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Support group
Pope Benedict XVI waves to the crowd during his “Regina Coeli” prayer at the Vatican May 16. Some 120,000 people attended the “Regina Coeli” in a show of support for the pope in dealing with the clerical sexual abuse scandal. (CNS Photo)
Fishing families seek answers about livelihood after oil spill
NEW ORLEANS (CNS) -— Uncertainty over how the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico will affect the livelihoods of south Louisiana fishing families as well as potential damages to the environment surfaced at several outreach gatherings in the New Orleans Archdiocese.
U.S. bishops’ pastoral letter to help strengthen marriage
Recently, my wife, Teri, and I had the opportunity to meet with the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults class at St. Henry Parish in Nashville, Tenn. (Marriage Matters, Seeds of Faith)
Answering the challenge when you receive it
In a column I wrote earlier this year, I described Jerene Mortenson, with whom I rendezvoused at a coffee shop to line up speaking engagements for her at my church and parish school. (Columns)
The ‘new normal’ for our priests
Ordinations are always important events in the Diocese of Little Rock, but what will happen May 22 is even more historic. (Editorial)
