Archive for May 13, 2012

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Refugee keeps a long-ago promise to God

Franciscan Father David Phan made a promise to God at the age of 16. He was on a crowded boat... Read more

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Pope meets United States' newest and tallest bishop

Pope Benedict recently welcomed Bishop-designate Gregory L. Parkes of Pensacola-Tallahassee, Florida, who will soon be the newest and the tallest... Read more

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Carmelite monk St. Simon Stock honored May 16

On May 16 the Catholic Church remembers Saint Simon Stock, a twelfth- and thirteenth-century Carmelite monk whose vision of the... Read more

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Pope calls on Catholics to take part in new Renaissance

Pope Benedict XVI went to the birthplace of the Italian Renaissance to call upon every Catholic to once again play... Read more

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By Alan Holdren

Youth turnout for Rome's first-ever March for Life

Nearly 7,000 pro-life advocates marched from Rome's Colosseum to St. Peter's Square on Sunday for the city's inaugural March for... Read more