By Dale Gavlak Catholic News Service AMMAN, Jordan — Catholics and other Christians are upset by Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s conversion of Hagia Sophia, a UNESCO World Heritage Site, into a functioning mosque where Muslim Friday prayers were recited recently. Many observers see the controversial move as part of Erdogan’s bigger attempt to reenact […]
Archives for August 2020
New Vatican Library website aims to serve scholars, entice curious
By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The Vatican Library has revamped its website to serve scholars better and facilitate navigation for the curious. “Because of the pandemic, physical presence has become more difficult and, therefore, the website aims to be a place for welcoming, collaboration and openness,” Msgr. Cesare Pasini, the library’s […]
Heralding back: Aug. 7, 2020
NEWS FROM PAGES PAST 50 years ago — Aug. 14, 1970 Bishop Ordains First Island-Born Marist Left, Hawaii’s first native to become a Marist Father will be ordained to the priesthood by Most Reverend John J. Scanlan, D.C., Bishop of Honolulu, at noon on August 15 in Star of the Sea Church. The new priest. […]
China accused of hacking Vatican computers
By Catholic News Service China has been accused of hacking Vatican computers as well as those in the Diocese of Hong Kong and other Catholic organizations in May. The hacking appears to be an attempt to gain an advantage in talks between the Vatican and China, due to resume as early as this week, about […]
The story of the statue: How Father Damien’s capitol sculpture came to be
This story first ran in the Hawaii Catholic Herald in July 2008. It is being reprinted here after renewed interest in the Father Damien statue in the National Statuary Hall Collection. A duplicate statue sits outside the Hawaii state capitol. The story of the statue It took years of grassroots campaigning, political maneuvering, artistic disputes, […]
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