Here’s how Ketanji Brown Jackson defended her record for sentencing child porn offenders
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies on her nomination to become an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 22, 2022. / Mandel Ngan/Pool/AFP via Getty Images Washington D.C., Mar 22, 2022 / 12:57 pm (CNA). Supreme Court nominee Ketanji Brown […]
Catholic parishes in Ukraine have become ‘humanitarian hubs,’ major archbishop says
Ukrainian Greek Catholic priests in front of a church in Lviv, Ukraine, in 2018. / Shutterstock Rome Newsroom, Mar 22, 2022 / 10:00 am (CNA). As internally displaced Ukrainians flee the Russian bombardment of their cities, Catholic parishes in … […]
‘Could you fairly judge a Catholic?’: Sen. Graham presses Kentaji Brown Jackson on Christian faith
Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson testifies on her nomination to become an Associate Justice of the US Supreme Court during a Senate Judiciary Committee confirmation hearing on Capitol Hill in Washington, DC, on March 22, 2022. / Saul Loeb/AFP via Get… […]
BREAKING: Vatican releases text for March 25 consecration prayer for Ukraine, Russia
An image of the Immaculate Heart of Mary at St. Peter’s Church, Vienna, Austria. | Pope Francis / Diana Ringo via Wikimedia (CC BY-SA 3.0 at) | Vatican Media Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Mar 22, 2022 / 10:41 am (CNA). The Vatican has sent bishops around the world the text of the prayer that Pope Francis […]
A Ukrainian Jesuit’s war diary
Witnessing the level and scale of violence throughout these past days, I still can’t understand its source—violence without reason, senseless cruelty.
Read: Full text of Pope Francis’ consecration of Ukraine and Russia to Immaculate Heart of Mary
“In every age you make yourself known to us, calling us to conversion. At this dark hour, help us and grant us your comfort.”
Catholic bishop in Nigeria warns against preaching the Christianity of prosperity
Bishop Peter Ebere Okpaleke of Ekwulobia urges priests to put “the things of God” ahead of personal ambition, and that they should avoid private activities and dinners with politicians
Sunday Scripture readings, April 10, 2022: Listen
Palm Sunday of the Lord’s Passion 1) Is 50:4-7 Psalm 22:8-9, 17-20, 23-24 2) Phil 2:6-11 Gospel: Lk 22:14-23:56 Are you weary? I ask because the first reading has a special message for “the weary.” I totally put myself in the weary group. I am weary of certain politicians and their views, of certain leaders […]
Sunday Scripture readings, April 17, 2022: ‘Do not touch me’
Easter Sunday The Resurrection of the Lord 1) Acts 10:34, 37-43 Psalm 118:1-2, 16-17, 22-23 2) Col 3:1-4 or 1 Cor 5:6-8 Gospel: Jn 20:1-9 Across the ages, artists have portrayed the Gospel scene we hear proclaimed on Easter Sunday, namely Mary Magdalene’s encounter with the risen Jesus soon after his resurrection. One particularly evocative […]
How to fold a plastic shopping bag the right way…
There are two options for storing plastic shopping bags. You can do it like me and just shove them into the drawer or compartment where a compressed mass of low density polyethylene slowly forms. Or you can do it like David Powell, neatly folding and storing them in a manner that facilitates easy future re-use.