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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 »
Good Friday Becomes a Holiday in Cuba for 1st Time in 50 Years
April 7, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Cuba's Catholic primate offered an appeal for forgiveness and reconciliation in a sermon that was broadcast on state television as the island's Communist government treated Good Friday as an official holiday for the first time in half a century. continue reading »
Emotional Moment: Havana Seminarians had Chance to Meet Pope
March 31, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
Kenny Fernandez Delgado was 13 when Blessed John Paul II came to the tropical Cuban capital. He remembers little about the 1998 event other than arriving late for the Mass at Revolution Square with his mother and a brother continue reading »
Representative of Mexican Priest’s Victims Reproaches Pope for Ignoring Them
March 26, 2012 | by HS News Staff | Latino Daily News
A representative of the victims of sexual abuse committed by late Mexican priest Marcial Maciel, founder of the Legion of Christ, on Monday reproached Pope Benedict XVI "for having ignored" that group of people on his just-concluded visit to Mexico. continue reading »
Dissident Cuban Blogger & HS News Contributor Yoani Sanchez Sees Opportunity in Pope Visit
March 24, 2012 | by Voice of America | Latino Daily News
As Pope Benedict prepares to visit Cuba next week, a dissident blogger says the trip is a good time to showcase the real situation in the island nation. Even though Yoani Sánchez believes the visit will not have a major political impact, she says it will be a good opportunity because of the increased international attention that comes with a visit by the Pope. 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 »
