New archbishops find pallium shows their ties to pope, parishioners
Receiving the woolen pallium from the pope underlines an archbishop's unique ties to the vicar of Christ in Rome and to his own flock of parishioners back home, said a number of archbishops from the US and Canada. ...
Bishops must be loving shepherds, pope tells archbishops
Bishops are called to watch over their faithful not like "a prison guard," but with the same love and concern that God watches over the world, Pope Benedict XVI said. ...
Church leadership organization honors Catholics Come Home campaign
The National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management presented its annual award for best practices to Catholics Come Home and Tom Peterson, its founder and president. ...
Church challenged to 'keep interest' of Catholics in new media age
The church's great communications challenge today is to "keep the interest of people who have so many places to turn," Bp. Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, AZ, told the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management....
Musicals still alive and kicking on Broadway
In a Broadway season dominated by plays, the musical is still very much alive and kicking, as witness revivals from the 1950s and 1960s, two new musicals based on popular films, and a brand new work with a metaphysical theme. ...
SUNLIGHT ILLUMINATES CRUCIFIX--Evening sunlight illuminates a crucifix. Priests of the Diocese of Springfield-Cape Girardeau have been invited to share their reflections and observations on their vocations to the priesthood. These will be added as they are made available. (CNS file photo/Mary Ann Wyand, The Criterion)
