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Tea time
The ladies of the St. Theresa Altar Society in Little Rock held a “Hats for the Homeless Tea Party” Sunday, Jan. 30. (News photo)
U.S. Coptic Christians worry about Egypt
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The primary concern in Cairo is to fix the constitution and meet the needs of the Egyptian people, said Father Beshoi Anis, pastor of Holy Family Coptic Catholic Church in Toronto. (News)
Survey: Women entering religious life older, well-educated
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Women entering religious orders today are highly educated and active in parish ministries, according to a new national survey. (News)
Developers: App could bring Catholics to confession
SOUTH BEND, Ind. (CNS) — Can modern technology help strengthen our faith? Some techno-savvy Catholics from South Bend think so. (News)
Revised Bible will provide ‘more clarity, more detail’
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The revised New American Bible that will be released on Ash Wednesday, March 9, may seem most notably different to casual readers for its efforts at providing context and clarity in how the passages fit together, according to the coordinator of its publication. (News)
Catholics have much in common with faith of Amish
“The Amish Way: Patient Faith in a Perilous World” is an amazing book — partly because of the authors’ skills but primarily because of the Amish believers themselves. The book details the beliefs and practices of Amish Christians, found mostly in Pennsylvania, Ohio and Indiana. What is particularly interesting is also quite surprising: their beliefs and practices parallel, in many ways, the beliefs and practices of the Catholic Church. (Book Review)
What is a Catholic cross and what does it look like?
Q. Our parishioners recently finished building a new parish center. We planned to place in it a beautiful new plain wooden cross to memorialize the work everyone had contributed. Unfortunately, we were told that what we planned to place there is not a “Catholic cross.” What exactly is a Catholic cross? Does it need to have a corpus? (Question Corner, Seeds of Faith)
Five reasons why destination weddings are a bad idea
The airline magazine had an article titled “Five Reasons to Choose a Destination Wedding.” Of course airlines want you to choose a destination wedding; they get paid for travel. (Columns)
