Baltimore releases new COVID-19 protocols
Danilova Janna / Shutterstock. Denver Newsroom, Dec 30, 2021 / 11:56 am (CNA). The Archdiocese of Baltimore has declared new COVID-19 protocols in response to a rising number of positive cases of the virus. “Now more than ever, it is impor… […]
10 heroic Catholic stories from 2021
Police officers watch as altar servers enter the Cathedral Basilica of the Immaculate Conception in Denver for the funeral of police officer Eric Talley. / Ted Mast. Denver Newsroom, Dec 30, 2021 / 12:00 pm (CNA). The Catholic Church has many h… […]
Arlington priest who oversaw child protection office indicted for sex abuse
Lisa F. Young via www.shutterstock.com Arlington, Va., Dec 30, 2021 / 13:00 pm (CNA). The Diocese of Arlington’s former director for the Office of Child Protection, Father Terry Specht, was indicted last week on two charges of sexual abuse.&nbs… […]
Vatican agency reveals number of missionaries murdered around the world during 2021
null / Everything I Do via Shutterstock. Denver Newsroom, Dec 30, 2021 / 14:24 pm (CNA). 22 Catholic missionaries were killed around the world in 2021, half of them in Africa, according to a report released by the Fides News Agency and distribu… […]
Stephen Chbosky discusses Dear Evan Hansen, love, and teenage angst
Stephen Chbosky is a writer and filmmaker with an uncanny understanding of the teenage outsider mindset. As the writer of The Perks of Being a Wallflower – one of the biggest-selling Young Adult novels of […]
My Top Ten Movies of 2021
Like many in this great nation, I did not get to my local cinema much in 2021; only one film on this list was seen in a theater. Nevertheless, there were many great films available […]
Nigerian priest shot dead on Christmas Eve
The flag of Nigeria on a military uniform. / Bumble Dee/Shutterstock. Abeokuta, Nigeria, Dec 30, 2021 / 15:00 pm (CNA). Fr. Luke Mewhenu Adeleke, a priest of the Diocese of Abeokuta, was shot dead Friday while returning home after celebrating M… […]
Uproar over Chicago Mass: Did this Christmas Eve liturgy go too far?
Some say the theatrical presentation of the Christmas Eve Mass at St. Sabina Church in Chicago went too far. / Screen shot of St. Sabina YouTube video Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Dec 30, 2021 / 13:28 pm (CNA). Outraged by a freewheeling Christma… […]