“The Shepherd Who Didn’t Run: Fr. Stanley Rother, Martyr from Oklahoma” by Maria Ruiz Scaperlanda. Our Sunday Visitor (Huntington, Indiana, 2015). 255 pp., $19.95. Few people […]
Book: Author gives strong, clear portrait of U.S. priest killed in Guatemala
Vatican to undertake ecological initiatives during Easter season
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — During Holy Week and in the Easter season, the Vatican will take part in several initiatives highlighting the importance of ecology and […]
Movie: ‘The Divergent Series: Allegiant’
NEW YORK (CNS) — The third time’s not a charm with “The Divergent Series: Allegiant” (Summit), a ponderous adaptation of the final book of the futuristic […]
As Syria war drags on, Vatican official notes sense of helplessness
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Five years after the war in Syria began, there is a “feeling of helplessness in front of an endless human tragedy,” a […]
Kerry says Islamic State is committing genocide against minorities
WASHINGTON (CNS) — U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry said that atrocities carried out by the Islamic State group against Yezidis, Christians and other minorities were […]
Obama announces Supreme Court nominee, puts ball in Senate’s ‘court’
WASHINGTON (CNS) — When President Barack Obama announced Judge Merrick Garland as his Supreme Court nominee in the White House Rose Garden March 16, his praise […]
Closed doors, hearts cause suffering to innocent migrants, pope says
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Like the people of Israel in exile, migrants forced from their homeland due to war and persecution are often left to suffer […]
Pope Benedict: Yearning for mercy is sign of longing for God’s love
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Although he lives a relatively hidden life in a villa in the Vatican Gardens, retired Pope Benedict XVI continues to study modern […]