Rome Sweet Home transforms history scholar's faith

St. Francis of Assisi parishioner credits Scott & Kimberly Hahn book for challenging him to convert

When Roland Carelse-Borzel (right) googled the archdiocesan RCIA program, he met Kyle Neilson and found the two had come to the Church in similar ways. Agnieszka Krawczynski / The B.C. Catholic.

A Pentecostal history scholar fell headlong into denominational no-man's-land when a spiritual memoir pulled the foundation of his faith out from under his feet. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.


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Mary and Joseph exemplify mission, vocation of family life

Pope Francis drinks mate, the traditional Argentine herbal tea, while greeting Legionaries of Christ seminarians during his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican Dec. 17. The mate was presented by one of the seminarians. CNS photo / Paul Haring.

Pope Francis spoke Dec. 17 about Jesus' choice to be born into a family, saying that it shows the importance of the vocation, which Mary and Joseph epitomized through their everyday holiness. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.

Grade 6 students plan 'social justice' project

Conservative legislators applaud Deputy Henri Guaino after he spoke against the same-sex marriage draft law at the National Assembly in Paris in January 2013. France's National Assembly was examining a bill to legalize gay marriage and give gay couples adoption rights. CNS photo / Charles Platiau, Reuters.

Two Grade 6 students at a Catholic elementary school now have the go-ahead to do a social justice project on how a Catholic high school equity group manages gay rights. For full story see The B.C. Catholic website.