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Religious freedom law praised for results on 10th anniversary
WASHINGTON (CNS) -— Mixing church and state may raise some eyebrows in the nation’s capital, but in the 10 years since a federal commission began examining worldwide religious liberties, international attention has been drawn to countries that fail to let their citizens worship openly and freely.
Vatican approves new translations for parts of Mass
WASHINGTON (CNS) -— The Vatican has given its approval to a new English-language translation of the main constant parts of the Mass, but Catholics in the pew are unlikely to see any of the approved changes at Masses for awhile to allow for catechesis on the reasons for the revisions.
Two Catholic teens going for Olympic gold
INDIANAPOLIS (CNS) -— When she was 5, Bridget Sloan practiced back flips in the hallway of the St. Malachy Parish Center in Brownsburg.
Endowment fund lives on in memory of Father Paul
Father Paul Hoedebeck, OSB, a monk at Subiaco Abbey, died July 26. He was 93. (Obituaries)
Monument for former school dedicated at Fort Smith church
FORT SMITH — A monument commemorating the founding of a former high school in Fort Smith was dedicated May 15 at Immaculate Conception Church in the backyard of St. Anne’s Building.
Vatican studies unity request from Anglicans
OTTAWA (CNS) -— The Vatican has assured a group of traditionalist Anglicans that it is studying seriously their request for full communion with the Roman Catholic Church.
Pope prays for those who can’t take vacation
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy (CNS) — Before beginning his vacation, Pope Benedict XVI offered special prayers for the elderly, prisoners and the poor who do not have an opportunity for a summer period of rest and relaxation.
St. Maximilian Kolbe gave his life so a husband and father could live
On Aug. 14, Catholics will celebrate the feast of a 20th-century martyr, St. Maximilian Kolbe. He was a Polish Franciscan priest who was imprisoned and executed at Auschwitz in 1941. Here was a man who literally fulfilled John 15:13: “There is no greater love than this: to lay down one’s life for one’s friends.” (Seeds of Faith)
St. Paul the Apostle (8-67 A.D.): The Church is body of Christ
Our Catholic theological heritage is a rich and varied treasury, filled with extraordinarily beautiful, incredibly profound contributions from some of the greatest minds the world has ever known. It is the collective work of a people of faith seeking for nearly 20 centuries to understand and articulate the one great mystery: our destiny in Christ. It is part of “who we are” and “where we are from.” (“Our Sacred Treasure,” a new series in Seeds of Faith)
Minor thefts on tourists lead to Vatican City’s high crime rate
VATICAN CITY (CNS) -— From picked pockets to a 1998 double murder and suicide, the Vatican legal system has dealt with a vast array of crimes and misdemeanors over the decades.
