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In wake of Irish abuse report, Vatican recalls nuncio
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — In an exceptional move, the Vatican recalled its nuncio to Ireland so that he could participate in meetings aimed at drafting the Vatican’s formal response to an Irish government report on clerical sex abuse. (News)
Jubilarians
Seven Benedictine sisters from St. Scholastica Monastery celebrated a combined 465 years of living in community at a Mass concelebrated by Bishop Anthony B. Taylor, Abbot Jerome Kodell, OSB, and Father David McKillin, OSB, July 9. (News photo)
Archbishop: Disaster looms for the Church in Greece
OXFORD, England (CNS) — Greece’s Catholic Church faces disaster because the current economic crisis is forcing it to end vital social and charitable projects, said Archbishop Nikolaos Foskolos of Athens. (News)
Former CCHD director for diocese dies July 22
JoAnn Johnson Bemrich, a former diocesan employee, died July 22. She was 79. (Obituaries)
Event plans in the Diocese of Little Rock 2011-2012
This pull-out two-sided poster is a convenient way for Catholics in Arkansas to plan or attend events all over the state.
Divorce is not the answer to unhappiness
In the late 1970s, when I was training to be a marriage and family therapist, I found my colleagues’ attitudes about divorce and remarriage to be very lax. Back then, the popular thinking was that a person who feels stuck in a bad marriage has two choices: stay married and be miserable or get divorced and become happy. (Marriage Matters, Seeds of Faith)
Frontlines of war: Porn harms users, families, performers
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Pornography is being blamed for the deterioration of values in American society. A recently launched campaign, War on Illegal Pornography, contends as much, citing divorce, violence against women, increased sex trafficking and porn addiction as just some of the unhealthy results. (Media)
Respect Judaism, but condemn Israeli policies
Every Christian should have a deep respect for the religion of Judaism. (Columns)
Compromise, move the country forward
The countdown to the federal debt ceiling deal is fodder for all of the national news programs on television. (Editorial)
