In 1990 when nbsp Cardinal Karl-Josef Rauber now 80 became the President of the Pontifical Ecclesiastical Academy mdash the Vatican rsquo s training school for diplomats mdash he made a point of making sure that his students took weekend parish calls ldquo You cannot just be a bureaucrat or yo

Who gets to be in the Academy of Motion Pictures and Arts There are 19 branches to the Academy -- 17 for specific fields like Acting Directing Set Design and two ndash Members-at-Large and associates -- for people who don rsquo t fit in the other categoriesTo get into the Academy you have to b

Years after he had been appointed Bishop of Xai-Xai in Mozambique now Cardinal J lio Duarte Langa 87 was asked how he had reacted to the announcement He explained ldquo Well I think the Holy Father at the time was looking for someone better and not finding anyone exceptional he just settled f

Most of what Cardinal Luigi De Magistris 88 spent his life doing you rsquo ll never hear about Not because it wasn rsquo t important but because it was Born into a well-known family in Cagliari the capital city of the island of Sardinia off the west coast of Italy Cardinal de Magistris spent m

Sixth graders were “really grossed out” by list of possible sins to confess.

In his 40 plus years as a bishop in Colombia Archbishop Jos de Jes s Pimiento Rodr guez did many extraordinary things He attended all four sessions of the Second Vatican Council mdash he is in fact one of the few remaining fathers of the council mdash and supported its implementation in Colomb