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Archbishop: Join in solidarity with those living with autism
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The Church needs to address the alienation often surrounding those living with autism, especially children and young people, by coming to the aid of those affected, said Archbishop Zygmunt Zimowski.
Holy Week begins
Deacon Roy Goetz, a chaplain, religious studies instructor and Jazz Ensemble director at Subiaco Academy, reads the Gospel with incense smoke visible during the opening ceremony before the procession to the church on Palm Sunday at St. Benedict Church in Subiaco April 1. (Photo)
Pope: U.S. embargo of Cuba unfairly burdens the poor
HAVANA (CNS) — Preparing to leave Cuba at the end of a three-day pastoral visit, Pope Benedict XVI made his first reference to the U.S. embargo of the island and the embargo’s impact on the country’s poor.
Pilgrimage
The Benedictine oblates of Holy Angels Convent in Jonesboro made a spiritual pilgrimage to Subiaco Abbey March 16-18. (Photo)
Waldron church sees need for prison ministry to Hispanic inmates
The prison ministry of St. Jude Thaddeus Church in Waldron began meeting with prisoners in November after a parishioner noticed a need in the community.
Why am I becoming Catholic?
“I grew up in a Protestant home. My parents were missionaries in Japan. We were very devout. I was taught Catholics have it totally wrong and were not Christians with the exception of Martin Luther and the reformers, so I was very skeptical. …” (New Catholics 2012)
How do you feel God with you in your daily life?
“God helps me see what is good in life and the good in other people. The good in other people that God helps me see can help …” (Youthspeak, Seeds of Faith)
Catholics missing from Italian shipwreck continue to inspire
This month we mark the 100th anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic, and the luxury liner buried two and a half miles below the Atlantic bobs to the surface once again. (Columns)
Arkansas law protects students and teachers
Arkansas Supreme Court Justice Karen Baker got it right when she wrote it was “absurd” to believe teachers have a “constitutionally protected fundamental right to privacy” to have sexual contact with 18-year-old students. (Editorial)
