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IMAGE: NS photo/Karen Callaway, Catholic New WorldBy Colleen DulleWASHINGTON (CNS) -- When Deacon JosephJensen entered Our Lady ofGood Counsel Passionist Seminary in Warrenton, Missouri, in the late1950s, he realized he was the only student in his class who had read the Bible.Deacon Jensen, now a lecturer inbiblical studies at Georgetown University in Washington, credited his Seventh-day Adventistgrandfather with exposing him to Scripture. Largely though, he said, "Igrew up with the idea that Catholics didn't read the Bible."Such a common misconception could bechanging.A new State of the Bible Survey by theAmerican Bible Society found that 77 percent of Catholics want to read theBible more often. Although the percentage has fluctuated in recent years, itreflects an 8 percentage point increase since January 2013, just before PopeFrancis' election."There's come, I think, some veryencouraging data on Catholics" thanks to the so-called "Franciseffect," Jason Malec, U.S. mission director...
DENVER (AP) -- Rangers protecting the lions, elephants and leopards of Rwanda's Akagera National Park often patrol on foot, and venture only with difficulty into its swamps to keep an eye on rare birds....
NEW YORK (AP) -- Savannah Guthrie of the "Today" show put a public face Tuesday on what NBC says is a "small handful" of employees who will not travel to Rio de Janeiro this summer for Olympics coverage because of concern over the Zika virus....
BIRMINGHAM, Ala. (AP) -- Astronaut James Halsell Jr. seemed the very definition of someone with the right stuff. An Air Force Academy graduate and decorated test pilot, he commanded or piloted five space shuttle missions. NASA even turned to him for leadership as it was picking up the pieces after the Columbia disaster in 2003....
LOUISVILLE, Ky. (AP) -- The most famous man in the world sat down in a busy airport terminal with a little girl he'd never met, and the pair played pat-a-cake for 10 minutes....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Stanford University "did everything within its power" to ensure justice in the case of a former swimmer sentenced to six months in jail for sexually assaulting an unconscious woman, saying it moved swiftly to investigate and punish the student but that more needs to be done at the school and elsewhere to end sexual violence....
DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) -- President Bashar Assad vowed Tuesday his troops would "liberate" every inch of Syria, just like they recaptured the ancient town of Palmyra from the Islamic State group, in a speech that reflected his renewed confidence as the military pressed on toward Raqqa, the extremists' self-styled capital....
SAN FRANCISCO (AP) -- Already the presumptive Democratic nominee, Hillary Clinton pressed for victory in California and five other states Tuesday, while Bernie Sanders looked to play spoiler and cast doubts about Clinton's historic achievement....
The president of the Bishops Conference of the Philippines, Mgr. Socrates Villegas, breaks silence after the new president Rodrigo Duterte’s attacks against the Church: Duterte has publicly accused the Filipino bishops and priests of hypocrisy and corruption.Many faithful were eager for Archbishop Socrates Villegas to answer the series of vulgar attacks on the Church. He, after all, has built a reputation to immediately speak on current issues.On Sunday, the head of the Catholic bishops’ leadership, finally broke his silence but with a touch of benevolence. So far, his overall message has been one of reconciliation, not reprimand.“Mine is the language of peace that refuses the dark magic of revenge,” he said. Mine is the silence of respect for those who consider us their enemies but whose good we truly pray for and whose happiness we want to see unfold.” “There is virtue in silence. There is virtue in speech. Wisdom is knowing when i...
