Japan Earthquake

‘Miraculous discovery’ in Japan

Sheila Liaugminas | 21 March 2011

Japan needs a miracle. So do we all. This suffices...

Akita Shrine at the epicenter

Sheila Liaugminas | 13 March 2011

The news pouring out of Japan in the aftermath of back-to-back disasters and ongoing crises like the explosion at the nuclear plant on Saturday can’t cover it all, and we can’t even estimate if it covers the half of it. But one story covered just about nowhere except in the Catholic news media is about what happened at the convent in Akita...

Japan’s disaster

Sheila Liaugminas | 12 March 2011

You can see a hurricane coming. But violent eruptions of nature like the back to back assaults of an 8.9 magnitude earthquake followed by a deadly tsunami just happen. With no warning. They are stunning in their randomness and fury and they are terrifying because of both. And because it could happen anywhere, anytime.