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Wikileaks: Vatican Emerges as Key Global Player
January 6, 2011If there’s one clear conclusion that can be drawn from the Vatican-related WikiLeaks disclosures, it’s that the United States takes the Vatican and its diplomatic activity very seriously. In memo after memo in recent years, officials of the U.S. Embassy to the Holy See have reported back to Washington on the impact of papal trips, […]
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Haiti Quake Recovery Slow; Cholera Epidemic Grows
January 6, 2011Not much has changed in the region around Port-au-Prince, Haiti’s capital, since a magnitude 7 earthquake leveled just about anything that was standing. In fact, it’s likely the 1.5 million Haitians left homeless by the earth’s movement would say things have gotten worse since the Jan. 12 quake that killed 230,000 and injured 300,000. Now, […]
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Health Care Reform Brings ‘Wound To Church’s Unity’
January 6, 20112010 will be known in many circles as the year of health reform. Among Catholics, it might also be known as the year that caused, as Chicago Cardinal Francis E. George said in his final talk as president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, a “wound to the church’s unity.” Leaders of the USCCB […]
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Pope’s 2011 Calendar Holds Full Slate Of Events
January 6, 2011For Pope Benedict XVI, the 2011 calendar already holds a full slate of meetings, liturgies and foreign trips. What’s not on the calendar—at least so far—is a special “year of” or a “year for.” In 2008-2009, the pope declared a Year of St. Paul. He designated 2009-2010 the Year for Priests. Perhaps 2011 will mark […]
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Pope Deplores Deadly Attacks On Christian Churches
January 6, 2011Pope Benedict XVI deplored a series of deadly attacks against Christian churches and other targets around the world at Christmas time. The pope appealed for peace Dec. 26 after bombs went off in churches in the Philippines and Nigeria, killing or wounding several worshipers. In Pakistan, a suicide bombing against a World Food Program depot […]
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Ignatius House Honored For 50 Years Of Ministry
January 6, 2011The Jesuit Retreat Center at Ignatius House has now been a staple for Georgians for 50 years, providing sacred space for reflection, prayer and spiritual direction to those who seek to escape the hustle and bustle of life in an increasingly noisy world. These decades of ministry, as well as those who have made the […]
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Stewardship Head Outlines Annual Appeal Changes
January 6, 2011The Archbishop’s Annual Appeal is set to begin—for the first time in many years beginning and ending within the year—from January to December. Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory announced the changes to the schedule for the Annual Appeal last fall—changes intended to simplify the process and synchronize the Appeal with the calendar year. “We are making […]
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Fathers Invited To 20th Dad’s Event With Msgr. Lopez
January 6, 2011All fathers of the archdiocese are invited to take part in the 20th year of a well-loved tradition for guys: the Morning of Recollection for Dads with Msgr. Richard Lopez, a priest-teacher who is an institution at St. Pius X High School and throughout the archdiocese. The tradition will continue at St. Pius X on […]
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Priest Returns To Childhood Hobby With Comic Strip
January 6, 2011Father Dominick Fullam was drawn to cartooning at an early age, but a higher calling erased any aspirations he had of becoming a full-time cartoonist. Recently, however, the St. Martin native, who is vicar general and moderator of the curia for the Biloxi Diocese as well as pastor of St. Mary Parish in Woolmarket, was […] Full Story
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Ignatius House Director To Be Feb. 12 Magnificat Speaker
January 6, 2011Maria G. Cressler, of the Ignatius House Jesuit Retreat Center, will be the featured speaker at the Magnificat breakfast on Saturday, Feb. 12. All women of the archdiocese are invited to attend. The breakfast will take place from 9:30 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at Killian Hall, 908 Killian Hill Road, Lilburn. The event includes music, […]