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Strong pro-life message permeates ‘Gimme Shelter,’ based on real-life ministry
February 6, 2014Gimme Shelter (Roadside) NEW YORK (CNS)—Perhaps the best moment in the fact-based drama “Gimme Shelter” (Roadside) comes when its beleaguered, deeply sympathetic protagonist, played by Vanessa Hudgens, wonderingly recites a passage from the Book of Psalms that tells of God’s promises to those who trust in him. It’s a moving scene precisely because such faith-based […]
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Sisters and brothers in Christ
February 6, 2014We are all familiar with stories that tell of what the human heart can do in times of crisis. When life is threatened, the need to preserve it from loss overrides the many divisions that usually blind us to each other. A crisis throws us into an immediate and demanding stance that moves us to […]
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Three Pinecrest athletes cited by Tip-Off Club
February 6, 2014CUMMING—The Forsyth County Tip-Off Club recognizes outstanding achievement by players, teams and coaches in the county throughout the basketball season. It is made up of the six Georgia High School Association schools in the county: Lambert, South Forsyth, North Forsyth, Forsyth Central, West Forsyth and Pinecrest Academy. Ten boys and 10 girls in Forsyth County […]
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Remembering Father Austin Fogarty
February 6, 2014I actually cannot remember the first time we met, but the years have been long since his arrival to Death Row. Our deacon was Mr. Tom Silvestri, and at the time we had no priest to say Mass. Instead the bishop would come in a couple of times a year and at times we’d be […]
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Pope: Sacrifice key to reaping wealth of God’s love, fighting misery
February 6, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Courageously follow Jesus in seeking out the poor and sinners, and in making difficult sacrifices in order to help and heal others, Pope Francis said. Christians are called to confront the material, spiritual and moral destitution of “our brothers and sisters, to touch it, to make it our own and to take practical […]
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Youths must help world see God has plan for ‘each life,’ priest says
February 6, 2014WASHINGTON (CNS)—Braving near-record low temperatures and Arctic-type wind chills, thousands of young people from across the Archdiocese of Washington and the United States gathered in Washington for a rally and Mass prior to the annual Jan. 22 March for Life. “We can help the world understand that no one is an accident, all have a […]
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Pope Francis: Make sure your children are confirmed
February 6, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—Many Catholic parents go to great lengths to ensure their children are baptized, and they must make similar efforts to see that their children are confirmed, Pope Francis said. Without confirmation, he said, young people will remain “halfway” on the path of Christian maturity and membership in the church. Confirmation “unites us more […]
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USCCB report studies, makes suggestions about rise in solo minor migrants
February 6, 2014WASHINGTON (CNS)—Dangerous conditions in their homelands are leading tens of thousands more families in Central America and Mexico to send their children by themselves to cross the U.S. border illegally, according to a report by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Committee on Migration. Citing data from two U.S. federal agencies, the report estimates that, […]
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A look at Hollywood lineup of coming movies with biblical, faith themes
February 6, 2014NEW YORK (CNS)—The long-standing charge against Hollywood by people of faith is that Tinseltown doesn’t take believers seriously when it comes to film fare. But with a fistful of biblical epics ready to roll out nationwide in 2014 and even beyond, there will be plenty of evidence to test that assumption. First up on the […]
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Snow brings out the best ‘acts of humanity’
February 6, 2014There have been many references to the weather as “acts of God” this season throughout the U.S. This particular winter has brought brutally cold weather across the nation on a couple of occasions, and we have all probably learned a new term—polar vortex—which provides a meteorological explanation for the harsher than usual winter conditions that […]