A figurines of the baby Jesus are seen as people gather in St. Peter’s Square for the Angelus led by Pope Francis at the Vatican Dec. 12, 2021. Children brought their Nativity figurines of baby Jesus to be blessed by the...
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Mourning, prayer and a resolve to rebuild follow devastating tornadoes
by Catholic News Service MAYFIELD, Ky. (CNS) — Mourning, prayer and a resolve to rebuild shattered lives, homes and businesses in Mayfield followed one of the most powerful twisters in U.S. history that leveled the city of 10,000...
Rain moves Vatican Christmas tree lighting indoors
Old-fashioned drive-in promotes literacy
Elizabeth and her mother Leigh Corporal, who is a seventh and eighth grade English Language Arts teacher at Our Lady of Unity School in Kansas City, Kansas, watch “Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs” at the Boulevard Drive-In in...
Topeka students adorn Kansas Christmas Tree in Washington, D.C.
Mary Kate Berryman’s fourth grade students, accompanied by Most Pure Heart of Mary pastor Father Nathan Haverland, show off the ornaments they designed for the Kansas Christmas Tree at President’s Park in Washington, D.C. The...
There was magic in the air at Nativity School’s Kindness Week
Magic Scott Henderson performs a levitation trick with Nativity School, Leawood, fourth grader Alexa Hancox as his helper. It was the local magician’s final act of his performance at the school Nov. 19 — one that included several...
Forum puts a human face on the plight of immigrants
Shawnee Mission North senior Yanir Fernandez-Alvarez, left, listens and then translates for his mother, Liliana Alvarez, as she recalls a moment in her family’s arduous journey from Mexico to the United States. Alvarez shared her...
Father Mertes assumes role of moderator of the curia
Father Mark Mertes, pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Kansas City, Kansas, was appointed moderator of the curia on July 1. He succeeded Father Gary Pennings, who served in that position for 13 years. LEAVEN PHOTO BY KATHRYN WHITE...
Unbound gets schoolkids in on the action
Dave Wilson, left, and Doug Brummel, creators of the “Doug and Dave Show,” perform a skit during “The Faith We Live,” a presentation they created specifically for Unbound and presented to an audience at Curé of Ars Church in...
Where farming know-how and the Rule of St. Benedict meet
Sister Elaine Fischer, OSB, paints the outside of a window of one of the buildings at Mount St. Scholastica in Atchison. Sister Elaine is director of maintenance for the Benedictine Sisters of Atchison. PHOTO COURTESY OF THE...