”
Malvern Retreat House art show runs through Sunday
More than 100 artists will be showing and selling their work at one of the region’s largest art shows this weekend in Malvern.
Gwynedd’s win took 13 years, but don’t call it an upset
Gwynedd-Mercy Academy edged past its archrival Mount St. Joseph’s Academy last weekend with a historic win. Excellence is becoming contagious in all GMA’s sports, as a “learning to win” attitude takes hold.
Traffickers abduct workers’ kids as chain to forced labor, says activist
The chains shackling people to slave-like labor, including women tied to the sex trade, are no longer visible, said a U.S. Catholic advocate. That makes it difficult to identify and help victims.
German Catholics assess rise and fall of Nazism
Two new memoirs of German Catholics who both opposed the totalitarian menace of Nazism provide personal perspectives on their resistance.
The Romero case: Changing times bring changing definition of ‘martyr’
Who can be called a martyr? Be it Maximilian Kolbe, Archbishop Romero or other 20th century figures, martyrdom has been at the heart of a high-level Vatican debate for more than 40 years.
‘The Matrix’ creators raise up a galactic ‘Wizard of Oz’
The co-directing Wachowskis may have strong opinions about industrial might, the abuse of power and the plight of the individual, but these all get lost in "Jupiter Ascending," a 3-D science-fiction romp through the cosmos.
‘Seventh Son’ bears old-school, sword-wielding adventure
A throwback to Saturday matinee serials and mid-20th-century action-adventure films, "Seventh Son" may please viewers lamenting the end of the "Harry Potter" and "Lord of the Ring" franchises.