February 2018
St. Josephine Bakhita—A Model of Faith
Her kidnappers gave her the name Bakhita, meaning “fortunate. ” Her life in captivity wasn’t quite so. Born in Darfur in 1869, Josephine Bakhita was taken by Arab slave traders when she was 9.
Film Reviews with Sister Rose
The Post
In 1971, the New York Times published a series of articles based on top-secret documents about America’s 30-year involvement in the Vietnam War. These came to be known as the Pentagon Papers. In the late ’60s, Daniel Ellsberg (Matthew Rhys) worked for the RAND Corporation, consulting on the war and, in the face of Defense Secretary Robert McNamara (Bruce Greenwood), had leaked the papers to the Times.
