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The Princess and the Pope
BY Edward Pentin
January 11-17, 2009 Issue 
Princess Alessandra Borghese is a
descendent of one of Italy’s best known aristocratic families, famous for its
popes, cardinals and a glorious villa and park in the center of Rome.
But despite her family’s rich
Catholic history, she hasn’t always been a devout Catholic. She returned to... READ MORE
Who’s to Blame for the 2008 Crash?
BY Edward Pentin A Moral Vision for the Economic Crisis
January 4-10, 2009 Issue
Lord Brian Griffiths of Fforestfach is an especially good candidate for the Register’s
2008 year-in-review issue. The member of the British House of Lords was one of
the few to predict the year’s current financial crisis. He saw it coming in
2005 when he chaired a commission on the issue of... READ MORE
TV Faith
BY Edward Pentin Texas Ranger Is Now Nevada Professor
December 21, 2008-January 3, 2009 Issue
Clarence Gilyard is known to television viewers as Ranger
Jimmy Trivette in the TV series “Walker, Texas Ranger,” which through the
miracle of cable TV is still available in most places in reruns.
But now Gilyard has taken on a
different role: to bring the faith to his colleagues in the... READ MORE
The Family Business
BY Stephen Vincent Eric Scheidler Continues His Father’s Pro-Life Tradition
December 14-20, 2008 Issue
Eric Scheidler is
leading a new effort to defund and shut down Planned Parenthood facilities with
the formation of the National Coalition to Stop Planned Parenthood, composed of
nine established pro-life organizations. Scheidler, communications director for
the Pro-Life Action League in Chicago,... READ MORE
The Fastest Growing Christian Market
BY Tom McDonald
December 7-13, 2008 Issue
Fifteen years ago
Alan Napleton was president of CCC of America, a company specializing in
animated films for children, with a focus on the lives of saints.
He learned firsthand about the
unique challenges faced when marketing a product with religious content and saw
just how far behind the curve... READ MORE
Faith, Love and Football
BY Father Matthew T. Gamber, SJ Chicago Bears Owner Hopes for More Than Winning
November 23-29, 2008 Issue
Patrick McCaskey
is a co-owner of the Chicago Bears professional football team.
He has recently started an
organization called Sports Faith International to highlight the important
connection between sports and religion. A Chicago native and the grandson of
one of the founders of the National... READ MORE
Swan Song or New Beginning?
BY Robert Kumpel Faith-Based Initiatives Faces Uncertain Future
November 16-22, 2008 Issue
Jedd Medefind
is the director of the White House Office of Faith-Based and Community
Initiatives.
One of the questions facing the
Obama administration is: What will he do with the faith-based initiatives
office? Interviewed just before the presidential election, Medefind declined to
speculate on... READ MORE
The Way We Are and Why
BY Tim Drake Melancholic Wife? Phlegmatic Husband? Here’s Help
November 9-15, 2008 Issue
Art and Laraine
Bennett know a thing or two about temperaments.
Art is a family therapist. Laraine
is a freelance writer with a master’s degree in philosophy. Together they
authored the popular book The Temperament God Gave You,
and their latest, The Temperament God Gave Your
Spouse.
They... READ MORE
‘Privacy Rights’ Election
BY Nicole Callahan What’s Behind ‘Roe’ … And What’s Ahead
November 2-8, 2008 Issue
Janet Smith holds the Father Michael J.
McGivney Chair of Life Ethics at Sacred Heart Major Seminary in Detroit and is
professor of moral theology at the seminary.
Her new book from Ignatius Press, The
Right to Privacy, provides a critical examination of “the right to
privacy” as used by the... READ MORE
Occultist to Evangelist
BY Matthew Rarey Halloween Is Holy Again
October 26-November 1, 2008 Issue
Moira Noonan left the
Catholic faith in the early 1970s and became a leader in the New Age movement.
She mastered occult practices and belief systems that have passed from the
fringe into the cultural mainstream, infiltrating even the Church.
Following a powerful conversion
recounted in her... READ MORE
He Finds God Funny
BY Robert Rauhut German Psychiatrist Answers Atheists in New Book
October 19-25, 2008 Issue
Dr. Manfred Lütz’s book God:
A Small History of the Greatest was a best seller in Germany for
months. It’s an answer to atheists, an offer for those seeking God, and a help
to the faithful.
Lütz, a psychotherapist and
physician, theologian and philosopher, is a pugnacious, humorous speaker... READ MORE
Boston Tough
BY Tim Drake Military Chaplain Is ‘Vocations Director To the World’
October 12-18, 2008 Issue
Father John McLaughlin became the first
vocations director for the Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA, in June.
Although he hasn’t served in the
military, Father McLaughlin has faced both danger and death. Formerly with the
Archdiocese of Boston, Father McLaughlin is now promoting... READ MORE
Meeting God in Outer Space
BY Tim Drake
October 5-11, 2008 Issue
Thomas Jones is
an award-winning pilot, scientist and astronaut, who spoke to us to help the
Register commemorate the 50th anniversary of the National Aeronautics and Space
Administration.
Between 1994 and 2001, Jones went on
four space shuttle missions. He has spent 53 days working and living in... READ MORE
Courage and Homosexuality
BY Gail Besse
September 28-October 4, 2008 Issue
Father Paul Check is
the incoming director of the apostolate Courage.
Courage embraces Church teaching
that same-sex attraction is not in itself sinful, but that homosexual acts are.
The program aims to provide spiritual, moral and fraternal support to men and
women who are attracted to members of... READ MORE
U.S. Politics, Seen From Rome
BY Edward Pentin
September 21-27, 2008 Issue
Archbishop Raymond
Burke has arrived in Rome to take up his position as prefect of
the Apostolic Signatura, the Church’s highest court.
The former Archbishop of St. Louis
is no stranger to Rome or his new position. He studied at the Pontifical North
American College in the early 1970s, trained... READ MORE
Mike Huckabee on John McCain
BY Tim Drake Pro-lifer Assesses The Man Who Beat Him
September 14-20, 2008 Issue
Mike Huckabee was a McCain rival.
The
former Arkansas governor and Baptist minister ran for the Republican
presidential nomination in 2008, emphasizing family values and health-care
reform in his campaign. He won caucuses and primaries in Iowa, West Virginia,
Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Tennessee,... READ MORE
Iraq Christians Better Off
BY Greg Watts
September 7-13, 2008 Issue
Bishop Andreas Abouna
is a Chaldean auxiliary bishop in Baghdad.
He was ordained a priest in 1966 and
ordained a bishop by Pope John Paul II in 2003.
In 2005, along with other bishops,
he expressed concern about parts of a draft constitution that might lead to
discrimination against non-Muslims... READ MORE
Thomas More of California
BY Robert Kumpel
August 31- September 6, 2008 Issue
Charles LiMandri was introduced to St. Thomas More’s thought in an unexpected way as a young man.
Now
he’s in the thick of California’s homosexual “marriage” battle, serving as
general counsel for the National Organization for Marriage, one of the key
groups supporting Proposition 8, a... READ MORE
Soccer Star to Seminary
BY Eddie O’Neill Athlete Heads Toward New Goal
August 24-30, 2008 Issue
Chase Hilgenbrinck had it made — at least
in the eyes of the world.
Named
a high school All-American in 2000 and having played professionally both for
Major League Soccer here in the United States and on the international level in
Chile, the 26-year-old certainly had a promising future ahead of... READ MORE
Expert: OLYMPIAD MADE CHINA WORSE
BY Edward Pentin
August 10-16, 2008 Issue
As the world looks forward to the
Olympic Games in Beijing, little is known about the human cost of staging the
event.
That’s why Father Bernardo
Cervellera, the director of Asia News and a veteran expert on
China, has published a book in Italian on just that subject. Called The
Flipside of the... READ MORE
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