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Former Army soldiers reunited after 50 years share faith, memories
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Jun 1, 2019
The Virgin Mary and the Catholic faith have ways of connecting believers across space and time.
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Brother priests who became military chaplains reunited in burial ceremony
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Apr 26, 2019
Amid the pomp and ceremony that marks a military burial, Father Francis Brett was reunited after more than 50 years with his younger priest brother at Arlington National Cemetery.
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Despite it all, RFK’s legacy at 50 still packs a punch
- News Analysis
- Jun 10, 2018
Even acknowledging that RFK had feet of clay too, his legacy at 50 years still packs a punch.
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Vietnamese diocese begins rebuilding church ruined in ’67 U.S. air raid
- Catholic News Service, Global Church
- Nov 9, 2017
A shrine marking the place where many Catholics and missionaries were executed for their faith, including four of the 117 Vietnamese martyrs killed in 1861, has been reconstructed after being destroyed in a U.S. air raid during the Vietnam War. Bishop Joseph Vu Van Thien said the new facilities aim to express the local Catholics’ deep gratitude to the martyrs and show the heritage of their faith.
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Pope names Florida priest auxiliary bishop for Orange, California
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Oct 7, 2017
The new auxiliary bishop of the Diocese of Orange in California is Father Thanh Thai Nguyen. Nguyen came as a refugee with his family to the U.S. from Vietnam. Bishop Felipe J. Estevez of St. Augustine, Florida, where Nguyen had been serving before his new appointment, said, “Father Thanh knows the plight of refugees, and he understands their journey seeking a safe home and the ability to support their families. He has a genuine gift when it comes to ministering to people of diverse cultures.”
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New film recalls faith, sacrifice of Maryknoll chaplain killed in Vietnam
- Catholic News Service, Church in the US
- Aug 3, 2017
A new film “Called and Chosen” tells the life of Father Vincent R. Capodanno, a a Navy chaplain ministering to Marines during the Vietnam War. He died when he went to the aid of a fellow corpsman who was pinned down by enemy machine gun fire. The diocesan phase of his cause for sainthood was completed in May of this year.
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