Traditionally, Catholics believed that a person could reach heaven only if he or she was buried in a Catholic cemetery. But limited space meant few people...
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c. 2014 Religion News Service VATICAN CITY (RNS) In his latest bid to ease the suffering of the poor—and upend the expectations of the...
As student loan debt surpasses U.S. credit card debt, documentaries ask the tough questions about a college education. For at least the past 30 years, since...
Tweedy (dBpm Records, 2014) Jeff Tweedy is a talented man: cofounder of the influential alt-country band Uncle Tupelo, leader of the critically acclaimed rock...
November is getting chilly! Wrap yourself in a blanket and enjoy these new releases: November 2014 There’s More… A Novella of Life and Afterlife...
A table in my living room has become a kind of shrine. On it rest photos of people special to me: my grandmother, my parents, my best friend. All have passed...
In the parish church of my youth, my family often sat under a stained glass window that depicted a poor man lying on the ground with his hand out to the Roman...
Francis has conservatives talking schism. But a split is easier said than done. c. 2014 Religion News Service (RNS) Many conservative Catholics have long...
Directed by Shawn Levy (Warner Bros., 2014) Following the death of the Altman family’s patriarch, his four children travel home to join their mother (Jane...
As I begin to write this, I’m sitting in the observation car of the California Zephyr. The time approaches 10 p.m., and the endless plains of Nebraska recede...
