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Pope: Nativity scenes inspire even nonbelievers to love, share
December 23, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—God did not come to the world with arrogance to impose his might; he offered his powerful love through a fragile child, Pope Francis said. The Christmas tree and Nativity scene are reminders of this mystery of the Incarnation and they both carry “a message of light, hope and love,” he said Dec. […]
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Epiphany Byzantine Catholic church damaged in arson fire
December 23, 2014ROSWELL—Parishioners of Epiphany Byzantine Church in Roswell will celebrate the Divine Liturgy at nearby Regina Caeli Academy until their church, damaged by a Dec. 14 fire, can be repaired. The Roswell Fire Department arrived at the church at 2030 Old Alabama Road at 1:30 a.m. that Sunday after a passerby noticed flames coming from the church […]
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Birthright leader stepping down after 45 years helping women in crisis pregnancies
December 23, 2014CHAMBLEE—Terry Weaver started in the anti-abortion movement with coffee klatches and letter-writing campaigns to lawmakers. The political fighting though seemed fruitless and tired her. She instead embraced another way. For some 45 years, she has been serving women in crisis as a leader in Birthright, an international nonprofit that counsels and provides related services to […]
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Movie reviews: ‘The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies’
December 23, 2014NEW YORK (CNS)—With “The Hobbit: The Battle of the Five Armies” (Warner Bros.), director Peter Jackson’s trilogy of films based on Catholic writer J.R.R. Tolkien’s 1937 fantasy novel “The Hobbit, or There and Back Again” reaches a rousing finale. Mixed opinions have been generated by Jackson’s transformation of a single, relatively slim volume into a […]
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Finding the meaning of Christmas in 2014
December 23, 2014There is a strip mall not far from the monastery. I was there a week or so before Christmas. Most of the stores are vacant and have been that way for a long time. The “For Lease” signs in the windows are faded. I parked the car and walked around a bit. I looked in […]
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Taking a risk to ‘enlighten our future’
December 23, 2014All of us would probably like to exit the year of 2014 with a bit of grace! During this final week that separates us from Christmas before the dawn of a new calendar year, most of us will do some pondering on the events of the past 12 months and, no doubt, we will entertain […]
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God is searching for hearts of good will
December 23, 2014Announcing the birth of the Son of God, the angels sang, “Glory to God in the highest, and peace on earth among people of good will.” Today we are bombarded by commercials inviting us to prepare for the celebration of the “holidays” and manipulating our will through ads that tell us we need to spend […]
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Despite frailties, seniors come to pray rosary
December 23, 2014ROSWELL—Wrinkled hands grasp the beads as the men and women recite the Hail Mary, the Our Father and other prayers learned long before their hair turned white. Every Saturday, this group draws together. Mary and David Waters shepherd this assembly. The husband and wife gently remind residents at St. George Village continuing care community to […]
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The least of these may be the greatest among us
December 23, 2014She was a tiny baby when I first met her. She was the fourth child adopted into the family, which also consisted of two older girls and one boy. I met her mother when I was attending a home Mass for a friend facing heart surgery the next day. Someone there told me the mother […]
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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 […]