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Marian apparition has Alaska connection as statue's history remains a bit of a mystery

By • Catholic Anchor • 4/25/2008

TALKEETNA, Alaska (Catholic Anchor) - An unusual figure of Mary stands outside St. Bernard Church in Talkeetna. Brought to Alaska in 1980s by Father Thomas Powers, the slender statue with outstretched arms remains a mystery to local parishioners. �For twenty-five years, we didn�t know anything ...

Poverty is 'off radar screen' in this year's presidential election, says CCHD head

By • The Tidings • 4/24/2008

LOS ANGELES, CA (The Tidings) - he new director of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development told representatives of U.S. Catholic foundations last week that four things kept him awake at night: the increasing polarization of American society, the release of some 600,000 men and women from prison ...

Lessons I learned from Mother Teresa: Humility, joy, and service, says author

By • The Catholic Observer • 4/24/2008

ST. CHARLES, Il (The Catholic Observer) - �We give most when we give with joy,� was just one of Mother Teresa�s lessons shared by missionary, author, artist and television hostess Susan Conroy. Conroy was the featured speaker at the Diocesan Council of Catholic Women�s (DCCW) biennial convention, ...

Golden jubilee priests �would do it all again for the sake of the Kingdom�

By • The Tidings • 4/23/2008

LOS ANGELES, CA (The Tidings) - The year 1958 was a wonderful year to be a new priest in Los Angeles � especially for Msgr. Patrick Reilly, who like so many professional baseball-starved Angelenos fell immediately in love with the Dodgers. �I tell people the greatest thing besides my ordination was ...

Bishops� National Pastoral Marriage Initiative: What is it, and how will it help?

By • The Catholic Voice • 4/21/2008

OMAHA, Neb. (The Catholic Voice) - Even though it�s been more than three years since the U.S. Bishops� National Pastoral Initiative for Marriage was approved, the initiative is hardly a household word. That could begin to change over the next several months, as the bishops prepare to release a ...

Natural family planning gets revamped to include new technology, theology of the body

By • The Catholic Voice • 4/21/2008

OMAHA, Neb. (Catholic Voice) � The Couple to Couple League, a leading provider of training in natural family planning, hopes its updated outreach materials and methods will help attract couples looking for a natural way to regulate pregnancy, said Andy Alderson, executive director of Couple to ...

Mercy Sisters� communities to merge

By • Catholic San Francisco • 4/21/2008

BURLINGAME, CA (Catholic San Francisco) - The Sisters of Mercy�s Burlingame community and five other regional Mercy communities will merge into a new organization serving 861 Sisters and 525 associates in ministries from San Francisco to Detroit under a restructuring approved March 24-30 by Mercy ...

Is �waterboarding� interrogation immoral?

By • Catholic San Francisco • 4/16/2008

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (Catholic San Francisco) - Certain words cause a shudder in most people. They conjure up an aura of horror. Examples include �the final solution� and �ethnic cleansing.� I would add to the list, waterboarding. Is waterboarding a form of torture that deserves moral condemnation? ...

�Adopt-a-Student� scholar program recognizes success in its recipients

By • The Catholic Free Press • 4/16/2008

WORCESTER, MA (The Catholic Free Press) - Adopt a student. Change a life. The 400 people at the first annual Adopt-A-Student Recognition Dinner last Thursday, saw plenty of evidence of lives that have been changed by the program. Adopt-A-Student scholars and their families were honored guests at ...

Pittsburgh bishop on Pope Benedict�s visit: We will be �witnesses� to papal history

By • Pittsburgh Catholic • 4/16/2008

PITTSBURGH, Pa. (Pittsburgh Catholic) � COL Editor�s Note: Pittsburgh Catholic editor William Cone recently interviewed Pittsburgh Bishop David Zubik regarding his impressions on Pope Benedict XVI and his April visit to the United States. Pittsburgh Catholic: You have had the opportunity to meet ...