RNS By Jim Harger and Lindsay Vanhulle Grand Rapids, Mich. (RNS) Mayor George Heartwell’s campaign postcard to Catholic voters has upset some local members of that faith. The face of the postcard shows St. Mary’s Catholic Church steeple and the Basilica of St. Adalbert. The back is signed by prominent local Catholics, including the Rev.…

RNS By Francis X. Rocca Cardinal Jean-Marie Lustiger, a Jewish convert whose mother died in the Auschwitz concentration camp before he rose to become the Roman Catholic archbishop of Paris, died Sunday (August 6) at the age of 80. The cause of death was an undisclosed illness for which he had been hospitalized since April.…

RNS By Jennifer Koons Washington – High-ranking Army and Air Force personnel violated military regulations when they participated in a promotional video for a private evangelical organization, according to a report by the Pentagon’s Office of Inspector General. A Pentagon spokesman said Monday (Aug. 6) it would be up to the Army and Air Force…

Associated Press Beijing – August 3 – Scores of people have been arrested in a traditionally Tibetan area of western China following public calls for the return of Tibet’s exiled spiritual leader, the Dalai Lama, reports said Friday. Police and army reinforcements were sent to the town of Lithang in western Sichuan province following the…

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