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Sudanese ‘Lost Boy’ in Atlanta hopes his story helps native country
October 30, 2014ATLANTA—Majok Marier was tending to his family’s cattle herd when he heard the gunshots. Soldiers were attacking his family’s village. He fled. Along with tens of thousands of others who became known as the Lost Boys of Sudan, he for years evaded lions, fled gunmen, and found shelter beneath trees and nourishment from eating grass. […]
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Daughter remembers her mother making rosaries for Korean War soldiers
October 30, 2014NEWNAN—In Claire Berube’s childhood home, it was not unusual to see dozens and dozens of cord rosaries draped over the arms of chairs. Berube, a parishioner of St. George Church in Newnan, grew up in Lawrence, Massachusetts. During the Korean War, Berube’s mother, Blanche Lippe, began making cord rosaries to send to American soldiers. “I […]
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Fair trade shoppers express solidarity with the poor, vulnerable
October 30, 2014ATLANTA—Pottery made in Cameroon, colorful baskets from Bangladesh, Peruvian Nativity sets. The annual archdiocesan Fair Trade Sale at the Chancery will feature these and other handcrafted goods and jewelry, as well as shade-grown organic coffees. The sale, through the initiative of Catholic Relief Services, will be held Thursday, Nov. 13, from 9 a.m. to 2 […]
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‘Culture of vocations’ supports people to hear God’s call in their lives
October 30, 2014ATLANTA—In November, Catholics will observe National Vocations Awareness Week. Pope Francis, in his November 2013 apostolic exhortation, “Evangelii Gaudium,” (“The Joy of the Gospel”), underlined the continued need to build a culture of vocations. “The fraternal life and fervor of the community can awaken in the young a desire to consecrate themselves completely to God […]
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Pope Francis’ closing message to the Synod of Bishops: ‘I have heard speeches … full of faith … of wisdom, of frankness and of courage’
October 30, 2014As the extraordinary session of the Synod of Bishops on the family drew to a close Oct. 18, its last working session, Pope Francis addressed the assembly, thanking the delegates for their work and reassuring them that despite the many frank exchanges and disagreements expressed during the course of the Oct. 5-19 meeting, he had […]
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Cardinal Wuerl says family synod came to ‘real consensus’
October 30, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl of Washington said the Oct. 5-19 Synod of Bishops on the family came to a “real consensus” after two weeks of animated debate, and that its final report will serve as a solid basis for the world synod on the family in 2015. “What we saw and what we […]
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Texas nurse released from NIH, thanks God and doctors for recovery
October 30, 2014BETHESDA, Md. (CNS)—Nina Pham, a Dallas nurse who was the first person known to have contracted the Ebola virus in the United States, thanked God, her family and her medical team for her recovery Oct. 24. Pham held a news conference in Bethesda after she was declared virus-free and released from the National Institutes of […]
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Novena for protection from Ebola ongoing through Dec. 23
October 30, 2014PHOENIX—In Arizona, the Crosier Fathers and Brothers announced Oct. 24 the community would offer a novena of intercession for protection from Ebola in conjunction with St. Theresa Church in Phoenix. The novena was to begin Oct. 28 and continue for nine consecutive Tuesdays. Each evening service, lasting 30 to 40 minutes, was to have “a […]
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Pope calls for abolition of death penalty, life in prison
October 30, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Pope Francis called for abolition of the death penalty as well as life imprisonment, and denounced what he called a “penal populism” that promises to solve society’s problems by punishing crime instead of pursuing social justice. “It is impossible to imagine that states today cannot make use of another means than capital punishment […]
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15th anniversary caps banner year for Lyke House
October 30, 2014ATLANTA—Lyke House, the Catholic Center at Atlanta University Center, marked the 15th anniversary of its dedication Oct. 17-19. Students, alumni, benefactors and a host of people in the community who assist in cultivating and shaping the mission of Lyke House were there to celebrate the occasion. This has been a banner year for Lyke House […]