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World War II vet says time as POW of Nazis deepened his Catholic faith
November 7, 2013DUNDALK, Md. (CNS)—U.S. Army Air Corps Cpl. Leo Wojciechowski had just unloaded bombs targeting the Blechhammer synthetic oil refinery on the Nazi-occupied Czech-Polish border when he felt his B-24 shudder. Anti-aircraft fire had struck the nose gunner’s plane during the Aug. 7, 1944, mission, causing it to lose speed and altitude as gasoline flooded the […]
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Comet ISON expected to give earth-based observers a Thanksgiving show
November 7, 2013WASHINGTON (CNS)—A “dirty snowball” is expected to put on a show for earth-based observers in the pre-dawn skies around Thanksgiving. Astronomers are projecting that Comet ISON, discovered in September 2012, will be a unusually bright visitor to the inner solar system starting just before Nov. 28 and continuing for days afterward. But, as usual in […]
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Young and old join pope to celebrate joy of family life
November 7, 2013VATICAN CITY (CNS)—A Catholic wedding is not simply a beautiful ceremony; through the sacrament of marriage a couple receives from God the grace they will need to fulfill their mission in the world, Pope Francis said. Addressing an estimated 100,000 people who came to St. Peter’s Square Oct. 26 for a Year of Faith celebration […]
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News Briefs: October 24, 2013
October 25, 2013U.S. Philadelphia archdiocesan seminary will retain, rebrand college program PHILADELPHIA (CNS)—A Philadelphia archdiocesan task force appointed last March to analyze the viability of St. Charles Borromeo Seminary’s college division has unanimously recommended that the division remain open, the seminary announced Oct. 22. The panel also called for a strategic plan to be implemented over the […]
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Archaeological dig reveals Franciscan mission
October 24, 2013ST. CATHERINES ISLAND, Ga. (CNS)—Savannah Bishop Gregory J. Hartmayer spent Columbus Day visiting the oldest mission in the diocese for the first time since he was ordained to head the diocese two years ago. Santa Catalina de Guale mission, located on St. Catherines Island, an undeveloped barrier island 35 miles south of Savannah, is a […]
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Art can help sense ‘God’s hand in our own lives’
October 24, 2013ATLANTA—The Catholic Church has long been one of the “world’s great patrons of art,” said Dr. Nora M. Heimann, associate professor of art history and chair of the department of art at the Catholic University of America. While art can inspire and delight, among its original purposes was “explaining complex theological” ideas,” said Heimann. Some […]
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Health care professionals share Jesus’ healing ministry, archbishop says
October 24, 2013ATLANTA—Pharmacists Mimi Park, Linda Rozakis and Angela Kim all plan to make attending the Archdiocese of Atlanta’s White Mass an annual tradition. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory celebrated the first such Mass for those in health care fields on Thursday, Oct. 17, at the Cathedral of Christ the King in Atlanta. The Mass was held on […]
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Popes have extolled artists’ gifts to touch the human spirit
October 24, 2013ATLANTA—North Georgia artist Josef Mahler’s many works have included paintings, drawings and woodcarvings of scenes ranging from the Nativity to the Stations of the Cross. Mahler has demonstrated his talents and shared his work in both Catholic churches and non-Catholic venues such as the Sautee Nacoochee Center Association art galleries exhibit of Amazing(ly) Grace(ful) in […]
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‘Captain Phillips’ depicts empathetic view of harrowing ordeal
October 24, 2013NEW YORK (CNS)—Docudramas tend to underwhelm emotionally, intellectually or both. That’s not the case with “Captain Phillips” (Columbia), a complex and compassionate film that engrosses from the start and builds inexorably toward a devastating conclusion. Prepare to be hooked. Considered alongside his 2006 project “United 93,” about the airplane that crashed into a Pennsylvania field […]
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The best of shows and the worst of shows: the new TV season
October 24, 2013NEW YORK (CNS)—There’s both good news and bad for viewers with the advent of the fall television season. The upside mainly concerns hourlong dramas: Some networks have bucked the occult-happy trend of recent years that seemed to fill the small screen with dark tales of demons and goblins. They’ve also gotten away from the tendency […]