Edmund Mazza, Ph.D., is a professor in the Department of History and Political Science at Azusa Pacific University near Los Angeles. May 21-30, 2015 he will lead “Conversion & Coexistence,” a pilgrimage to Turin and […]
Star of the Sea Church in San Francisco made national news recently when its priests announced that female altar servers were being phased out and the parish was returning to the traditional practice of having only […]
In his 1968 encyclical Humanae Vitae, Blessed Pope Paul VI warned of the dire consequences that would befall societies if they used artificial means to separate sex from procreation. Nearly two generations later, society has […]
Rev. George William Rutler, 69, is pastor of the Church of St. Michael in New York City. He was raised in the Episcopal tradition while growing up in the Northeast, and served nine years as […]
Los Angeles welcomed the return of English-speaking Catholic radio on November 17, when Archbishop Jose Gomez “flipped the switch” to turn on KHJ AM 930, broadcasting Catholic programming to a market of 15 million for […]
Msgr. Peter Wilkinson, 74, is a retired Roman Catholic priest who assists at St. Columba’s Church in Victoria, British Columbia, Canada. He is also a former bishop in the Continuing Anglican movement, a group of traditional Anglicans […]
German actress Alissa Jung visited the United States and Canada in November to promote Mary of Nazareth, a 2012 movie by Italian director Giacomo Campiotti in which Jung portrays the Mother of God. The English-language […]
Fr. Robert Spitzer, SJ, Ph.D., 62, is president of the Magis Center (www.magiscenter.com), headquartered in the new chancery office of the Diocese of Orange, California. The center’s goal is to demonstrate that faith and reason […]
Archbishop Joseph Kurtz of Louisville, Kentucky, president of the US Conference of Catholic Bishops, was an active participant in this month’s Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops on the theme “The Pastoral Challenges of […]
Alice and Jeff Heinzen of Menomonie, Wisconsin have the distinction of being one of 14 married couples invited to participate in the Extraordinary General Assembly of the Synod of Bishops, to be held in Rome October 5-19. The Heinzens […]
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