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The ordination by the numbers
4 Standing ovations: one each for Bishop emeritus Andrew J. McDonald and Msgr. J. Gaston Hebert and two for Bishop Anthony B. Taylor
10 Minutes for procession before Mass
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The Vatican has set up two new anti-terrorism units that will work closely with international police experts to prevent possible attacks, the Vatican’s director of security announced.
Alma deacon worked for newspapers for 36 years
Deacon Joe Kramer, 77, who served as a deacon at St. Michael Church in Van Buren for 10 years, died at his home in Alma May 26. Born Jan. 21, 1931, in Coal Hill, he was the son of Frank and Annie Kramer.
Father Pfleger takes leave from parish after Chicago speech
CHICAGO (CNS) -— A Chicago Catholic priest criticized for a speech in which he mocked Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Hillary Clinton of New York has been temporarily removed from his pastoral duties by Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago.
Putting on vestments shows how a priest puts on the Person of Christ
The Catholic Church in her wisdom often conveys the most complicated concepts in the simplest of ways, if we look carefully at the things we see all the time. The problem is, of course, that we often “cannot see the forest for all the trees.” (Seeds of Faith)
When we cry out for mother, Mary activates a ‘Code Adam’
Have you ever been in Wal-Mart when they announce a Code Adam? If you are unfamiliar with this code, it is the announcement they make over the store’s speaker system to say that a child is missing. (Seeds of Faith)
Excommunication automatic following ‘ordination’ of women
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -— The Vatican’s doctrinal congregation has decreed formally that a woman who attempts to be ordained a Catholic priest and the person attempting to ordain her are automatically excommunicated.
