Every year, like clockwork, my dogs receive a blessing on October 4, the feast of St. Francis of Assisi. The warranty on the blessing doesn’t wear out, but I...
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By Marybeth Lorbiecki (Rizzoli Ex Libris, 2014) In Following St. Francis: John Paul II’s Call for Ecological Action, Marybeth Lorbiecki uses primary...
c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) As he wraps up a Vatican meeting marked by sharp debates over sex and morality, Pope Francis on Sunday will honor one...
Social media is great for keeping in touch, but some moments are more meaningful when experienced offline. This summer I became well acquainted with the value...
A little more than a year into his papacy, Pope Francis seems to be speaking loudest about economic injustice, alternatively denouncing “trickle-down”...
Let’s stop big corporations from playing hunger games with our food production. As summer fades into true autumn this month, World Food Day (October 16)...
Joe Henry (Work Song, 2014) Joe Henry may always be thought of as the T Bone Burnett of his generation. After all, his career began when the legendary producer...
October brings crisper days. Here are our October picks for interesting new book releases. So wrap yourself up in a blanket, grab a cup of tea, and go sit on...
As a child, Laura Anthony visited her grandmother, who had Alzheimer’s, every weekend after Mass. “As a kid I never knew what to talk about,” she says. “It was...
What began with giving a doll the sacrament of the sick ended up as a real-life lesson. At the end of each school day, my first-grade students loved to play a...
