NEWS
James Joyce once described the Roman Catholic Church as "Here comes everybody!" In the United States, his description rings true. American Catholics are a diverse and somewhat unruly bunch and attempts to paint them into categorical corners usually founder on the facts. Pope Benedict XVI will no doubt find this out for himself during his visit April 15-20.
Here comes everybody!
By Catholic News ServiceSweatshop monitors finger Ontario school uniform supplier
By Michael Swan, The Catholic RegisterWorkers at the Lianglong Socks Ltd. factory in Zhuji City, China, are sleeping in unheated dormitories and working unpaid overtime in a factory deemed dirty, unhealthy and unsafe, according to the WRC. For a lot of Catholic school students across Ontario, that’s an issue.
Canadian mine disrupts Honduran lives
By CATHOLIC NEWS SERVICE{mosimage}PALO RALO, Honduras - Nine years ago, Rodolfo Arteaga was sitting on a gold mine — literally. In fact, so was his village of Palo Ralo, in the central Siria Valley of Honduras.
But Arteaga said his and his family’s lives have not improved and he wishes he could turn back the clock.
Pilgrims take on elements in Ark journey
By Deborah Gyapong, Canadian Catholic News{mosimage}OTTAWA - The pilgrims carrying the Ark of the New Covenant have faced snow and rain and shine. They have become experts in caring for blisters. Some of them have sunburns on their faces.
We're not at Sapienza U. anymore
By Catholic News ServiceAmericans have come a long way from being a people who couldn't bring themselves to electing a Catholic president. Today, a few days before Pope Benedict's arrival on his first visit to the United States, a new poll suggests that, by and large, Americans are reasonably well-disposed toward the German pontiff.
We're not at Sapienza U. anymore
By Catholic News ServiceBehind the scenes
By Catholic News ServicePapal trips don't just happen. They are the sum of a million details, signed, sealed and delivered by an army of church workers. Pope Benedict XVI's visit to the United States is a case in point. My friend John Thavis, Rome bureau chief for Catholic News Service, offers an interesting glimpse behind the scenes in one of his Rome audio reports.
Behind the scenes
By Catholic News ServiceA sneak preview
By Catholic News ServiceWhat's he going to talk about? Everyone has their own idea about what Pope Benedict XVI will discuss during his first papal visit to the United States. So, to make it easy and eliminate the guesswork, His Holiness has given us all a little glimpse of what's in store.