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1 day ago | 
angelusnews.com | Heather King |Scott Hahn |Zoey Maraist
Hazel Motes, the protagonist of Flannery O’Connor’s 1952 novel, “Wise Blood,” is a Southern evangelical street preacher. Reacting to the burden of guilt instilled by his fire-and-brimstone grandfather, he establishes what he calls The Church of Christ Without Christ. Motes wants a church without responsibilities, without inner conflict, without struggle, without guilt.
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1 day ago | 
angelusnews.com | Scott Hahn |Heather King |Zoey Maraist
This Sunday’s celebration of the great apostles Peter and Paul is a celebration of the Church. Peter’s deliverance from jail is compared to the deliverance of Israel from Egypt. Like Israel he is rescued at Passover from “the hand” of his enemy by an “angel of the Lord” after girding himself with belt, sandals, and cloak (Exodus 3:8; 12:8, 11–12; 14:19).
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
angelusnews.com | Zoey Maraist |Elise Harris |Theresa Cisneros
New York is now the first state to offer paid leave to expectant mothers for prenatal medical appointments. Under the law -- which was the result of a bipartisan legislative effort and was signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul -- privately employed New Yorkers as of Jan. 1 are able to receive an additional 20 hours of paid leave for prenatal medical appointments. However, the law also allows women to take prenatal paid leave for abortions and fertility care appointments, including in vitro fertilization.
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Jan 14, 2025 | 
franciscanmedia.org | Zoey Maraist
(OSV News) — New York is now the first state to offer paid leave to expectant mothers for prenatal medical appointments. Under the law — which was the result of a bipartisan legislative effort and was signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul — privately employed New Yorkers as of Jan. 1 are able to receive an additional 20 hours of paid leave for prenatal medical appointments.
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Jan 13, 2025 | 
osvnews.com | Zoey Maraist
(OSV News) — New York is now the first state to offer paid leave to expectant mothers for prenatal medical appointments. Under the law — which was the result of a bipartisan legislative effort and was signed by Gov. Kathy Hochul — privately employed New Yorkers as of Jan. 1 are able to receive an additional 20 hours of paid leave for prenatal medical appointments.
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Jan 10, 2025 | 
thebostonpilot.com | Zoey Maraist
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(OSV News) -- A religious sister who befriended Billy the Kid, calmed a lynch mob and testified against human trafficking is one step closer to canonization. Servant of God Sister Blandina Segale -- an Italian immigrant who ministered during the days of the Wild West -- is close to being named "Venerable," said Allen Sánchez, the petitioner of her cause, at a Jan. 3 press conference.
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Jan 7, 2025 | 
oursundayvisitor.com | Gina Christian |Kate Scanlon |Dale Gavlak |Zoey Maraist
An online FAQ page at the project’s website, trustandhope.org, noted that missionary hubs will not replace parishes. They will be “primarily subsidized by private philanthropic funding secured over time and hopefully endowed for long-term sustainability.”Some 46 conversation sessions throughout the archdiocese have been scheduled from February through June. Catholics are invited to participate in discussions “that will shape our path together,” said the archbishop on the initiative’s website.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
news.diocesetucson.org | Zoey Maraist
(OSV News) -- A religious sister who befriended Billy the Kid, calmed a lynch mob and testified against human trafficking is one step closer to canonization. Servant of God Sister Blandina Segale -- an Italian immigrant who ministered during the days of the Wild West -- is close to being named "Venerable," said Allen Sánchez, the petitioner of her cause, at a Jan. 3 press conference. Like Jesus Christ, Sister Blandina reached out to the peripheries, said Santa Fe Archbishop John C.
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Jan 6, 2025 | 
oursundayvisitor.com | Caroline de Sury |Dale Gavlak |Zoey Maraist |Gina Christian
“I am interested in everything,” she told OSV News. “I am open to any style of composition. And I draw on everything I am passionate about, literature, dance, theater, painting, to compose. It is very stimulating.”Borel began composing music very early in her life. “It was a natural expression for me,” she explained. “I would play what I composed for my family members. It was a way of offering who I was to those I loved.” Music was a family tradition.
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Jan 4, 2025 | 
osvnews.com | Zoey Maraist
(OSV News) — A religious sister who befriended Billy the Kid, calmed a lynch mob and testified against human trafficking is one step closer to canonization. Servant of God Sister Blandina Segale — an Italian immigrant who ministered during the days of the Wild West — is close to being named “Venerable,” said Allen Sánchez, the petitioner of her cause, at a Jan. 3 press conference. Like Jesus Christ, Sister Blandina reached out to the peripheries, said Santa Fe Archbishop John C.
