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Rio- July 2013- Pope First to Sign Up for for World Youth Day
September 1, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Germans are known for being punctual, so perhaps it should be no surprise that Pope Benedict XVI was the first person signed up for World Youth Day 2013. Registration officially opened Aug. 28, and, according to organizers, the pope was the first pilgrim to be registered for the event, which will be held in Rio de Janeiro July 23-28. continue reading »
The Passion of Iztapalapa, Play Draws Hundreds of Thousands in Mexico
April 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Passion of Iztapalapa, a massive annual procession in which the faithful reenact the crucifixion of Jesus Christ and commemorate the end of a 19th-century epidemic, drew hundreds of thousands to the streets of Mexico City. continue reading »
“I Come as a Pilgrim of Faith, of Hope, and of Love.” The Pope Arrives in Mexico
March 24, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Yesterday morning, before boarding his flight for Mexico, Benedict XVI was greeted at Rome's Fiumicino airport by Mario Monti, prime minister of Italy. Later, during the course of the journey, the Holy Father participated in the traditional in-flight press conference with the more than seventy journalists continue reading »
Miami Archdiocese Adds Charter Flights to Cuba for Papal Visit March 26-28
March 10, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
The Catholic Archdiocese of Miami announced Friday that it has arranged for additional flights to Cuba for pilgrims who want to see Pope Benedict XVI during his March 26-28 visit to the island. continue reading »
Mexican Archbishop Warns of Fake Tickets for Papal Mass
February 27, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Distribution of tickets for the Mass that Pope Benedict XVI will celebrate during his visit to the central Mexican state of Guanajuato is slated to start in the second week of March and all tickets being offered on the Internet are fake, Leon Archbishop Jose Guadalupe Martin Rabago said. continue reading »
Priests Paid Men to Kill Them after Botched Suicide Attempt, say Prosecutors
February 14, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Two Catholic priests gunned down a year ago in Bogota hired the hit men who killed them, the Colombian Attorney General's Office said Tuesday. The Revs. Rafael Reatiga Rojas and Richard Armando Piffano Laguado put out the word that they would "pay for their deaths," prosecutor Ana Patricia Larrota said at the arraignment of the two alleged shooters. continue reading »
Score a Goal for John Paul in MX - National Collection Drive is Launched in the U.S. for Rosaries
February 5, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Victor John Mooney, executive director of Queens, New York based – South African Arts International, hopes that 100,000 pilgrims will kick an official 2010 World Cup Match Ball into a goal on a portable soccer field. “With each goal, our plan is to give pilgrims a rosary and a refreshing cup of coca-cola”, said Mooney. continue reading »
Chicago Lawsuit: U.S. Immigration Policy Unfair to Religious Workers
January 21, 2012 | by Chicago Catholic News | Latino Daily News
A handful of religious organizations, including two based in the Chicago region, have joined efforts in challenging a national immigration policy that discriminates against religious workers, according to a new federal lawsuit. continue reading »
Spanish Priest Says Exorcism is God’s ‘Gift to Help Us Believe’
January 14, 2012 | by Catholic News | Latino Daily News
If everything you know about exorcism you learned by watching the movie, "The Exorcist," Father Jose Antonio Fortea wants to exorcise those notions from your head. To learn about exorcism, Father Fortea said the best textbook is the Bible, especially the Gospels, because after all, Jesus was an exorcist. continue reading »
