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London, December 9, 2014 –
No need to watch it to know about it – Football game commercials, blogs, tabloid banners, video clips etc., etc. – both before and after shouted it! It wasn’t about Will & Kate – they left town and crossed the pond. It wasn’t Santa Claus, but VS Angels who had come to London town.
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Hail Maria, Marie, Miriam and Mara
Want a great way to mark the Feast of the Immaculate Conception and kick off the holiday season? Check out Msgr. Kevin Sullivan’s invocation at the annual Cardinal’s Christmas Luncheon held at the Waldorf=Astoria on December 8, 2014. Now in its 69th year, this traditional holiday event raises funds in support of the Catholic Charities’ programs that help thousands of needy women and children of all religions throughout the 10 counties of the Archdiocese. Learn more.
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Grand Juries – Ferguson – Staten Island
You don’t need to do more than simply mention these words and everybody knows what they refer to – and the deep emotions they evoke. So I’ll just share mine: Confusion; Frustration; Anger; Hurt; Helplessness.
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Pope Francis in Turkey
#459739648 / gettyimages.com “Fanaticism and fundamentalism, as well as irrational fears, which foster misunderstanding and discrimination, need to be countered by the solidarity of all believers,” the pope said in televised remarks in Ankara, Turkey. Worth hearing and heeding in every church, temple and synagogue every Sabbath…. (KS) “The pope smiled and waved before entering the Hagia Sophia museum, which dates to the sixth century. The church was converted into a mosque after the 1453 Ottoman conquest, and made a museum in 1935. From prayer, Christian and Muslim, to museum… not a happy progression! Religion worships a living God, not preserved artifacts. (KS)