By Maria-Pia Negro Chin OSV News Rescuers continue to search through the rubble in the hopes of finding survivors after a powerful earthquake struck Morocco the night of Sept. 8, killing close to 2,500 people and causing widespread destruction. Search and rescue teams continue their attempt to reach those in isolated villages closer to […]
Effie Caldarola: Murder and Christian contemplation
COMMENTARY For me, there is almost nothing as relaxing as reading a good British mystery. The murder mystery genre belongs to the Brits, from Agatha Christie to P.D. James and beyond. Even some American authors, like Charles Todd and Elizabeth George, create solidly British characters who do their sleuthing in old manor houses and busy […]
Jenna Marie Cooper: Is Sister Wilhelmina a saint? Can you drink water before Mass?
QUESTION CORNER Q: Does the incorrupt body of the Benedictine nun, Sister Wilhelmina, mean that she is a saint? What does the church think of it? (Farmingville, New York) A: We say that a saint is “incorrupt” when, years after their death, their mortal body is found to have remained in an unexplained state of […]
Elizabeth Scalia: Reading aloud to another
COMMENTARY In Harper Lee’s classic novel, “To Kill a Mockingbird,” there is a point where Atticus Finch, seeking to teach his son about making reparation for damaging another’s property (and about something else, too) orders his young son Jem to visit the bedside of sickly old Mrs. Henry Lafayette Dubose and read aloud to her. […]
Jenna Marie Cooper: Are our intentions remembered?
QUESTION CORNER Q: If I send a donation to some group that says they’ll remember my intentions at Mass, how does that work? They can’t possibly remember every intention of every donor! (Garden City, NY) A: Depending on the specific circumstances of the donation and the nature of the prayer request, the group in question […]
Laura Kelly Fanucci: Praying at home, to the God of home
FAITH AT HOME Remember when we said we’d never take the Eucharist for granted again? When we had to watch Mass online or from cars in the church parking lot? When every part of parish life — from faith formation classes to Bible studies to doughnuts on Sundays — changed overnight? Three years ago, the […]