I was a very active person, so I never dreamed that a sudden trip to the emergency room would be the last time I would live in my home of twenty years, nor that I would become like a baby and wind up in a nursing home, but it happened. I didn’t know I could not write until I tried to sign ...
MEXICO CITY — Behaving at their best, a dozen dogs attended Mass at Mexico City’s cathedral Friday, waiting for their turn to be doused with holy water. The blessing of the animals is a long-time Catholic tradition celebrated on January 17. On this day, Mexican Catholic congregations and ...
Stepping out in faith is not easy. Just ask Heather Newhart and Chrissy Zimmerman, two women who answered like the Biblical prophet Isaiah, “Here I am, send me,” when God called them to minister to residents of North Carolina whose homes had been destroyed by flooding and mudslides last ...
NEW ORLEANS — Less than 1% of Catholic nuns in the United States today are 30 or younger. Seyram Adzokpa and Zoey Stapleton are two of the young women who have made the rare decision to join a religious community and begin the long process to become nuns. Here are their stories. From ...
It’s now a new month and a new year. Those who suffered through struggles in 2024 may say, “Good riddance! I didn’t think this year would ever end.” They anticipate some positive changes in this year. To others, the new year may bring new challenges, uncertainties, increased fear and ...
Fittingly, in photographs depicting aspects of faith, it’s often the light that is most riveting. An Apache dancer whirling around a bonfire during a coming-of-age ceremony in New Mexico. The towers of Notre Dame Cathedral illuminated against the twilight sky ahead of its reopening five ...