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Pope Francis continues to take ‘the world by storm’
December 23, 2014WASHINGTON (CNS)—During the second year of his pontificate, Pope Francis was still feeling the love, and not just from Catholics or those from his homeland of Argentina. A Pew Research Center study released Dec. 11 showed that the pope has broad support across much of the world. Sixty percent of the 43 nations polled had […]
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Late movie critic explicated ‘what it means to be fully human’
December 23, 2014His face, in the months before his death, some might have called grotesque, fitted as it was with a prosthetic jaw and fixed with what appeared to be an artificial clownish smile. For others who knew him, if only through his work, that face was beautiful. It affirmed not only life, but life lived according […]
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Pope Francis credited for urging U.S., Cuba to normalize relations
December 23, 2014WASHINGTON (CNS)—Pope Francis personally appealed to President Barack Obama and Cuban President Raul Castro this year to encourage both leaders to normalize diplomatic relations, a senior Obama administration official said. Speaking on background, the official told reporters Dec. 17 that the pope followed up the personal appeals with letters to the U.S. and Cuban leaders, […]
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Addressing a critical need in Haiti
December 23, 2014Did Mary have a midwife? Details of our Savior’s birth are lost in history, yet we might surmise that Mary was aided by a local midwife, since that profession is described in Egyptian literature as early as 1900 B.C. Today, most mothers can count on medically trained midwives to assist their delivery, in highly sanitized […]
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2014 update: Abby’s Angels Foundation gains nonprofit status
December 23, 2014NEWNAN—Natalie and Stephen Bacho of Newnan consider the daily work of running Abby’s Angels Foundation a labor of love. Named for their late daughter, Abigail Gracen Bacho, the foundation raises awareness about organ donation and safe driving, and stocks supply closets at schools. Abby, age 9, died on Christmas Day 2012 from injuries sustained in […]
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2014 update: Homeward Choir embraced by Atlanta
December 23, 2014ATLANTA—The Atlanta Homeward Choir, made up of men who otherwise call the streets their home, continues to both entertain and form a community. Choir members are drawn from those who use the downtown Atlanta Central Night Shelter to get out of the elements during the winter nights. The shelter is a joint ministry shared by […]
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2014 update: Big sister Sarah Foy honored for unselfish play
December 23, 2014SMYRNA—Hannah Foy of Smyrna is back on the basketball court again. Last winter, Hannah participated for the first time in the Lil’ Cougars basketball program at St. Joseph School in Marietta. Hannah, 7 years old, has Down syndrome and is in a mainstream class at a public school. Her older sister Sarah attends St. Joseph. […]
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2014 update: Refugee family finds home at Corpus Christi
December 23, 2014ATLANTA—The family of Evariste Kabahizi, refugees from the Democratic Republic of Congo, arrived in Atlanta in late August after spending 19 years in a Rwandan refugee camp. They had been driven from their homeland by war. Kabahizi, 74, and his wife, Colette Mukandori, 57, were just beginning the journey to become part of America, along […]
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2014 update: Seminary in India under construction
December 23, 2014KARNATAKA, India—Father Balappa Selvaraj, former chief advocate in the Metropolitan Tribunal of the Atlanta Archdiocese, returned to his native India in June for a period of five years. With the permission of Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory and at the request of Bishop T. Anthony Swamy of the Chikmagalur Diocese in south India, Father Selvaraj is […]
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60 men wrap 1,500 Christmas gifts. It’s a miracle!
December 23, 2014SANDY SPRINGS—The ministry hall of St. Jude the Apostle Church looked like the elves’ workshop the Monday before Thanksgiving as the men’s mentoring group wrapped 1,500 books to give away. Made up of 60 men, some with their young sons in tow, the group gift-wrapped copies of author Matthew Kelly’s book, “The Four Signs of […]