Godbeat gleanings, 10.20.12
Pin It Talk about gifts that keep on giving. I was driving home after a long day Thursday after working on two complex stories when I happened to hear a WUOL broadcast of the sublime “Lark Ascending”...
View ArticleArchbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, returning from Vatican synod, says ‘new...
Pin It A bishop reads the Vatican newspaper during the synod on the "new evangelization." Catholic News Service photo Louisville Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz promises he won’t be bringing a suitcase...
View ArticleReligious divisions over Roe decision remain deep
Pin It White evangelical Protestants, Mormons and Hispanic Catholics are in synch with their leaders in opposing legalized abortion in all or most cases. But white Catholics break ranks with their...
View Article‘Darkness’ looms for Mideast peace, religious leaders say
Pin ItIn this 2010 file photo, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton meets with members of the National Interreligious Leadership Initiative for Peace in the Middle East. A broad group of Christian,...
View ArticleA Southern Indiana debut for Archbishop Joseph Tobin
Pin ItIndianapolis Archbishop Joseph Tobin has a laugh before the start of the Mass at St. Mary of the Knobs. Bill Luster, Special to The Courier-Journal, January 29, 2013 Archbishop Joseph Tobin, the...
View ArticleThat answers that question
Pin ItThe papal helicopter passes the Colosseum. Earlier this month we raised the question of whether Pope Benedict XVI would use the remaining days of his office to appoint the next archbishop of...
View ArticleBlack smoke, white smoke, what do you see?
Pin It It’s a fool’s errand to try to predict the next pope, but the challenges facing the church are as vast as its global reach, and no mortal is equipped to deal with all of them expertly. As much...
View ArticleNew pope set tone with prayer, Archbishop Joseph Kurtz says
Pin ItArchbishop Joseph Kurtz speaks during a press conference after the election of a new Pope.March 13, 2013 Louisville Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz said the cardinals and the pope they selected both...
View ArticleArchbishop Joseph Kurtz says Martin Luther King’s Birmingham jail letter...
Pin ItLouisville Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz, fourth from right, stands with other Catholic representatives to the meeting of Christian Churches Together. Behind them is a statue of Martin Luther King...
View ArticlePhiladelphia monsignor’s cover-up conviction questioned; Newark archbishop...
Pin ItMonsignor William Lynn The Catholic hierarchy’s handling of sexual abuse is getting mixed news this week. An investigative reporter is challenging the case against Philadelphia Monsignor William...
View ArticleArchbishop Kurtz has first meeting with Pope Francis
Pin ItLouisville Archbishop Joseph E. Kurtz had his first meeting with Pope Francis on Monday along with other officers of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Kurtz, vice-president of the...
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