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Breast cancer walk offers alternative way to help
August 1, 2013ATLANTA—Janice Givens is a devout Catholic, a wife, a mother of two, and a breast cancer survivor. She was diagnosed for the first time in October 2004, when her children, Grace and Murphy, were just 1 and 3 years old. After a mastectomy she was told that her breast cancer was gone. Her second diagnosis […]
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Pope prays for families, honors grandparents
August 1, 2013RIO DE JANEIRO (CNS)—The 76-year-old Pope Francis went to World Youth Day with grandparents, or at least society’s elders, on his mind, and he honored them in a special way July 26, the feast of Sts. Joachim and Anne and Grandparents Day in many countries. In dozens of homilies and speeches since becoming pope in […]
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All called to ‘proclaim truth’ of faith, bishop tells deaf conference
August 1, 2013WASHINGTON (CNS)—With hands moving quickly through the air, members of the International Catholic Deaf Association signed all the responses in unison for a July 16 Mass celebrated at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington as part of their seventh biennial conference. “We have been called to life, we have […]
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Christ’s cross eases suffering, teaches love, pope tells youths
August 1, 2013RIO DE JANEIRO (CNS)—With his cross and resurrection, Christ promises to walk with and ease the burden of every suffering person, whether that suffering comes from violence, addiction, a broken family, hunger, persecution or the death of a loved one, Pope Francis said. The traditional Friday mood change of World Youth Day took place July […]
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Lindy Boggs, former congresswoman and U.S. ambassador to Vatican, dies
August 1, 2013NEW ORLEANS (CNS)—Former U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Lindy Boggs, whose career in public service spanned 60 years, including four years in Rome during which she served as a staunch advocate for human trafficking victims, died July 27 at her home in Chevy Chase, Md. She was 97. Her funeral Mass was to be celebrated […]
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In Brazil, pope’s simple, artless actions resonate powerfully
August 1, 2013RIO DE JANEIRO (CNS)—If Blessed John Paul II had an actor’s mastery of the dramatic gesture and Pope Benedict XVI engaged the faithful most effectively through his learned and lucid writing, Pope Francis showed the world on his first international trip that his forte as a communicator is the simple, seemingly artless action that resonates […]
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Final WYD events relocated because of rain, mud
July 25, 2013RIO DE JANEIRO (CNS)—The culminating events of World Youth Day have been moved from their planned location in Guaratiba, 30 miles outside the city, which three days of heavy rain has reduced to a field of mud. The new venue for a prayer vigil and final Mass, scheduled for July 27 and 28 respectively, will […]
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That’ll be Saint Pope John XXIII, or is it Saint John XXIII
July 25, 2013With news of the upcoming canonization of Pope John XXIII, I am reposting this photo of a statue of him. The statue sits outside Our Lady of Perpetual Help Church, Carrollton. It’s an abstract sculpture of the Italian pope, who opened the Vatican Council II. What I like is how it portrays the hefty […]
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Pope returns to Marian shrine, entrusts WYD to Mary’s care
July 25, 2013APARECIDA, Brazil (CNS)—Comfortable in the presence of Mary and at a shrine that symbolizes one of his most important experiences as a member of the Latin American bishops’ council, Pope Francis kicked off five days of intense activity with an act of devotion. Visiting the Basilica of the National Shrine of Our Lady of Aparecida […]
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***UPDATE: Giving Glory To God Through Gardening
July 24, 2013Since my initial post of Giving Glory To God Through Gardening, I only received a few photos. Holy Spirit Church parishioner Brian Hoffman sent in a photo of his children standing by their Mary garden, and All Saints Church parishioner Sue Said sent me some photos taken by her friend and fellow Dunwoody Community gardener, […]