Text of Pope Benedict XVI’s message for the 2007 World Youth Day
Catholic Online
2/6/2007
VATICAN CITY (Catholic Online) – Dare to love, to embrace the only force capable of changing the hearts of every human person and of cultures, Pope Benedict XVI urged the world’s young people. In a message released Feb. 5 for the 22nd World Youth Day to be observed in all dioceses on Palm Sunday, ...
Some of nation's youngest lobbyists take to Hill for Catholic schools
Catholic News Service
2/1/2007, by Mark Pattison
WASHINGTON (CNS) – A wave of teenage – and preteen – lobbyists descended upon Washington Jan. 31 to make the legislative case for Catholic schools on a variety of issues, including educational choice.
They were Catholic school students themselves and were at the Capitol for the annual National ...
Catholic teen honored for pro-life commitment despite obstacles
Catholic News Service
1/31/2007, by Scott Alessi
METUCHEN, N.J. (CNS) – At a young age, Theresa Hanntz has already battled opposition to her pro-life activities, yet she remains undaunted. Hanntz was honored by the Diocese of Metuchen with a Pro-Vita Award for fighting for her beliefs when the Girl Scouts initially rejected a chastity program she ...
"1001 Black Inventions" performed in honor of Martin Luther King, Jr.
The Defender
1/30/2007, by Sarah Coghlan
COLCHESTER, Vt. (The Defender) - In the dimly lit Chapel of St. Michael the Archangel, usually a quiet spot for personal reflection, four actors bring light. Three performers dance in step to the beat they create with their mouths. Their bodies move mechanically to the rhythms they create, ...
Postcard collection, school support help student fight his cancer
Catholic News Service
1/30/2007, by Marjorie Wertz
LIGONIER, Pa. (CNS) – While sixth-grader Chad Scanlon has been battling a cancerous brain tumor he has kept his focus on other things, including collecting postcards from all 50 states and every country around the world. The student at Holy Trinity School in Ligonier became intrigued with atlases ...
Book offers secrets of sucessful thinking, learning, communicating to teens
Top 20 Press
1/24/2007, by Paul Bernabei
St. Paul, Minn. (Top 20 Press) – Do you think there is something outside of you that, if you could get it, would make a wonderful difference in your life?
In the following excerpt from their book Top 20 Teens: Discovering the Best-Kept Thinking, Learning and Communicating Secrets of Successful ...
Catholic couple's child born on Roe anniversary seen as ‘miracle’
Catholic News Service
1/17/2007, by Janet M. Crowe
EL PASO, Texas (CNS/Rio Grande Catholic) – El Pasoan Sofia Alomia will celebrate her first birthday this January much like any other toddler. However, amid the cake and presents, Sofia's parents, Yvonne and Santiago Alomia, will take time from the joyous celebration to commemorate the millions of ...
Runway to Reality offers an alternative approach to fashions for 'tweens'
The Compass
1/16/2007, by Jeff Kurowski
GREEN BAY, Wis. (The Compass) - Runway to Reality, a non-profit organization in the Fox Valley that emphasizes the dignity of women, has grown considerably since its inception in the summer of 2004.
The organization, founded by mothers and friends, Monica Cops, Molly Miller, Cheri Sandlin and ...
Teens under stress, parents can make a difference, study says
Canadian Catholic News
1/4/2007, by Kiply Lukan Yaworski
SASKATOON, Canada (CCN/Prairie Messenger) – Teens are under stress, but parents and family life can make a difference, according to a college researcher here. Dr. Patti McDougall, associate professor of psychology at St. Thomas More College at the University of Saskatchewan, recently participated ...
Culture weakening family foundation, Benedict says at year’s last Angelus
Catholic Online
12/31/2006
VATICAN CITY (Catholic Online) – Contemporary culture continues to pressure the family today, undermining its foundation as a social institution, said Pope Benedict XVI in one the last public messages of 2006. In Dec. 31 remarks delivered from his apartment window overlooking St. Peter’s Square to ...
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