7 quotes from Cardinal George Pell on life and death
By Katie Yoder Washington D.C., Jan 10, 2023 / 17:58 pm Cardinal George Pell, who served as prefect emeritus of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy, died on Tuesday at the age of 81. Here are seven quotes from the Australian cardinal about the meaning of life and death. “While all Catholics …
Australian Cardinal George Pell dies at 81
By Katie Yoder, AC Wimmer Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jan 10, 2023 / 16:15 pm Cardinal George Pell, prefect emeritus of the Vatican Secretariat for the Economy, died on Tuesday at the age of 81. The Australian prelate suffered a cardiac arrest and died at 8:50 p.m. Rome time, his secretary confirmed to …
Building a Genuine Connection
by Anne Jones During a six-day service immersion retreat, 12 seniors from Archbishop McNicholas High School visited eastern Tennessee to serve the rural poor and build a community both among themselves and with the people in the Appalachian Mountains. This marks the 41st year that McNicholas traveled to Appalachian areas …
Loving Our Homes
“Oh Lizzie, it’s such a pleasure to run my own home!” My favorite line from Joe Wright’s Pride & Prejudice film is delivered with joyful zeal by Mrs. Charlotte Collins. A new bride in 2008, I was dripping with Charlotte’s same joy. I put flowers on the mantle, made everything …
El Paso bishop meets with Biden, warns of ‘suffering’ to result from new immigration policy
By Peter Pinedo Washington D.C., Jan 9, 2023 / 14:00 pm During President Joe Biden’s four-hour visit to the U.S.-Mexico border Sunday he spoke with Bishop Mark Seitz of the Diocese of El Paso, Texas, about the effect the Biden administration’s recent crackdown on immigration will have on migrants. In a …
Meet me in St. Louis: SEEK24 to return to ‘Rome of the West’
By Jonah McKeown St. Louis, Mo., Jan 9, 2023 / 10:07 am The SEEK conference, a major Catholic conference for students, adults, and clergy put on by the Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS), will return to St. Louis in 2024 for the second year in a row, FOCUS announced late last week. According …
The Virgin and the national soccer team give hope to Argentines, priest says
By CNA Staff ACI Prensa Staff, Jan 6, 2023 / 17:00 pm The World Cup won by the Argentine soccer team arrived Wednesday at the Basilica of Our Lady of Luján as a way of thanking the Virgin for the team winning the world championship. The rector of the basilica, Father …
‘God is real,’ says Buffalo Bills QB Josh Allen after game honoring Damar Hamlin
By Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Jan 9, 2023 / 12:00 pm There’s been a lot of God talk around the professional sports world since NFL safety for the Buffalo Bills Damar Hamlin suffered cardiac arrest during a game last week. After the Bills defeated the New England Patriots on Sunday in stunning fashion, …
A Gift of Peace
A symbol of international friendship that is on display at Wilmington College was hand delivered by a delegation who traveled more than 11,000 miles from Nagasaki, Japan. It’s a wooden replica of a cross recovered from Nagasaki’s Urakami Cathedral after an atomic bomb destroyed the church during World War II. …
Arkansas monastery’s altar desecrated with sledgehammer, 1,500-year-old relics stolen
by Joe Bukuras Boston, Mass., Jan 6, 2023 / 13:51 pm The altar of an Arkansas Benedictine monastery was destroyed Thursday, and several relics of ancient saints were stolen. Subiaco Abbey in Subiaco, Arkansas, said in a press release that on Jan. 5, a man using “a regular hammer and sledgehammer/ax” began …
