Judith Valente
Judith Valente is an author at Religion News Service.
All Stories by Judith Valente
Poet Wendell Berry bequeaths farming legacy to small Catholic college
By Judith Valente — February 5, 2016
(RNS) The 81-year-old writer decides against teaming up with a large university agricultural program, and instead selects a small Catholic liberal arts college run by the Dominican Sisters of Peace.
Ancient Italian city of Norcia now known for its singing monks
By Judith Valente — August 14, 2015
People don't need to travel to this birthplace of St. Benedict to hear the monks sing; their chants are on a CD that’s topped the Billboard charts this summer in classical, traditional music.
COMMENTARY: Nun teaches secret to overcoming fear of death
By Judith Valente — April 17, 2014
(RNS) Reflecting on Sister Lillian’s life, I feel relieved of my fear of death. It’s not because I’m suddenly certain that there’s an after-life. Even Sister Lillian once remarked, “None of us knows what happens after we die. We just believe.”
Film sheds light on Jesus People’s dark stories
By Judith Valente — April 8, 2014
CHICAGO (RNS) More than a dozen adults who lived as children in the religious community tell of sexual and physical abuse in Jaime Prater's documentary, “No Place to Call Home.”
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