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Once Again Francis, Pope and Prophet, Issues Clarion Call for Unity

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 3:53 pm By Kathy Schiffer

Catholics and Evangelicals: Have you noticed anything different about how we think of one another? When I was a small child, I remember people sometimes speaking of believers from other denominations almost with a hush. It was as though they were “other”—woefully misguided, wrong-headed—and we we should not associate with them. Vatican II did much to change that attitude. Unitatis Redintegratio, the Decree on Ecumenism, had the restoration of unity among all Christians as one of its principal concerns. Pope... Read more

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Prayers for Cardinal George As His Cancer Recurs – UPDATED

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 3:53 pm By Kathy Schiffer

Worrisome news today out of the Archdiocese of Chicago: Cardinal Francis George writes in his column in the archdiocesan newspaper, the Catholic New World, that his cancer has become active once again. We knew that his cancer–which affected his bladder in 2006 and returned in 2012 to affect his kidney and liver–was not gone; but it’s been in remission for a year. Now, he writes in his Lenten meditation to Catholics in the Archdiocese of Chicago, the tumor is showing... Read more

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The Martyrs’ Rose: Félicité-Perpétue

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 3:53 pm By Kathy Schiffer

From a terrace on the River Seine, to a prison wall at Alcatraz, the fragrance of a martyrs’ rose. Antoine A. Jacques was head gardener to the Duc d’Orleans, the future Louis-Philippe I, in Château de Neuilly. The castle, built in 1751, was burned and destroyed during the Revolution of 1848. In the 1820s, though, when Monsieur Jacques was gardener, the Château overlooked a series of terraces on the River Seine. Jacques experimented with plants, in particular roses, and developed a number... Read more

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Love in the Ruins: Couple Ties the Knot in Abandoned Catholic Church

Last updated on: June 19, 2015 at 1:31 pm By Kathy Schiffer

A shuttered Catholic Church has had one more chance to nurture young love, as a couple took their wedding vows last month in the decaying structure. In its day, St. Agnes Catholic Church in Detroit probably saw many blushing brides walk down its aisle, many eager grooms wait to receive their beloved’s hand in marriage. But old St. Agnes, located on LaSalle near 12th Street in Detroit, fell upon hard times. When Detroit’s race riots occurred in 1967, St. Agnes... Read more

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Santa Sabina, First of the Lenten “Station Churches”

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 3:53 pm By Kathy Schiffer

Today Pope Francis celebrated the Ash Wednesday liturgy at the Basilica of Santa Sabina, on the Aventine Hill. The choice of Santa Sabina for today’s liturgy was not arbitrary. Santa Sabina is the first of the Lenten Station Churches. In a tradition dating back to the early Church, the faithful of Rome gathered each day of Lent for Mass at a different church. It was, in a sense, a “pilgrimage” for those who could not afford to travel to a... Read more

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Lourdes Approves Repair Plans, After Last Year’s Flooding

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 3:53 pm By Kathy Schiffer

Almost a year after floods swept through southwestern France, the Shrine of our Lady of Lourdes is finally about to be repaired. It was June 2013 when the normally placid Gave de Pau River broke its banks, swamping much of southwestern France and leaving the famed pilgrimage site under water for two days. Work crews rushed to clear mud and remove debris after the massive flood; but the grotto had been inundated by floodwaters, causing millions of dollars in damage... Read more

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Little Girl’s Got the Spirit!

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 3:53 pm By Kathy Schiffer

Oh, that we all could get into the mood when the choir sings, like this little girl! As the Kyrgyzstani choir sings, the toddler feels the rhythm and practices for her future career with the orchestra. Read more

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Catholic and Baptist Leaders Urge Senate to Name a Special Envoy for Religious Freedom

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 3:53 pm By Kathy Schiffer

Bishop Richard Pates, chair of the USCCB’s Committee on International Justice and Peace, and Russell Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Ethics and Religious Liberty Commission, have signed a joint letter to the U.S. Senate, urging Senators to support Senate Bill 653, which would create a Special Envoy for Religious Freedom. According to a statement just released by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops: March 4, 2014 WASHINGTON—The U.S. Senate should act quickly to address a “growing crisis of religious... Read more

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Pope “Stunned” by Abortion Rate in Spain. Wait Until He Hears About the U.S.!

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 3:53 pm By Kathy Schiffer

Pope Francis was “stunned” to hear that there are more than 110,000 abortions performed in Spain annually, according to Fr. Jose Maria Gil Tamayo, spokesman for the Spanish Bishops’ Conference. Holy Father, just wait until you hear about the U.S.! Here in America, the abortion rate has exceeded one million unborn babies each year (1.16 million in 2009 alone). In the state of California alone, there were 181,730 reported abortions in 2011. In the same year, New Yorkers aborted 138,370 of their... Read more

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Pope Francis Opens the Vatican Gardens at Castel Gandolfo to the Public

Last updated on: September 30, 2016 at 3:53 pm By Kathy Schiffer

Yesterday in Rome, it was announced that Pope Francis had opened his gardens at Castel Gandolfo to the public. Tourists will now be able to tour the gardens of the Pontifical Villas where, according to the director of the Vatican Museums, “the splendor of art and the glory of nature co-exist in admirable equilibrium.” A 90-minute guided tour, either in Italian or in English, will be offered each Monday-Saturday; tickets can be obtained through the Vatican Museums via an on-line... Read more

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