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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 […]
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La nevada sacó a relucir algunos de los mejores ‘actos humanitarios’
February 6, 2014Durante esta temporada, se han hecho muchas referencias a los bruscos cambios climáticos a través de los Estados Unidos como a “actos de Dios”. Este invierno en particular ha sido terriblemente frío en todo el país en un par de ocasiones, y probablemente todos hemos aprendido un nuevo término—vórtice polar—el cual ofrece una explicación meteorológica […]
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Two types of HHS mandate cases are at different points in legal process
February 6, 2014WASHINGTON (CNS)—The Supreme Court is involved in two types of issues related to claims by employers who say they should not have to provide coverage of contraceptives in their workers’ health insurance plans because this violates the employers’ faith-based moral objections. Both matters revolve around requirements in the Affordable Care Act that employer-provided health insurance […]
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Three Catholic high schools bring groups to Washington March for Life
February 6, 2014ATLANTA—United for a powerful cause, students from all three archdiocesan Catholic high schools—Blessed Trinity in Roswell, Our Lady of Mercy in Fayetteville and St. Pius X in Atlanta—traveled together for the first time to the annual March for Life in Washington, D.C. The students and chaperones met up at Hartsfield-Jackson Atlanta International Airport to catch […]
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The youth take their turn at making a joyful noise
January 24, 2014As I was covering the annual Martin Luther King Jr. Eucharistic Celebration, Jan. 17, the most visible addition to this year’s liturgy was the presence of a children’s choir. The 45-member choir, under the direction of Stephen Lee, was comprised of youngsters age 3 to 17 from various archdiocesan parishes. They had five Saturday afternoon […]
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St. Pius X senior named top Gatorade state cross country runner
January 23, 2014ATLANTA—St. Pius X High School senior Austin Sprague has been named the 2013-14 Gatorade Georgia Boys’ Cross Country Runner of the Year, making him the first student-athlete chosen from the school as state runner of the year. Sprague is also finalist for the Gatorade National Boys’ Cross Country Runner of the Year, which will be […]
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Transfiguration making ‘place at the table’ for Filipino street children
January 23, 2014MARIETTA—When energy company executive John Drake returned home to Michigan from work in the Philippines, he was unable to put the street children of Toledo City or a request from the community’s mayor out of his mind. Mayor Arlene Zambo had asked Drake if he could renovate and run an existing crisis center for children […]