Gitmo lawyer consulted priest on trials' fairness Oct 15, 2008
But his correspondence with the priest and other statements suggest his defection was driven also by discomfort with the unforgiving treatment of detainees at the isolated U.S. Navy base in Cuba ... In his e-mail to the priest, which was first reported by the Los Angeles Times, the Catholic said that while the detainees may be guilty, minimal thought was being given to their rehabilitation. (Rocky Mountain News)
Church columnists: September 17, 2008 Sep 18, 2008
As the priest and other ministers enter the church, the faithful stand and typically sing an entrance hymn of gathering ... The priest then leads the people in praying the sign of the Cross ... The priest then greets us in the name of Christ (II Corinthians 13:4; Ephesians 1:2; II Timothy 4:22; Matthew 1:23; 28:20). (Catoosa County News, GA)
Drug-cartel bloodshed puts residents of Sonoran towns on edge Sep 7, 2008
The priest knows when he's burying a narcotrafficante, or drug smuggler. Nobody shows. (AZCentral -- News)
Crash 40 years ago killed eight in North Dakota Aug 31, 2008
The priest said he had bad news and asked her to fetch her husband. Irene was still living and that made her stronger, she said. (Bismarck Tribune, ND)
GenX Files: Stop the presses its Carnival! Aug 24, 2008
The priests explained to us that all work would stop at midday and that the next three days, and nights, would be a celebration with feasts, homemade fireworks, bullfights, parades, music, singing and dancing ... The villagers all joined the parade, kicking up a cloud of dust as they followed the priest and a group of men carrying the statue of Santa Rosa. (Harwich Oracle, MA)
Italian village reborn -- as a hotel Aug 7, 2008
Giovanni says that before the hotel opened, local night-life consisted of "just the little bar on the square and an osteria for the priest." Now, Santo Stefano has seven restaurants, three bars, and a half-dozen B&Bs, inns and agriturismi (farms that welcome tourists). The town has become a base for people to explore the surrounding Gran Sasso National Park. (CNN -- Travel)
George Tupou V: Crimson robes and gilt throne usher in Tonga's ... Aug 2, 2008
Dressed in crimson robes trimmed with white ermine, King George Tupou V sat on a gilt throne in a 100-year-old church in the capital, Nuku'alofa, while a 300-strong choir performed Handel's coronation anthem, Zadok the Priest. Speaking in Tongan, the 60-year-old sovereign took the oath of office before the Archbishop of Polynesia, Jabez Bryce, anointed the sovereign's head and hands with holy oil and entreated him to rule "wisely, justly and truly". (guardian.co.uk)
View from the top of Germany Jul 19, 2008
Step inside the German restaurant to enjoy museum-like photos and paintings on the walls -- including a look at the priest and his friends who, in 1851, hiked up with a golden cross and planted it on the summit. The German side still features a golden cross that marks the highest point in the country, but the historic original was shot up by Americans soldiers who used it for target practice in the late 1940s. (CNN -- Travel)
Moving Ga. border would dry up tourism in 2 towns Jun 3, 2008
Members of St. Catherine Laboure Catholic Church said some past wedding ceremonies have been carefully positioned to make sure vows were spoken inside the state where the priest was authorized to preside. Despite the line separating them, the sister towns treat each other like kin and - unlike their states - have reached a water-sharing agreement from Blue Ridge Lake in Georgia. (Rocky Mountain News)
Murder most foul touched thousands and tainted even more May 11, 2008
But the priest turned his back on his parishioners and the g nocidaires moved in. A banner that hangs over the church entrance says in Kinyarwanda: "If you knew me, and you knew yourself, you would not have killed me." Bullet holes remain in the roof, and in the basement, rows of skulls and bones are lined up. (Boston Globe)
Sonny shines at football banquet (422) May 2, 2008
They had the Brothers, the priests, there, then, he said ... Lubick said he and his friends played pranks on the priests ... The priest apparently had poor eyesight, too, as he had his nose to the lectern when he read the sermon. (Montana Standard, MT)
Rescuers Search for Priest Carried Aloft by Balloons Apr 23, 2008
Authorities reached the cluster of balloons late Tuesday but the priest was not there, Globo TV said ... "Given his physical condition and the equipment he was carrying, I would say there is an 80 percent chance that he is still alive," said Johnny Coelho, commander of the Penha Fire Department, which is searching for the priest ... Di Carli, who has taken jungle survival and mountain climbing courses, was carrying enough drinking water and cereal bars to stay alive for at least five days,... (Fox News)
Priest carried aloft by balloons missing Apr 22, 2008
Gallas said by telephone that the priest wanted to break a 19-hour record for the most hours flying with balloons to raise money for a spiritual rest-stop for truckers in Paranagua, Brazil's second-largest port for agricultural products ... According to Gallas, the priest soared to an altitude of 20,000 feet (6,000 meters) then descended to about 8,200 feet (2,500 meters) for his planned flight to the city of Dourados, 465 miles (750 kilometers) northwest of his parish. (MSNBC -- International)
Check out Parker's 'Panama Fever' Apr 17, 2008
In an early example of the hubris that the canal dream attracted throughout its history, the priest wrote: "If there are mountains there are also hands. .. To a King of Spain with the wealth of the Indies at his command, when the object to be attained is the spice trade, what is possible is easy.". Then Spanish priorities in Panama changed. (USA Today -- Life)
Bill Maher Slanders Pope Benedict XVI Apr 15, 2008
With the robes and the smoke and kneeling in front of the priest with your mouth open eating God. . (Townhall.com)
Home for homeless art Mar 28, 2008
I really wouldn t listen to the priest. I d think, how did they make that. (Scranton Times, PA)
Kenyans fear turmoil despite political pact Mar 2, 2008
"Will there be more violence? I can't say yes and I can't say no," the priest said. "But temperatures have gone down. If the issue for (opposition supporters) was that they were never heard, now they have been heard.". (Anchorage Daily News)
Passing Along the Teaching Tradition Feb 12, 2008
Because her father owned the general store, McHugh-Dailey Mercantile, he would send items back with her to share with the priest and his assistant. She later taught at the Ziggenmeyer School, which was located at the corner of Highways 100 and KK.. (Missourian Publishing, MO)
Mao Tolerated Christmas Before Takeover Dec 22, 2007
To show that O'Connor was welcome, Mao also permitted the priest to visit the abandoned, old Catholic cathedral. Filled with rice storage bags and covered in dust, O'Connor tried unsuccessfully to have the church restored to its former function. (Rocky Mountain News)
* World News Quick Take Dec 16, 2007
The priest was rushed to a hospital. The priest "claims his right leg possessed a rare mystic power which makes his predictions come true," Dastgiri said. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
* Three stories of innocents on death row Nov 16, 2007
"It's harder to live than to die," the priest told him. From that day he never felt like giving up again. (Taipei Times, Taiwan -- World)
NBC Presumes Global Warming to Blame for Fires Oct 25, 2007
" Go to: A transcript of the segment, which aired at 7:33am on October 23: 7:31am tease, DIANE SAWYER: And also ahead in this half hour, other topics. Brian Ross is here with another major investigation in the presidential race, focusing on a longtime friend of Rudy Giuliani who faces some terrible accusations. 7:33am, DIANE SAWYER: But now let's change topics and get back to Brian Ross's investigation. Rudy Giuliani has been dogged by questions in the past about his colleagues. Well, there's... (MediaResearch.org)
Filmmakers hope debuts boost interest in industry Oct 23, 2007
The film Saint James brings to life the trial of Edward Stephenson, a man accused of killing the priest who married his Methodist daughter to a Catholic Puerto Rican man. The trial occurred in Birmingham but when Moon's crew began seeking out a venue they hit a snag. (Columbiana Shelby County Reporter, AL)
Church columnists: Oct. 17, 2007 Oct 19, 2007
St. Cyprian (251 A.D.) exhorted believers to confess their sins and do penance while receiving forgiveness granted by the priests, acceptable to God ... The two components of the Sacrament are the penitent s acts of conversion, confession and penance, along with the priest s words of absolution in the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit ... In confession, the priest reveals to us the great mercy of the Father and shares with us the loving heart of the Good Shepherd. (Catoosa County News, GA)
Heavenly voices fresh from boot camp Oct 17, 2007
There are coronation anthems including Handel's Zadok the Priest, and Parry's I was glad, and music by the quintessential English composer Edward Elgar in the 150th year since his birth ... " The only thing that is missing from this comprehensive education, it would seem, is girls. It is obviously an issue for the Abbey. Just as more women are admitted to the priesthood, in what has been called a quiet revolution, girls' voices have crept into many ancient liturgical institutions: Salisbury... (Sydney Morning Herald -- Entertainment)
From the PG Archives: Steelers' Art Rooney in retrospect Oct 14, 2007
Rooney peeled off $10,000 and handed it to the priest, who asked, "Are these ill-gotten gains?". "Why no, father, I won that money at the race track," Rooney said. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA -- Sports)
61 injured, 9 churches burned, hundredsdisplaced after rumored 'insult' to Islam Oct 6, 2007
According to Musa Ahmadu Haruna, the priest of St. George s Anglican Church, Tudun Wada Dankadai, whose church was burned, no Christian student in the school could have drawn an image of Muhammad. "None of these students is capable of drawing a cartoon on a mosque," he told Compass Direct. (WorldNetDaily)
Die another day Sep 2, 2007
On his deathbed, Carrel whispers to the priest attending him, "I achieved fame. Out in the world, people spoke of me and my works. Yet now I am nothing more than a little baby before God.". Lindbergh's revelation, unlike the ethereal one he experienced in the desert, occurred when he saw a manmade hell. (Boston Globe)
PRIEST'S OLD OWNERS RENEW INTEREST Aug 31, 2007
An old garage on the Priest Station property may be converted into a small art gallery by Wally and Helga Anker. Amy Alonzo/Union Democrat. (The Union Democrat)
LA cardinal offers abuse apology Aug 29, 2007
" 'Transparency critical' The agreement settles all 15 paedophilia cases against the Los Angeles archdiocese and avoids the threat of Cardinal Mahony being forced to testify about how the Church dealt with abuses spanning the 1940s to 1990s. Since 2002 nearly 1,000 people have filed abuse claims in California The Church had already settled 45 cases last December with a payment of $60m. Los Angeles diocese records released in the past revealed that for decades priests accused of child sex abuse... (Yahoo News -- Catholic Church Abuse Scandal)
Church activities: Aug. 25, 2007 Aug 25, 2007
Singers include Laurel Creek, The Priest Family, Dana Thomas, The Underwoods, The Neals, The Chronicles, The Pathfinders and Shining Grace. Admission is free. (Charleston Gazette, WV -- News)
Mother Teresa's Crisis of Faith Aug 24, 2007
Both he and Kolodiejchuk are fascinated by her statement, "I want to love Jesus as he has never been loved before." Remarks the priest: "That's a kind of daring thing to say." Yet her letters are full of inner conflict about her accomplishments. Rather than simply giving all credit to God, Gottlieb observes, she agonizes incessantly that "any taking credit for her accomplishments - if only internally - is sinful" and hence, perhaps, requires a price to be paid. (Yahoo News)
Admire a Gothic cathedral and abbey in France Aug 4, 2007
You can see how the priest at the crossing of the transept - the place that counts as the heart of the cruciform homunculus - is casting us out into the cosmos, out into the mystery, out into an intense beauty we only rarely let ourselves become aware of. One listens to the choir, now taking on a descant from the 15th or 16th century, with the soprano floating her melos out over an alto's lower harmony, and look up, and on raising eyes, one sees the axis of the rose window, with all the light... (AZCentral -- Travel)
Breaking the silence Aug 3, 2007
The priest asked him to repeat his story outside the seal of the confessional, so that he could take the matter further ... Those of the priests who were still alive could not remember a thing, apparently. (Guardian Unlimited -- Arts)
On Your Mind Jul 23, 2007
The priest told us then we wouldn t make it five years. Pope John changed the Christian world, making for many years the Catholic Church the greatest deterrent to a Communist world. (Sierra Vista Herald, AZ)
Vatican May Drop Jew Conversion Prayer Jul 19, 2007
The council reduced the formality and had the priest face the faithful to pray in their local language. Many traditionalists missed the Latin rite's sense of mystery and the centuries-old Gregorian chant that went with it. (Newsmax)
Abuse bill: $660 million Jul 16, 2007
The release of the priest documents was important to the agreement, Boucher said, because it could reveal whether archdiocesan leaders were involved in covering up for abusive priests. ransparency is a critical part of this and of all resolutions, he said. (Boulder Colorado Daily, CO)
Why the Pope is Boosting Latin Mass Jul 8, 2007
Known as the Tridentine rite delivered in Latin with the priest usually facing the altar, his back to the congregation the old Mass (though never banned) had effectively been replaced, following the mid-1960s reforms of the Second Vatican Council, by a liturgy recited in the vernacular. Some Vatican insiders caution that Benedict's new ruling will simply ease restrictions on access to the old liturgy, which has continued to be followed by a small minority of traditionalists. (Time.com)
Lemoine: Venezuela's Tribal Territories Jul 7, 2007
The Bar (socialists before their time) worked together to pull out our "Chvez minibus" and another that belonged to the priest. (A Spanish padre has lived with the Bar for the past 30 years. (Zmag.org)
Fine and dandy Jun 28, 2007
The priest's face fell as he glanced over my shoulder ... I cried to the priest. (Guardian Unlimited -- Books)
The legend of 'lamafa' Jun 12, 2007
At the end of the ceremony, the priest sprinkles water to bless the spears, boats and the sea. -- A. Junaidi. (Jakarta Post, Indonesia -- Features)
Priest wins Philippines vote May 23, 2007
Father Eddie Panlilio, until two months ago the priest of St James the Apostle church, says he decided to run for office to give voters a "moral alternative" ... "It's a very meaningful kind of service to the people, I believe." With the help of thousands of volunteers, the priest ran an atypical campaign with no political machinery and no funding. (Aljazeera.Net)
LISTMANIA: Biggest Cache urban legends. May 17, 2007
jess wrote on May 14, 2007 10:54 PM:" here's what i heard about st. anne's... one of the nuns got pregnant by a priest..and she had the baby, but drowned it in the logan river. i also heard the priest drowned the pregnant nun to hide her pregnancy, and that the ghost of the baby haunted the buildings. scared the crap out of me when i was a teenager!! ". Tahoe D wrote on May 14, 2007 8:59 PM:" Whatever i remember going into logan cave and all there was was Bats hardly any water mid to late 70's.... (Logan Herald Journal, UT)
President led Russia out of the Soviet era Apr 24, 2007
"The priest was not particularly worried," Yeltsin wrote in his autobiography. "He said, 'Well, if he can survive such an ordeal, it means he's a good tough lad ... and I name him Boris.'". (SunSpot.net)
Manfred Honeck Apr 8, 2007
" Pointing to a towering peak known as Fundelkopf, he tells of the day that bad weather so spooked him and a friend while ascending that they ran all the way down on treacherous paths. Strolling past the village chapel, he recalls how, during one outdoor service, a herd of roving cows camped by the church. "We were smiling when they were around and were thinking how the cows [were] thinking about the sermon of the priest," says Mr. Honeck, as amused as if it had happened yesterday. The squat... (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
LAUREN GREEN Apr 5, 2007
After killing an Egyptian, Moses flees Egypt (the movie shows him being exiled), and meets the priest of Midian who has seven daughters. Moses marries Ziporah, one of the seven, and settles in as a shepherd, tending flocks for his father in law. (Fox News -- Views)
Lessons of 'The 300' Mar 25, 2007
It is the soldier, not the priest, who protects freedom of religion; the soldier, not the journalist, who protects freedom of speech. History teaches that a society that does not value its warriors will be destroyed by a society that does. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
Tougher enforcement seems to be deterring some would-be crossovers. But many won't stop. Mar 12, 2007
" Valenzuela, 47, had made his living for years as a mariachi in Phoenix and Los Angeles. He would head north illegally for a few months and be set for the rest of the year. But by late fall, the Border Patrol had caught him twice and he planned to try crossing once more before heading home to Huachinera, two hours south. Stepped-up enforcement by the Border Patrol and National Guard appears to be deterring some would-be crossers. From October to February, the Border Patrol made 30 percent fewer... (San Francisco Chronicle -- Politics)
Up close & personal Mar 9, 2007
But the priest told me that I was right, that the dancing teacher was right. So I told the girls, "Look, everything I've been telling you is true." In Irish step dancing there are reels, then there are jigs, and there are horn pipes and slip jigs and light jigs and treble jigs, but it's all step dancing. (The Citizen's Voice, PA)
Bahamas immigration minister quits after Anna Nicole Smith photo controversy Feb 20, 2007
She was treated for schizophrenia, but when she relapsed, Daniel Petru Corogeanu -- a monk who served as the priest for the secluded Holy Trinity convent in northeast Romania -- and the four other nuns tried exorcism ... Dozens of Corogeanu's supporters packed the courtroom and prayed for the priest; several burst into tears when the verdict was announced ... The Orthodox church, which has benefited from a religious revival in recent years, condemned the ritual at the convent as "abominable" and... (North County Times)
Obituaries - 2/14/2007 Feb 14, 2007
She was a personal cook for the priest at St. Patrick's Catholic Church and a cook at Carlsbad by the Sea. She enjoyed bingo, ballroom dancing, nature and horse races. (North County Times)
The Homecoming Jan 30, 2007
The norteos camped outside are clearly more interested in la fiesta de los norteos, the all-day party they are throwing, than in the priest's thoughts about staying rooted ... The priest looks out into the sea of faces ... A motorcycle enthusiast and self-described workaholic, the priest praises the exchange of ideas made possible in the United States. (FOX61, CT)
Abbé Pierre — champion of the poor Jan 23, 2007
You have launched an appeal for the poorly housed that has moved the entire nation, he told the priest. I wanted my visit to you to be my first important act as Minister. (TimesOnline)
Holocaust survivor recounts painful stories to help others understand Jan 10, 2007
"The priest pointed to us and said, 'They killed Jesus.' ". After his regular schooling, Mr. Sittsamer studied Hebrew in the afternoon. (Pittsburgh Post-Gazette, PA)
