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Beatification pays tribute to Pope John Paul II
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — As the countdown continued for the beatification of Pope John Paul II, Church and civil authorities put the finishing touches on logistical plans to handle potentially massive crowds at the main events in Rome. (News)
Holy confusion? Beatification, canonization are different
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The slight differences between a beatification and a canonization are easy to miss, especially when one pope beatifies another pope. (News)
Youths raise a glass to toast former pope at church-run pub in Italy
ROME (CNS) — Young Catholics sip beer and kick back in the crypt beneath the Basilica of St. Charles, home to the GP2 bar and youth club in downtown Rome. (News)
Diocesan seminarian
Omar Vega, a seminarian for the Diocese of Little Rock who is originally from El Salvador, receives the cassock in the chapel of Seminario Hispano de Santa Mar’a de Guadalupe in Mexico City March 10. (News photo)
All the way from Hawaii
Fifth and sixth graders at St. Raphael School in Springdale students traveled to Bishop Kelley High School in Tulsa April 8 to venerate a first-class relic of St. Damien de Veuster. (Schools photo)
Spouses must speak up when they feel invisible
Dave and Diane (names changed to protect their privacy) are a couple in their early 30s. Married seven years, they have two children. They are a normal couple and have the problems that all normal couples have. I met them when they came to my office for marriage counseling. (Marriage Matters, Seeds of Faith)
The pitfalls of getting recognition, awards and fame
Sitting at a restaurant, enjoying good conversation with friends, I noticed a face that I have not seen since my wedding. It’s been so long, doubting my eyes; I asked out loud, “Is that Steve?” Looking back, my friends at the table responded, “We’re not sure, but it looks like him.” (Columns)
