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en Dios Profile: Sonja Lopatynskyj … de colores On a beautiful hot Saturday afternoon, a group of Hispanic cursillistas gathered at a local Portuguese restaurant to pay tribute to a woman they love and consider family — even though she is Austrian. |
This Week's Issue The Word Became Flesh Cardinal Rigali's weekly column. Read it here. ‘Love’ tour saves lives in Philadelphia Veronica [not her real name] could not imagine what the day would hold for her as she made her way to Planned Parenthood in Center City, Philadelphia on Monday morning, Aug. 6. Local
teens use film to fight violence
It’s the kind of thing you see on the news all the time. A young teen leaves an inner city playground after a round of basketball and his short walk home takes him past a corner where a drug buy is going down. Unfortunately for him, the customer steals the drugs and takes off with the dealer in pursuit. There is the inevitable gunfire, and, the innocent boy gets caught in the crossfire. He dies, ironically, next to a wall mural touting neighborhood values. Storming
heaven: 40 Days for Life campaign
Local pro-life groups are planning to storm heaven during a new national campaign against abortion that will draw on the biblical power of 40 days of fasting and prayer. Need, and help, knows no borders Both boys have broad smiles, expressive eyes and are 7 years old. But Jimmy Batty of St. Joseph Parish in Downingtown and John Christopher of the Philippines live oceans — and, some might say, worlds — apart. In
his flock, he sees the face of the suffering Christ
When Father José Alejandro Solalinde was assigned to the Mexican town of Ixtepec, he never imagined it would mean battling the local mafia and authorities to protect his “little flock.” But that is exactly what he has had to do to safeguard the lives of hundreds of Central American migrants, who stop in his town — an important rail junction in Southern Mexico — on their way north to the United States’ border. |
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