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‘Mission: Impossible’ another ‘nifty espionage’ movie
August 6, 2015NEW YORK (CNS)—Light the fuse and cue that nerve-jangling theme music everyone loves to hum; it’s time for “Mission: Impossible—Rogue Nation” (Paramount). As helmed by writer-director Christopher McQuarrie, this fifth installment in a franchise that dates back, on the big screen, to 1996—and that began life as a CBS-TV series a full three decades before […]
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New Lyke House chaplain engaged in working toward the common good
August 6, 2015ATLANTA—A new chaplain will greet students as they return to Lyke House at the Atlanta University Center. Society of the Divine Word Father Urey P. Mark in July became the director and chaplain of the Catholic Center for Atlanta’s historically black colleges and universities, including Morehouse College, Morehouse School of Medicine, Spelman College and Clark […]
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Climbing out of darkness
August 6, 2015There is so much anger in our country today. Although some people celebrated the recent Supreme Court ruling on same-sex marriage, orthodox Catholics are concerned about its impact on religious freedom—and vexed about the radical shift in moral definitions. It’s easy to understand the initial anger, but when this becomes the dominating force in our […]
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A priest for 41 years, Msgr. Branch wants to turn his attention to the poor
August 6, 2015ATLANTA—Msgr. Edward Branch has stepped aside from his longtime ministry at the Atlanta University Center, the campus of four historically black colleges and universities, and is “refocusing” his ministry. A priest for more than 40 years, he wants his next chapter in life to be about the poor and the marginalized. He envisions serving with […]
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Jewish author presents parables as Jesus’ tales to fellow Jews
August 6, 2015“Short Stories by Jesus: The Enigmatic Parables of a Controversial Rabbi” by Amy-Jill Levine. Harper Collins (New York, 2014). 313 pp., $25.99. “Short Stories by Jesus,” Amy-Jill Levine’s new book, reaches far back in time to listen “to the Jewish Jesus talking to fellow Jews” as he tells his many parables. Believers over time domesticated […]
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Why you need spiritual food
August 6, 2015Every third summer, the Catholic lectionary provides a series of readings for Sunday Mass from the sixth chapter of the Gospel of John. This is the magnificently crafted chapter in which the evangelist’s Eucharistic theology is most fully presented. It is a curiosity of John’s Gospel that the Last Supper scene includes no “institution narrative,” […]
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Searching for the images that inspire
August 6, 2015A picture is worth a thousand words, according to one very popular adage. I can vividly recall, and perhaps many of you do as well, a very touching photo taken during the height of the Hurricane Katrina disaster, of a young white man cuddling a sleeping African-American toddler. The little girl was fast asleep in […]
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Cyclist makes it cross country for Atlanta student scholarships
July 27, 2015Cyclist Dick Marklein completed his cross-country trek to raise scholarship money for Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School. That’s 52 Days and 3900 Miles. The cyclist began on May 31st in San Francisco and ended in Portsmouth, N.H., where Marklein dipped his bike into the Atlantic Ocean. The trip was the cyclists’ once in a […]
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Local groups plan rendezvous with Pope Francis in Philadelphia
July 23, 2015ATHENS—St. Joseph Church parishioner Lynn Renna has done her papal pilgrimage homework. For months Renna has been researching transportation and accommodation details associated with a parish trip during Pope Francis’ visit to the World Meeting of Families in Philadelphia in September. Pope Francis will be in the United States Sept. 22-27, giving talks and making […]
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Pope says he’ll read critiques of his economic thought before U.S. trip
July 23, 2015ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT FROM PARAGUAY (CNS)—Before arriving in the United States in September, Pope Francis said, he will study American criticisms of his critiques of the global economy and finance. “I have heard that some criticisms were made in the United States—I’ve heard that—but I have not read them and have not had time […]