Columnists
Is it OK to do yoga?
Q: In a previous column, you wrote that homosexuality is “an act of rebellion against nature and its Creator”, one of only a few sins that “cries to heaven for vengeance.” Then how great a […]
Month: March 2018
Nation & World
Pope asks young people to write for Way of the Cross
VATICAN CITY—In light of this year’s Synod of Bishops on young people, Pope Francis has asked that the Way of the Cross meditations be written by a group of students. An Italian high school religion […]
News
Artist honors memories of Holocaust victims with drawings
WEST COLUMBIA—Mary Burkett never had formal art lessons. Drawing was something she resolved to try as a hobby in January 2017. She decided to sketch the face of a little boy she saw in a […]
Nation & World
Bishops ask faithful to flood Congress with calls for Conscience Protection Act
WASHINGTON, D.C.—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has issued a statement asking people to pray, call, and write to their Congressional representatives to urge the inclusion of the Conscience Protection Act in the government’s upcoming funding […]
Nation & World
Pope Paul VI, Archbishop Romero approved for sainthood
VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis has cleared the way for the canonizations of Blesseds Paul VI and Oscar Romero. At a meeting March 6 with Cardinal Angelo Amato, prefect of the Congregation for Saints’ Causes, Pope Francis […]
Beaufort Deanery
Students harvest STREAM disciplines through gardening
BLUFFTON—Barbara Pittman is planting the seeds of knowledge among fifth- and sixth-graders at St. Gregory the Great School. Pittman, a language arts and drama teacher, received a $2,500 grant from S2TEM Centers SC for her […]
Nation & World
Time is now to address gun violence in ‘comprehensive way,’ say bishops
WASHINGTON—The chairmen of two U.S. bishops’ committees said it is long past time for the nation’s leaders to come up with “common-sense gun measures as part of a comprehensive approach to the reduction of violence […]
Nation & World
Claims of heresy over ‘Amoris Laetitia’ are out of place, cardinal says
VATICAN CITY—Pope Francis’ exhortation on the family should prompt discussion and even debate, but accusing him and others of heresy is completely out of place, said German Cardinal Walter Kasper. “A heresy is a tenacious […]
Charleston Deanery
Mepkin monks invite visitors to immerse themselves in Trappist lifestyle
MONCKS CORNER—Their website states that the monks of Mepkin Abbey devote their lives to “prayer, spiritual study, work and hospitality”. This year, the abbey is expanding its hospitality with a program that invites people to […]
Nation & World
Immigrants, advocates navigating post-DACA-deadline landscape
WASHINGTON—The last government shutdown — well, threatened shutdown, anyway — seems so long ago. The nine-hour “funding lapse” of Feb. 9, like the three-day shutdown that began Jan. 20, hinged on how Congress was going to address […]