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By Elizabeth A. Elliott
Both President Ronald Reagan and Pope John Paul II survived assassination attempts, forgave their shooters, suspected Russian involvement in the assassination attempts and wanted to defeat communism. Reagan, a Protestant, considered Pope John Paul II a close friend and the feeling was mutual.
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By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will not visit South Sudan in October with Anglican Archbishop Justin Welby of Canterbury as he had hoped, the Vatican spokesman said. Greg Burke, the spokesman, told reporters May 30 the trip “was not for this year.” With the civil war worsening and famine spreading, Pope Francis already in March had […]
Global
By Jane Chambers
SANTIAGO, Chile — Chileans call it the Chilean miracle. And this October, when Pope Francis canonizes Spain’s Blessed Faustino Miguez, the woman at the center of the miracle — Veronica Stoberg Tejo — hopes to be in attendance. Stoberg lives with her husband and family in a part of Santiago called La Florida. In […]
National
By Ed Langlois
PORTLAND, Ore. — On a crowded Portland commuter train May 26, a selfless Catholic father of four stepped forward to calm a tense situation. He was that kind of guy. Rick Best defended two women being accosted by a passenger yelling hate speech about Muslims and other groups. Best, a 53-year-old member of Christ […]
Local
By Zoey Maraist
After years as a friar, Michael Folmar will be ordained a deacon.
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Services were held across the nation on Memorial Day May 29 to recall the ultimate sacrifice made by the men and women serving in the U.S. armed forces.
Columns
By Zoey Maraist
As someone raised by a Catholic mother and a Lutheran father, I’m no stranger to a little theological rivalry.
Global
By Catholic News Service
CAIRO — Christians in Egypt “are getting to this idea that we could be a martyr at any moment,” the spokesman for the nation’s Catholic bishops told Catholic News Service. The spokesman, Father Rafic Greiche, also lamented the number of children killed in an attack on a bus carrying Coptic Orthodox Christians to St. […]
Columnists
By Elizabeth Foss
This time of year is a natural one for self-assessment. If you’re still in school, the end of the spring semester lends itself to reflecting on the year’s accomplishments and stumbling blocks and setting new goals for the next term. If you’re beyond school, old habits die hard, and the rhythm of the lives of […]
Columnists
By Russell Shaw
Just when you think things can’t get any worse, they do. That’s been the story of President Donald Trump’s relationship with the media for a long time, and we aren’t seeing the end of it yet. I don’t wish to add to the hysteria by declaring this situation a crisis. But if it’s not […]
