WASHINGTON (CNS) -- In a "touchless" environment spawned by the coronavirus pandemic, living out the church's sacramental life is tough without the element of touch: the reception of the Eucharist, the baptism with water, the [...]
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- If there is anything to be learned from the coronavirus pandemic, it is that "God is in control," said the executive director of the National Catholic Partnership on Disability. The continuing pandemic [...]
VANCOUVER, British Columbia (CNS) -- No two homes are the same, Catholic educators told BC Catholic, newspaper of the Archdiocese of Vancouver. "What was happening within the school building can't and shouldn't be replicated in [...]
NEW ORLEANS (CNS) -- For more than 20 years, Dan Schneider bargained with God. The negotiations began in 1999, when Schneider's son Danny was killed at midnight on the streets of New Orleans Lower Ninth [...]
DETROIT (CNS) -- There's no such thing as the perfect Catholic family. Days of joy, celebration and happiness can be followed by challenges, heartbreak and, at times, chaos brought on by contemporary hectic lifestyles. At [...]
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Outside of a week or two in the darkest days of winter, it's always gardening season for Jana Hukriede. A key volunteer at Catholic Charities of Southern Missouri's LifeHouse Crisis Maternity Home [...]
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Acts of love, courage and sacrifice by first responders, parents and children alike are hallmarks of a country that is rooted in prayer and deep faith in God, President Donald Trump told [...]
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Though far friendlier than the 2012 movie to which it serves as a sequel, "The Woman in Black 2: Angel of Death" (Relativity) makes for a dull horror outing.Director Tom Harper [...]
NEW YORK (CNS) -- In the pantheon of dramas about famed mathematician Alan Turing (1912-1954), "The Imitation Game" (Weinstein) is distinctive for its plucky, aphorism-spouting World War II code-breakers, its chocolate-box Bletchley Park setting and [...]
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Perhaps intended as a giddy ride through the gritty world of underground betting, "The Gambler" (Paramount) comes off instead as a bleak drama whose underlying outlook veers between materialistic pessimism and [...]
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Despite its fairy-tale roots, and Christmas Day release date, "Into the Woods" (Disney) is an inappropriate choice for youthful moviegoers.Though initially pleasing, this ultimately problematic adaptation of Stephen Sondheim and James [...]