ISSUES & ADVOCACY

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Lesson of Special Olympics is 'all life is beautiful,' says Shriver

WASHINGTON  -- Tim Shriver says his new book, "Fully Alive: Discovering What Matters Most," is "really a long thank-you letter to a lot of people who helped shape me," and it's also an attempt to say something to our culture about what really matters in life.

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Books view Pope Francis from varied perspectives

Elisabetta Pique, an internationally respected journalist, had an inside track into the lifestyle and manner of leadership Pope Francis exhibits because of her personal and familial relationship with him years before he was elected pope.

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Minnesota beer company celebrates 15 years of feeding the hungry

ST. PAUL, Minn. -- In the purchase and subsequent consumption of what's playfully dubbed "Irish Holy Water," fans of Finnegans beer are feeding the hungry in Minnesota, which has included clients of Catholic Charities in the past.

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Up close and personal: Restorers find gems, jokes visitors might miss

VATICAN CITY -- What the general public can squint at and admire from afar, an art restorer can enjoy from just inches away.

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Iowa teen suffering from cancer meets pope at Vatican, gets blessing

LE MARS, Iowa -- A young parishioner in the Diocese of Sioux City recently had the chance to meet Pope Francis.

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Playing organ for New York teams is sports heaven for church musician

CARLE PLACE, N.Y. -- Paul Cartier, an organist at Our Lady of Hope Church in the Diocese of Rockville Centre, finds himself in sports heaven at this time of the year.

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Pope receives fine-art Bible created to 'ignite spiritual imagination'

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Military tanks, oil derricks and cancer cells are among the contemporary depictions of the afflictions prefigured by the Four Horsemen of the Apocalypse in a fine-art edition of the Book of Revelation given to Pope Francis.

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Slim volume offers amazing depth in look at history of Jesuits

With the 2013 election of history's first Jesuit pope, interest mounted exponentially in the now-worldwide Society of Jesus that St. Ignatius Loyola, with nine friends, founded in the 16th century.  

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Circus center ring becomes stage for death-defying feats and religion

FAIRFAX, Va. -- Brazilian trapeze artist Estefani Evans flies through the air above the center ring, mesmerizing the gasping spectators below.

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: In cable world, market forces continue to shape an a la carte menu

WASHINGTON -- The typical U.S. household spends the bulk of their TV viewing time watching 17 channels on average.

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Actress Mulgrew visits Iowa hometown, reflects on life during book tour

DUBUQUE, Iowa -- Kate Mulgrew discovered she had a talent for performance early in life when she read a poem to her class at Resurrection Elementary School in Dubuque.

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: South Georgia spiritual refuge helps women overcome addictions

ALBANY, Ga. -- Struggling with alcoholism, Regina knew she had to get "re-centered" with God to help with her addiction.

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Lessons from Vietnam War: When will they ever learn?

WASHINGTON -- Forty years after the war in Vietnam ended, Americans still replay the events that led to deeper American involvement in the Southeast Asian conflict as well as the turmoil that resulted from it.

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Benedictine nuns make their home on the range

VIRGINIA DALE, Colo. -- Sister Maria Walburga Schortemeyer is at home wading through the mud and manure of a barnyard in boots, work pants, a fleece jacket, and her white veil.

SUBSCRIBER EXCLUSIVE: Super Martyrio: U.S. man's blog champions cause for Archbishop Romero

SAN SALVADOR, El Salvador -- Over the years, Carlos Colorado has become a modern prophet of sorts. His message is to extol the life of his hero: slain Salvadoran Archbishop Oscar Romero. But his soapbox isn't a street corner in California, where he lives.


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