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By Thomas Craughwell
After conquering Constantinople on May 29, 1453, the Ottoman Turks turned their eyes toward Europe. Three years later a Turkish army of approximately 60,000 men marched into Hungary. Arrayed against the invaders was a force of experienced fighting men led by Janos Hunyady, a Hungarian general who had been battling the Turks for at least 20 years, and a Franciscan priest, St. John of Capistrano, who led a rag-tag army of peasants armed mostly with knives, slings and farm implements.
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By Katie Bahr
It was three years ago when Uma Krishnan says she first dreamed of the Virgin Mary. It was January 2006 and she was living in Singapore with her husband, Kumar, and her son, Karthi. In her dream she saw a “very humble lady” surrounded by candles. She and Kumar were devout Hindus and they knew […]
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By Chaz Muth
WASHINGTON – Sister Camille Hampton of the Little Sisters of the Poor in Washington didn’t mind waking up at 3 a.m. Eastern time Oct. 11 – because the occasion was so joyous she could barely wait for the hour to arrive. With a few of her fellow sisters in their order’s residence in Washington, the […]
Movies
Ensemble drama with music follows a class of gifted students (most prominently Kay Panabaker, Asher Book, Naturi Naughton and Collins Pennie) and their dedicated teachers (among them Kelsey Grammer, Charles S. Dutton and Bebe Neuwirth) through four years at a New York City high school for the performing arts. Director Kevin Tancharoen’s remake of Alan […]
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By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – Nearly 1,500 students filled the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington Oct. 2 to pray to Our Lady of Fatima for peace in families and in the world and for priests and missionaries. The children – from Catholic schools and home-schooled families in the Arlington diocese and the […]
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By Elizabeth Foss
“It’s me,” she says. “I look terrible in everything. I wanted to buy beautiful things. I wanted this to be fun. But I look terrible in everything.”
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By For The Catholic Herald
Catholic Relief Services (CRS) is mobilizing in multiple countries in Southeast Asia battered by a typhoon, a tsunami and an earthquake over the last week. While the immediate focus is on rescue efforts and emergency relief, CRS and partner Caritas Internationalis (CI) are already planning for the long-term reconstruction vital to recovery efforts. • Typhoon […]
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By Dave Borowski
Father Christopher Pollard soon will leave the rural environs of St. Isidore the Farmer Parish in Orange for New York City. He will be an attaché to Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the permanent observer of the Holy See to the United Nations. The Vatican’s permanent observer represents the Holy See at the U.N. as a non-voting […]
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By Patricia Zapor
WASHINGTON – With several hundred guests for a reception at the Vatican Embassy Sept. 23, the Catholic Association of Latino Leaders, or CALL, launched its first national outreach effort at an observance of Hispanic Heritage Month. “To be a leader is to have a clear sense of identity,” said Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to […]
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By Meredith Black
WASHINGTON – Near the Crypt Church of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, in the Hall of American Saints, across from the papal tiara and the statue of St. Rose Philippine Duchesne stands a gleaming new white statue of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta. With a smile on her face, Mother Teresa […]
