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What boating taught me about God
June 23, 2017Years ago, my husband and I purchased a no-frills, tiny fishing boat, which we jokingly christened the Sea Moose. In this vessel, we journeyed around islands in the Gulf of Mexico and made marvelous discoveries. Once, as we were launching the Sea Moose at the marina, a man in a state-of-the-art fishing rig did a […]
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Sister Mary Paul Cretello, who served at the cancer home, dies
June 23, 2017ATLANTA—Sister Mary Paul Cretello, OP, died April 18 at Our Lady of Perpetual Help Home in Atlanta after an extended illness. She was 84 years old. She was born Anne M. Cretello on Jan. 25, 1933, in Long Branch, New Jersey, to Anthony Cretello and Antoinette (Cittandino) Cretello. She was preceded in death by her […]
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The joy that shines at the Eucharistic Congress
June 23, 2017Every large gathering in today’s environment requires the assistance of security personnel—and our Eucharistic Congress is no exception. Bringing great numbers of people together involves providing for their safety and anticipating emergencies that may occur unexpectedly. Fortunately, our Eucharistic Congresses over the years have had nothing more serious to address than a temporarily lost child […]
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Vatican releases online questionnaire for youth
June 20, 2017VATICAN CITY (CNS)—To involve young people in preparations for the Synod of Bishops on youth in 2018, the Vatican has released an online questionnaire to better understand the lives, attitudes and concerns of 16- to 29-year-olds around the world. The questionnaire—available in English, Spanish, French and Italian—can be found on the synod’s official site: youth.synod2018.va/content/synod2018/it.html […]
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Archbishop Gregory: Bishops ‘can never say we are sorry enough’ for tragedy of abuse
June 15, 2017INDIANAPOLIS (CNS)—Standing before some 200 bishops from across the country, Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory said that “we can never say that we are sorry enough for the share that we have had in this tragedy of broken fidelity and trust” in the clergy sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church. He made this sober […]
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Bishops celebrate Mass of Prayer and Penance for survivors of clergy sex abuse
June 14, 2017WASHINGTON—As they began the spring general assembly, bishops from across the U.S. gathered June 14 at Sts. Peter and Paul Cathedral in Indianapolis for a Mass of Prayer and Penance for survivors of sexual abuse within the Church. The Mass was held in response to a call from Pope Francis for all episcopal conferences across […]
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A librarian assistant checks herself out
June 5, 2017Phyllis Warner, Christ the King School’s longtime librarian assistant, has closed the final chapter on a 44-year career at the Atlanta school, as she retired last month. Warner, like her husband Jack of 58 years, grew up in the southeast Ohio town of Logan. They attended the same high school and dated as Jack served […]
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Pope, U.S. Catholic bishops, join in prayers for victims of London attacks
June 5, 2017WASHINGTON (CNS)—U.S. Catholics joined Pope Francis and the rest of the world in expressing sorrow for those killed and severely injured in the latest terrorist attacks in London the night of June 3. “The vigil of Pentecost had barely begun when the world was burdened yet again, this time by the sinister attacks on innocent […]
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Priest says Egypt’s Christians feel they could be martyrs at any time
June 1, 2017CAIRO (CNS)—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. Samuel Monastery […]
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Oregon Catholic father of four killed trying to protect fellow passengers
June 1, 2017PORTLAND, Ore. (CNS)—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 the King […]