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Encountering the Other in Shakespeare
An ecumenical theater troupe sparks conversation with ‘The Merchant of Venice’
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In Caracas, Arrest of Mayor Is ‘Proof of Dictatorship’
The Catholic Archbishop of Coro Archbishop Roberto L ckert affirms that the arrest of the mayor of Caracas Antonio Ledezma quot is adding fuel to the fire quot to the continuing conflict between Venezuelan President Nicolas Maduro and opposition forces On Feb 19 about 100 Venezuelan police of
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Cardinal Luis Héctor Villalba; Tucumán, Argentina
When Pope Francis first started out as an auxiliary bishop in Buenos Aires in 1992 he was assigned as vicar to the Flores district which was in fact the part of town in which he had grown up And he would later relate that the work there was easy because he just had to keep doing what the previous
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Cardinal Karl-Josef Rauber
In 1990 when nbsp Cardinal Karl-Josef Rauber now 80 became the President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy mdash the Vatican rsquo s training school for diplomats mdash he made a point of making sure that his students took weekend parish calls ldquo You cannot just be a bureaucrat or yo
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Everything You Never Wanted to Know About the Oscars (or Why There is No Love in the World for Harrison Ford)
Who gets to be in the Academy of Motion Pictures and Arts There are 19 branches to the Academy — 17 for specific fields like Acting Directing Set Design and two ndash Members-at-Large and associates — for people who don rsquo t fit in the other categoriesTo get into the Academy you have to b
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‘Live in the Presence of This Good God,’ Cardinal Júlio Duarte Langa; Maputo, Mozambique
Years after he had been appointed Bishop of Xai-Xai in Mozambique now Cardinal J lio Duarte Langa 87 was asked how he had reacted to the announcement He explained ldquo Well I think the Holy Father at the time was looking for someone better and not finding anyone exceptional he just settled f
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‘Feel the Consolation and the Love of God,’ Cardinal Luigi De Magistris; Cagliari, Italy
Most of what Cardinal Luigi De Magistris 88 spent his life doing you rsquo ll never hear about Not because it wasn rsquo t important but because it was Born into a well-known family in Cagliari the capital city of the island of Sardinia off the west coast of Italy Cardinal de Magistris spent m
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In San Francisco, A Lenten Examination for Children Goes Awry
Sixth graders were “really grossed out” by list of possible sins to confess.
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‘The Gospel Is a Way of Life,’ Archbishop José de Jesús Pimiento Rodríguez; Manizales, Colombia
In his 40 plus years as a bishop in Colombia Archbishop Jos de Jes s Pimiento Rodr guez did many extraordinary things He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council mdash he is in fact one of the few remaining fathers of the council mdash and supported its implementation in Colomb