Sunday 22 December |

Saint of the Day: Bl. Jutta of Diessenberg

Food

Spongata, Italian Christmas Cake

V. M. Traverso

The iconic Italian Christmas cake Benedictine nuns helped create

Lebkuchen Christmas cookie

V. M. Traverso

How monks invented Germany’s beloved Christmas cookie

Multiracial family Thanksgiving

Ines Bridges

Why not add new faces and flavors to your Thanksgiving?

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Philip Kosloski

Do we see our food as an act of God’s divine providence?

CHARTREUSE LIQUEUR

Daniel Esparza

5 Surprising things invented by monks

SPENCER BREWERY

Daniel Esparza

Heavenly flavors: 5 Monastic must-tries

Soft pretzels on tray

Cerith Gardiner

How Auntie Anne’s pretzels were founded in suffering and faith

Pan Dei Morti, Italian All Souls day Treat

V. M. Traverso

Before Halloween candy, Italian Catholics had “bread of the dead”

Taggiasca Olives, Heart Hands

V. M. Traverso

How Benedictine monks “invented” one of Italy’s most beloved olives

chiles en nogada

Daniel Esparza

How nuns helped shape Mexico’s culinary heritage

Stuffed Hosts of Italy

V. M. Traverso

Discovering the “filled hosts” of Puglia

HAITI-UNREST

John Burger

When gangs take over your country, you go to school to eat

"Prayer Before the Meal" by Jan Steen, Leiden Collection

Fr. Michael Rennier

Making the most of family prayers before meals

IDPs in Sudan

John Burger

Famine declared in Sudan, affecting half a million people

Gelato at the Vatican

V. M. Traverso

Who makes the Pope’s favorite gelato?

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Daniel Esparza

The genius monks who took hot chocolate to Europe

The village of Nonza in Corsica with a view of the Church of St. Julie

Alice Alech

St. Julie, the beloved saint of the Corsican people

Couscous salad

Cecilia Pigg

Easy meatless meals for warm summer temperatures

Mathilde De Robien

Spectacular wedding cake is based on Milan’s Duomo

INTERNALLY DISPLACED PERSONS IN SUDAN

John Burger

Far from fighting, Catholic hospital helps Sudan’s suffering

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