Marriage enrichment initiative geared toward military couples

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Washington D.C., Dec 31, 2019 / 11:05 am (CNA).- A global marriage ministry is launching a new initiative to provide resources, encouragement and enrichment opportunities for military couples in Canada and the United States. The project is part of Worldwide Marriage Encounter (WWME), in conjunction with the North American Military Services Outreach (NAMSO). Worldwide Marriage Encounter, which originated in the 1950s with Spanish priest Father Gabriel Calvo, is a marriage enrichment program that offers weekend retreats to help couples foster communication skills, inspire family life, and promote friendships with other…

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Is Trichotillomania an Anxiety Disorder?

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Buying Is Trichotillomania an Anxiety Disorder? Lies You’ve Been Told About Is Trichotillomania an Anxiety Disorder ? There are treatments and medications available to assist you manage your disorder except to quit living in constant fear, your determination to overcome your fears is the main thing. As it happens, there are lots of techniques to deal with anxiety by yourself, without the potential hazards of side effects or expensive doctor visits. 1 approach to beat speaking anxiety is to enroll in Toastmasters International. Severe instances of trichotillomania might be considered…

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New book explores: How should Americans think about religious liberty?

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Washington D.C., Dec 30, 2019 / 11:09 am (CNA).- Helping Americans understand the importance of religious freedom, as well as a measured view of contemporary threats to it, is the goal of a recent book from a leading attorney in the field. Luke Goodrich has spent more than a decade at the religious freedom law firm Becket, and has worked on the legal team in several high-profile religious freedom cases before the Supreme Court, including Hosanna-Tabor v. EEOC, Burwell v. Hobby Lobby, Holt v. Hobbs, and Little Sisters of the…

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Pope Francis asks families to put down their phones on Holy Family feast

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Vatican City, Dec 29, 2019 / 05:30 am (CNA).- On the feast of the Holy Family of Nazareth Sunday, Pope Francis encouraged families to get off their cell phones and talk to one another. “In your family, do you know how to communicate with each other, or are you like those kids at the table — each one has their own cell phone, chatting? In that table there is a silence as if they were at Mass, but they don't communicate with each other,” Pope Francis said in his Angelus…

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Joliet Bishop Conlon announces medical leave of absence

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Joliet, Ill., Dec 28, 2019 / 09:20 am (CNA).- The Diocese of Joliet announced Friday that Bishop Daniel Conlon will take a medical leave of absence from leadership of the Illinois diocese. During Conlon’s absence, “Bishop Richard E. Pates, Bishop Emeritus of Des Moines, will serve as Apostolic Administrator of the diocese,” the diocese said in a Dec. 27 statement. “Bishop Conlon expresses his deep affection for the clergy, religious and laity of the Diocese of Joliet and will keep them in his prayers during his time away. He also…

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Piracy and despair: The unique problems that plague sailors

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Vancouver, Canada, Dec 27, 2019 / 11:19 am (CNA).- For most people in the 21st century, piracy probably conjures up images of illegal downloads from Limewire before it does thoughts of trouble-making sea-farers. But real piracy – marine miscreants who hijack boats and steal goods and take captives – is still a threat for sailors and ship crews today. “Piracy is a terrifying experience for seafarers,” Deacon Dileep Athaide, a chaplain with the Apostleship of the Sea, told Agnieszka Ruck for The B.C. Catholic. The Apostleship of the Sea is…

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How the Church in Chile is helping women victims of domestic violence

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Santiago, Chile, Dec 26, 2019 / 11:04 am (CNA).- The Vicariate for Social Pastoral Care of Caritas in the Archdiocese of Santiago takes in every year hundreds of women and their children, victims of domestic violence who find in their shelters comprehensive care to be able to get on with their lives.   According to figures from the Center for the Study and Analysis of Crime of the Undersecretariat for Crime Prevention, in 2018 there were 64,361 complaints in Chile related to domestic violence, and of these, 76% were against…

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Best After School Activities for Your Child with ADHD

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Best After School Activities for Your Child with ADHD

Finding the right activities for your child can be quite difficult if they struggle with attention-deficit hyperactivity disorder. Some hobbies just add to the challenges of school by requiring them to sit still for long periods of time with little to no excitement, exacerbating their already tenuous hold on their restraint. Rather than be completely restrained even more, children with ADHD need to both have a way to be active and a structure that helps them to strengthen their self-control. The activity you choose should also be something that they…

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Pope Francis on Christmas: Christ’s light is greater than the darkness of world’s conflicts

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Vatican City, Dec 25, 2019 / 05:30 am (CNA).- On Christmas, Pope Francis prayed for Christ to bring light to the instability in Iraq, Lebanon, Venezuela, Yemen, Ukraine, Burkina Faso, and other parts of the world experiencing conflict. “The Son is born, like a small light flickering in the cold and darkness of the night. That Child, born of the Virgin Mary, is the Word of God made flesh … There is darkness in human hearts, yet the light of Christ is greater still,” Pope Francis said from the center…

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This secular Franciscan lived among lepers. Could he become Zimbabwe’s first saint?

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Harare, Zimbabwe, Dec 24, 2019 / 11:00 am (CNA).- British-born John Bradburne, who died in Zimbabwe 40 years ago, could be on his way to becoming the country’s first canonized saint. Bradburne is a revered figure among the Catholic community in the landlocked southern African country of Zimbabwe. According to reports, Bradburne was shot in the back after he was abducted from his hut in Mutemwa in the north-east of Zimbabwe. Who was he? Born in 1921 to Anglican parents in Cumbria, England, Bradburne converted to Catholicism in 1947 while…

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