Lifestory: On turning 80
In a Lifestory special, US Catholic commentator THOMAS REESE reflects, in an article from Religion News Service, on his eight decades of life…
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Lifestory: Bill McCartney, legendary US football coach who founded Promise Keepers, dies at 84
BOB SMIETANA, of Religion News Service, reports that a religious conversion in his 30s helped inspire McCartney to found Promise Keepers, which drew millions of men to events in the early 1990s….
Lifestory: NFL’s Jake Bates among players who say it’s their duty to spread the love of Jesus
NFL player Jake Bates says Jesus put him on a stage “to glorify His name”. LARRY LAGE, of Associated Press, reports…
Lifestory: Fashion designer describes invitation to work on Notre Dame cathedral’s re-opening as “a calling”
THOMAS ADAMSON, of Associated Press, speaks to designer Jean-Charles de Castelbajac…
Lifestory: Remembering Gustavo Gutiérrez
Rev JOSEPH NANGLE, in an article first published on Religion News Service, recounts how he was among a group of priests who met with Gutiérrez but that only later did they realise that what he told them were the first moments of what would come to be called liberation theology…
Lifestory: Cissy Houston, a Grammy-winning Gospel singer and Whitney Houston’s mother
JONATHAN LANDRUM Jr and HILLEL ITALIE, of Associated Press, look at the life of Gospel singer – and Whitney Houston’s mother, Cissy Houston, who died this week at the age of 91…
Lifestory: Banned Russian priest stands by condemnation of “brother killing brother” in Ukraine
Reuters speaks to Father Ioann Burdin, now a a convicted heretic, banned from conducting services and hounded from his parish, because of his opposition to Russia’s war…
Lifestory: Paralympian turned future astronaut hails the power of the Games
TIM HEPHER, of Reuters, reports on the extraordinary journey of John McFall….
Lifestory: He was orphaned in the Holocaust and never met any family. Now he has cousins, thanks to DNA tests
JEFFREY COLLINS, of Associated Press, reports on the story of how DNA helped Shalom Korai find his family…
Lifestory: Mother Mary P Patterson, preserver of Church of God in Christ history, dies at 83
ADELLE M BANKS, of Religion News Service, reports that Patterson’s denomination called her “a tireless crusader for preserving the Church Of God In Christ Heritage and that of Pentecostal-Holiness around the world”…
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