Pope John Paul II

Centennial Ceremony for St. Stanislaus

A local church marked its 100th anniversary on Sunday. St. Stanislaus Kostka parish celebrated the 100th anniversary of the construction of the historic church on Sunday. The church unveiled a new shrine to pay tribute to Pope...

Simply divine

Sister Anastazja's religious instructions from the kitchen have garnered almost a million converts. THE aroma wafting out of Sister Anastazja's kitchen is divine. "Many of my recipes come to me in dreams," she says, citing...

Peter Popham: Double standards at the Vatican

Rome Notebook: When he was offered the choice of remaining in the Vatican to die, John Paul II did not hesitate Monday, 17 November 2008 One of the bravest men in Italy was this week granted "a way out of hell", as he put it –...

Exiles from around world gather in India to decide future of Tibet

Photograph: AP Meeting will discuss whether or not to continue with Dalai Lama's 'Middle Way', writes Clifford Coonan in New Delhi TIBETAN EXILES from all over the world gather today in the north In...

Rochester church honors John Paul II with shrine

Kate Perry • Staff writer • November 17, 2008 Catholics the world over called for Pope John Paul II to be made a saint when he died in 2005, and Sunday members of a local church made their own statement, bestowing him with an...

BU student finds career path through faith

Nick Rotella of Binghamton has plenty of choices in life. Now a junior in political science at Binghamton University, Nick, 21, already has an extensive dossier: Seton Catholic Central athlete and graduate, ROTC participant,...

The fighter in Fr Ho Lung

published: Sunday | November 16, 2008 Contributed photos LEFT: Fr Ho Lung (right) and his best friend Wynton Williams, the musical team who composed, arranged, and wrote the lyrics for the recent Fr Ho Lung and Friends...

Vatican cardinal: Obama is 'Aggressive, Disruptive and Apocalyptic'

Father Newman (see below) may have at least one big gun on his side, rhetorically if not canonically or theologically. According to the student newspaper of Catholic University of America, Cardinal Francis Stafford, a longtime...

Rwanda an emotional trip from genocide to gorillas

Jody Kurash: Visiting places famous for death is nothing new. You can tour the Nazi concentration camps of Dachau in Germany and Auschwitz in Poland, or the killing fields of Choeung Ek in Cambodia. Tourists sought glimpses of...

Martyred priest seen as migrants' guardian

Tucson, Arizona | Published: 11.16.2008 SANTA ANA DE GUADALUPE, Mexico — Three years ago, Jose Guadalupe Ortega crossed illegally into Texas through a hand-dug tunnel with men he didn't know or trust. So before setting off,...

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