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Half a century later, Robert Ellsberg looks back on his father’s famous release of the Pentagon Papers—and the consequences of that decision for his father, for him and for the nation.

“ Walking With the Saints: My Writing Life,”  Ellsberg will reflect on his life and work as a "saint-watcher," how this came to shape his own vocation and spiritual discipline, and what he hopes it might achieve. Robert Ellsberg is the long-time editor-in-chief and publisher of Orbis Books. He holds a master’s degree in theology from Harvard Divinity School. In the late 1970s he worked with Dorothy Day in New York City, serving as managing editor of the  Catholic Worker newspaper. Sin...

Maryknoll sister who ministered in Africa for nearly 40 years dies at 79 Mar 10, 2021 catholic news service Maryknoll Sister Janice McLaughlin is seen at Arrupe Jesuit University in Harare, Zimbabwe, in this undated photo. McLaughlin, who ministered in Africa for over 40 years, died March 7, 2021, in New York at age 79. She also was a former president of her religious community. (Credit: Tawanda Karombo/Global Sisters Report via CNS.) Maryknoll Sister Janice McLaughlin, who ministered in southe...

By Fr Ron Rolheiser When I was a young boy growing up in a Catholic community, the catechesis of the time tried to inspire the hearts of the young with stories of martyrs, saints, and other people who lived out high ideals in terms of virtue and faith. I remember one story in particular that caught my imagination and inspired me, the story of a third-century Christian martyr, St. Tarcisius. As legend (or truth) has it, Tarcisius was a twelve-year-old acolyte during the time of the early Christi...