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Home: Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGE Core Subjects: Stories of Faith and Character: LINKS_PAGEArticles:A Patron Saint for Astronauts - Thomas J. CraughwellPeople are often surprised when the Catholic Church keeps at arm's length phenomena that appear to be supernatural — whether it's weeping statues or apparitions of the Virgin Mary. Email This Article A Pope of Quiet Surprises - George WeigelWhen the newly elected Pope Benedict XVI first appeared on the loggia of St. Peter's Basilica this past April, he was smiling broadly - a surprise, perhaps, for those accustomed to the cartoon of Joseph Ratzinger as "God's Rottweiler." Email This Article A Pope’s Love of Writing - Father Raymond de SouzaThis week’s English-language release of Pope Benedict XVI’s new book, Jesus of Nazareth, was a historically unprecedented act — which, given the long history of papal precedents, in saying something. Email This Article A providential gift - Father Raymond J. de SouzaAmongst the thousands of cobblestones in St. Peter’s Square, there is one that is painted red. Email This Article A Sicilian lesson in the complex bond between bishops and saints - John L. Allen Jr.Saints and bishops, as any student of church history knows, often have a curious love/hate relationship. Email This Article A Story of a Mother's Forgiveness - Doug McManamanMy mother was born in 1928, in Nice, France, one year before the arrival of the Great Depression. My great Grandfather arrived in New York from Ireland during the Great Potato Famine of the 1840s. As a boy he found a job delivering phone books for ten cents a day. I was told that he was a determined man. He worked hard and made his way all the way up to becoming vice-president of AT&T, New York. Email This Article A Time to Move On - Anthony EsolenAnthony Esolen on Sending Our Children into Eternity (A Graduation Address). Email This Article A winter’s day walk in the Quantocks - Paul JohnsonI shall remember Saturday 20 January 2006. What it was like elsewhere I do not know, but in west Somerset it was the perfect winter’s day. Email This Article Advent - David WarrenThe point of Advent (which begins the new Christian liturgical year, and itself begins today) is threefold, as I understand it. Email This Article After the Great John Paul - Rev. Raymond de Souza"After the great Pope John Paul..." What this period meant for the Church was the cause of trepidation in some quarters after the Holy Father's death. After Cologne, there is a measure of relief, and a measure of heightened expectation — Benedict has made John Paul's stage his own. Email This Article Pages: [<<] 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 ... [>>] Pages Updated On: 14-Jul-2008 - 18:56:10
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