Cardinal Walter Kasper offered the highlight speech of this Memorial Day weekend rsquo s Georgetown University Marymount University conference marking the 50th anniversary of the Second Vatican Council He spoke Saturday morning at Washington rsquo s National Cathedral the event rsquo s third spons
He had wanted to be a veterinarian but at the time one couldn rsquo t study veterinary science in Hong Kong Nevertheless his affection and love for the animal world especially cats never faded as is evidenced by the subject matter of so much of his near-professional quality photography nbsp I
The full text of Pope Francis 39 message to the Archbishop of San Salvador read at mass today His Excellency Jos Luis Escobar Alas Archbishop of San Salvador President of the Episcopal Conference of El Salvador Dear Brother The beatification of Archbishop scar Arnulfo Romero Gald mez who w
When Blessed Oscar Romero 39 s relic the shirt he was wearing under his vestments when he was murdered was carried into the Beatification Mass this morning I ran back to the press tent to watch the procession on screen and to wait for my own video to upload It would have been a moving experie
With three hours still to go until the mass of celebration for the beatification of Oscar Romero the Plaza El Salvador del Mundo and the surrounding streets are filled with people some of whom slept in the street overnight through the downpours and the lightning The mood is celebratory but the g