ISSUES & ADVOCACY
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Catholic group launches alternative to health insurance
WASHINGTON -- A Catholic group is launching an alternative to health insurance that enables people to pay their medical expenses without being part of a health insurance plan they feel compromises their religious beliefs.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: In re-enactments, priest remembers Civil War chaplain from Wisconsin
MADISON, Wis. -- When Father Bruce Hennington attended St. Lawrence Seminary -- a high school seminary located in Mount Calvary -- he got interested in history, especially in the Civil War.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: National shrine, exhibit feature artifacts, insights about late pope
WASHINGTON -- In the heart of the national shrine dedicated to one of the most revered figures in church and world history, a new exhibit pays further homage to the man who embodied the Catholic Church for more than 25 years.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Chapels on campus seen from religious, architectural perspectives
During the mid-1990s, while my oldest son was shopping for a college, we toured Washington University in St. Louis. There in the heart of the campus was Graham Chapel -- a stately edifice that could have been a European cathedral.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE -- Amid insurgency, Iraqi priest is guardian angel of ancient manuscripts
ROME -- Just as the so-called Monuments Men salvaged European masterpieces stolen by Nazi forces during World War II, a Dominican priest is protecting priceless manuscripts from falling into the hands of rampaging militants in northern Iraq.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Former secretary says St. John Paul II shared his flock's sorrows, joys
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- On his first visit to a Washington shrine dedicated to the man he worked under for nearly 10 years, the former secretary to St. Pope John Paul II said he was "deeply impressed" by the tribute and could feel the late pontiff's presence within the building.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Experts, historians explore Shakespeare's Catholic sympathies
STRATFORD-UPON-AVON, England (CNS) -- Inside this town's recently refurbished Royal Shakespeare Theater, a massed audience, banked on three floors, gazes attentively out over a wide, brightly lit stage.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Bright lights, cool air protect Sistine Chapel from visiting hordes
VATICAN CITY -- The Vatican is not promising visitors to the Sistine Chapel more elbow room, but it is guaranteeing a cooler experience.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: VIEWPOINTS: The Internet
This edition of Viewpoint considers the value of the Internet: Is it just a time-waster or a valuable source of news and information?
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Franciscans, Dominicans take center stage in exhibit on Renaissance
NASHVILLE, Tenn. -- A Nashville museum's groundbreaking exhibit of Italian art created between 1250 and 1550 explores the significant role of the Dominicans and Franciscans in the revival of the arts that began in Italy in the 13th century.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Merton discussions challenge prisoners' minds, foster their prayer life
SHIRLEY, Mass. -- The only chapter of the International Thomas Merton Society that is located in a prison is at the Massachusetts Correctional Institution in Shirley, according to the 83-year-old who started it there.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Pope Francis superhero in 'I Believe in Mercy' manga-style comic book
NEW YORK -- The publisher Manga Hero specializes in combining two seemingly disparate things: comic books in the Japanese, or manga, style and Catholic subject matter.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Better music at Mass means closer encounter with Christ, composer says
SIOUX CITY, Iowa -- During his two-day mission in Sioux City, contemporary Christian musician John Michael Talbot was by turns a comedian, a guitarist and a theologian.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Vatican Museums get 3-D treatment in theatrical feature
WASHINGTON -- For those who have never been inside any of the Vatican Museums, seeing a documentary about them done with a 3-D effect on the big screen could be a real treat.
SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: For Benedictine, football coaching about passing on mission, values too
WASHINGTON -- Sister Lisa Maurer is a Benedictine nun who lives at the St. Scholastica Monastery, which shares a campus of the College of St. Scholastica in Duluth, Minnesota. She works as director of mission for the Benedictine Health Center, based in Duluth. She prays, studies and ministers at local …
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