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The risk of living one's faith is real

...Coptic Orthodox Church, met with Pope Francis at the Vatican in Rome. Members of the Coptic Orthodox Church, who make up about 10...abductions and rapes and killings. Just weeks before his visit to Rome, extremists attacked worshippers at the Cathedral Church of...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-06-09/risk-living-ones-faith-real
Opinion
April 24th is International Denim Day.

...who was raped by her driving instructor. The man was convicted but his case went to the Italian Supreme Court of Appeals in Rome. The court overturned the conviction arguing that because the girl wore very tight jeans she must have helped remove the jeans...

http://juneauempire.com/letters/2013-04-21/april-24th-international-denim-day
Letters
Scientist: Cassava disease spread at alarming rate

...producer, you can just imagine the impact, the magnitude," Fauquet said.This week, scientists are meeting in Bellagio, Rome, to discuss what can be done.Fauquet said what is needed is the kind of international effort that the West put into creating...

http://juneauempire.com/michelle-faul/2013-05-08/scientist-cassava-disease-sprea
My Turn: Shrine of St. Therese: A labor of love

...In 1925 Bishop Crimont had gone on pilgrimage to the shrine dedicated to her in Lisieux, France and had been present in Rome for her canonization. Bishop Crimont officially designated St. Therese as the Patroness of Alaska and the Alaska missions...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-05-12/shrine-st-therese-labor-love
Opinion
With Easter, suffering and death do not have the last word

...a powerful sign of this commitment concretely lived out by the recent visit of Pope Francis to a juvenile detention center in Rome to wash the feet of the inmates there who are largely from a Muslim immigrant population. Pope Francis spoke of Christ's nature...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-03-31/easter-suffering-and-death-do-not-hav
Opinion
Servant of the Servants of God

...have seen in the news reports the cardinal electors arriving in Rome from every continent and nation to bid farewell to the Holy Father...is increasingly linked together. The office of the Bishop of Rome, the visible link uniting the entire Catholic Church spread...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-03-03/servant-servants-god
Opinion
Welcoming a new spiritual leader

...Argentina who were planning to come to Rome for his installation to stay home and donate...announcement of Pope Francis was greeted in Rome and around the world with the ringing of...bishops of Alaska will be traveling to Rome for the installation of Pope Francis on...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-03-17/welcoming-new-spiritual-leader
Opinion
'Sailor Talk' lecture highlights trans-Atlantic trip by local couple

...subsequent cruise home. Stories about this whirlwind adventure will take attendees to Greece, through the Corinth Canal, then onto Rome, Venice, Florence, Spain, Gibraltar, and the Canary Islands. From there, follow a trans-Atlantic crossing to the Caribbean...

http://juneauempire.com/outdoors/2013-02-08/sailor-talk-lecture-highlights-trans
Outdoors
Church takes steps to defrock Anchorage priest

...A panel of three canon lawyers will make a recommendation about guilt or innocence and a possible penalty and forward it to Rome. A decision once confirmed by the Vatican cannot be appealed.Brundage said a resolution could take four to six months.

http://juneauempire.com/weddings/2013-02-27/church-takes-steps-defrock-anchorage
Weddings
The Holy Father's resignation

...servant of the servants of God." In the gospel of St. Matthew Jesus said to Peter and to his successors as the Bishops of Rome: And so I say to you, you are Peter, and upon this rock I will build my church, and the gates of the netherworld shall not...

http://juneauempire.com/opinion/2013-02-17/holy-fathers-resignation
Opinion

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