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By Christine Bordelon
NEW ORLEANS – More than 7,000 Catholic educators kicked off the National Catholic Educational Association’s annual convention with a New Orleans flavor April 26. After an opening speech by Boston College theology professor Father Michael Himes and a Mass celebrated by New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond, conventioneers were ushered out of the main hall […]
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By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – During the April 27 National Catholic Prayer Breakfast in Washington, speakers paid tribute to the soon-to-be-beatified Pope John Paul II and urged Catholic participants to continue his legacy of defending religious liberty and human dignity. Bishop William E. Lori of Bridgeport, Conn., urged the audience of about 1,500 people, including politicians and Catholics […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
For Tom Duesterhaus, community is everything. After growing up in a family with eight kids, teaching in a classroom for 15 years and living in a communal environment since his second year of college, it’s no wonder he’s used to having people around. “Community has always been such a crucial component for me,” he said […]
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By Mark Zimmermann
WASHINGTON – As a 37-year-old priest, then-Father Donald W. Wuerl witnessed the election of Pope John Paul II in 1978, as reportedly the only noncardinal allowed into that conclave. He was priest-secretary to U.S. Cardinal John Wright, who was then in frail health, and he assisted the churchman at the conclave. That priest is now […]
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By Richard Szczepanowski
CLINTON, Md. – Although Mary Surratt was tried, convicted and executed for her participation in the plot to assassinate President Abraham Lincoln, some historians still question just how involved in the scheme the Catholic widow really was. Was Surratt guilty of conspiring with John Wilkes Booth to assassinate Lincoln? Did she know that the original […]
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By John Thavis
VATICAN CITY – As the countdown continued for the beatification of Pope John Paul II, Church and civil authorities put the finishing touches on logistical plans to handle potentially massive crowds at the main events in Rome. Meanwhile, Vatican officials were heartened at the massive response to online projects designed to make the beatification a […]
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By Gretchen R. Crowe
Blink and you’ll miss it. Sitting on the corner of West Glebe and Russell Roads in Alexandria, the unassuming gothic-style church of St. Rita is, as Father Daniel N. Gee, pastor, recently called it “a hidden gem” in Alexandria – a beautiful, peaceful oasis inside the beltway filled with “happy people who love their faith.” […]
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By Nora Hamerman
“The center of the icon of Christ is the Paschal Mystery: Christ is presented as the Crucified, the risen Lord, the One who will come again and who here and now hiddenly reigns over all. Every image of Christ must contain these three essential aspects of the mystery of Christ and, in this sense, must […]
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By John Thavis
VATICAN CITY – As Church officials keep emphasizing, Pope John Paul II is being beatified not for his performance as pope, but for how he lived the Christian virtues of faith, hope and love. When the Vatican’s sainthood experts interviewed witnesses about the Polish pontiff, the focus of their investigation was on holiness, not achievement. […]
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By John Thavis
VATICAN CITY – Celebrating Palm Sunday Mass at the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI warned that technological progress must not lead people to think they can “become God.” About 50,000 faithful waved olive branches and palm fronds in St. Peter’s Square April 17 at the start of the liturgy that commemorated Christ’s triumphal entry into Jerusalem […]
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