“We do not know what this year holds for us, but what we can do is to take care of each other and of creation,” said the pope. During last Sunday's Angelus, the pope reminded Christians that the New Year's success does not depend on luck. In order for everything to go well, he proposed, in addition to praying, that each person give the best of oneself.
The family is one of the themes to which Pope Francis has dedicated much of his pontificate. His contributions as pontiff focus on two aspects. The first is caring for relationships within the family.
Award-winning author Julia Golding, who lives down the street from Tolkien's old house, is spearheading Project Northmoor. This house on Northmoor Road in Oxford is where J.R.R. Tolkien lived from 1930 to 1947. In those years, he wrote “The Hobbit” and most of “The Lord of the Rings,” his two mos...
