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A Mom’s Journey to U.S. Bishops Office
BY Kathryn Jean Lopez Susan Wills seems to be a perfect face and voice for the culture of life.
April 06-12, 2003 Issue 
For her, that has included an abundant family and work for the church.
Wills is associate director for education at the Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops. Register correspondent Kathryn Jean Lopez talked to Wills about how she wound up where she is... READ MORE
Is ‘Renew’ Renewed? Two American Archbishops Think So
BY Wayne Laugesen
April 06-12, 2003 Issue
MILWAUKEE — Often criticized in the past as a “liberal extremist” organization that fosters dissent from Catholic orthodoxy, Renew International has won the approval of Archbishop Timothy Dolan, who is widely known as an orthodox leader among bishops.
Since his appointment to head the troubled... READ MORE
Bishop Hopes Coalition Will Free His Homeland
March 30-April 5, 2003 Issue
Bishop Bawai Soro was born in Kirkuk, Iraq, and ordained to the diaconate in the Assyrian Church of the East in Baghdad in 1973.
He left his homeland that year and continued his studies abroad. He was ordained a priest in Chicago in 1982 and consecrated bishop there in 1984.
He was involved in... READ MORE
How Christ’s Agony Became His Passion
BY Mel Gibson
March 16-22, 2003 Issue
Oscar-winning actor-director Mel Gibson is in Italy working on a film on the passion of Christ at the Cinecittà studios.
The movie focuses on the last hours of Christ's life and stars Jim Caviezel (The Thin Red Line, The Count of Monte Cristo) as Jesus. Gibson granted the following interview to... READ MORE
Did You Know the Bacon Priest?
BY Werenfried van Straaten
March 9-15, 2003 Issue
Antonia Willemsen remembers “the Bacon Priest” as an “uncle” — and as the founder of the organization at which she's secretary-general.
Norbertine Father Werenfried van Straaten, who died Jan. 31 in Germany at the age of 90, was a cousin of her mother. She told the Register the story of this... READ MORE
Sometimes, the Truth Kills: Two Doctors’ Dialogue
March 2-8, 2003 Issue
For 10 years, Dr. Joel Brind has been in possession of a bombshell piece of information: Abortions can increase the risk of breast cancer. Dr. Angela Lanfranchi believed him.
As president of the Breast Cancer Prevention Institute, which educates women on how to reduce the risk of breast cancer,... READ MORE
Advising His Flock
BY Tim Drake California Gov. Gray Davis' bishop made headlines recently.
Feburary 23 - March 1, 2003 Issue
Bishop William Weigand of Sacramento directed pointed criticism at Davis in a homily during a homily at a pro-life Mass on Jan. 22, garnering the attention of both local and national news media.
Ordained the Bishop of Salt Lake City in 1980, Bishop Weigand was installed as bishop of Sacramento in... READ MORE
There From the Beginning
BY Tim Drake
January 19-25, 2003 Issue
Robert and Mary Rosera Joyce
While much of the pro-life movement commemorates its 30th anniversary, people like Robert and Mary Rosera Joyce won't.
Their pro-life work began before Roe v. Wade.
They are founding members of Minnesota Citizens Concerned for Life and charter members of the Fellowship... READ MORE
Ave Maria University Gets a New Campus and a Fighter, Father Joseph Fessio
BY Wayne Laugesen
January 12-18, 2003 Issue
Father Joseph Fessio, SJ
The founder of Ignatius Press and the University of San Francisco's St. Ignatius Institute is now chancellor of Ave Maria University.
The university, to be built east of Naples, Fla., was started with a $220 million commitment from Domino's Pizza founder Thomas Monaghan.... READ MORE
We Hardly Knew Her
January 5-11, 2003 Issue
Raymond J. de Souza
Father Brian Kolodiejchuk, the Missionary of Charity priest who is the postulator for Mother Teresa's cause, was surprised.
Like much of the world, he thought the story of Mother Teresa was summed up by her simple faith. But the work he did — work that will see fruition Oct. 19... READ MORE
Bethlehem’s Shattered Silence
BY Brother Vincent Malham
December 08-14, 2002 Issue
Brother Vincent Malham was studying Spanish and taking a sabbatical in Guadalajara, Mexico, in 1995 when he received a call from Rome.
The superior general of the Christian Brothers asked Brother Malham to be seated before proposing he consider an unexpected assignment—moving to the Holy Land to... READ MORE
Time Manager for Catholics
BY Dave Durand
December 1-7, 2002 Issue
Wake. Pray. Get the kids ready. Go to Mass. Work - at an office or at home. Juggle family schedules. Do apostolic work.
A Catholic's schedule can be tough.
A business executive and professional speaker and trainer, Dave Durand has led hundreds of seminars on leadership, sales and time management.... READ MORE
Cardinal Francis George: The Vatican Got It Right
BY Cardinal Francis George
October 27-November 2, 2002 Issue
In Dallas, Chicago's Cardinal Francis George said he would support the U.S. bishops' sex-abuse norms reluctantly.
Now the Vatican has weighed in on them regarding some of the same concerns Cardinal George had in June. He assessed the Vatican's Oct. 18 letter about the Dallas policy in a... READ MORE
Patrick Madrid Surprised by Success
As the founder and publisher of Envoy magazine, bestselling author of eight books and the father of 11 children, Patrick Madrid is, suffice it to say, a busy man.
October 20-26, 2002 Issue
He has engaged for the last 15 years as a full-time apologist for the Catholic faith and will soon be a grandfather.
He spoke with Register features correspondent Tim Drake about his work and his most recent book, Surprised by Truth 3.
The last time we spoke, your book Pope Fiction had just come... READ MORE
Caught in the Middle in the Holy Land
October 13-19, 2002 Issue
It's a long way from the Netherlands to battle-torn Jerusalem, where Father Guido Gockel distributes food and medical supplies.
Father Guido Gockel
The Dutch-born priest joined the Catholic Near East Welfare Association's Jerusalem staff in 1996. On a recent visit to the United States, Father... READ MORE
Challenging Pro-Lifers to Change
BY Camille De Blasi For Camille De Blasi, the message of events like Respect Life Sunday (on Oct.6) is not just that more people should change the way they vote.
October 06-12, 2002 Issue
It's that more people should change the way they live.
As director of the Center for Life Principles, a pro-life organization dedicated to re-establishing recognition of human dignity, she has trained hundreds of speakers for the pro-life movement. She is also the founder of the Modestly Yours... READ MORE
Life After ‘The Rock’
Jeff Cavins
Septembar 29-October 5, 2002 Issue
After six years as host of EWTN's “Life on the Rock,” Jeff Cavins will air his last show at the end of October.
He plans to focus on writing, speaking and a two-hour drive-time daily radio show sponsored by Starboard Network.
“I've been commuting for three years and my family needs me,” he said.... READ MORE
Courage in the Scandal
BY George Weigel
September 8-14, 2002 Issue
Author of the best-selling papal biography Witness to Hope, his most recent book is about hope in the face of scandal.
The Courage to Be Catholic: Crisis, Reform, and the Future of the Church is a new release from Basic Books. The 51-year-old theologian, a senior fellow of Washington's Ethics and... READ MORE
The Believer Generation
BY Colleen Carroll
Septembar 1-7, 2002 Issue
Colleen Carroll, a reporter for the St. Louis Post-Dispatch, is author of The New Faithful: Why Young Adults Are Embracing Christian Orthodoxy.
Register correspondent Kathryn Jean Lopez recently talked to her about young Christians and their increasing numbers and orthodoxy.
Who are the “new... READ MORE
The Church and the News
BY Archbishop John Foley
August 25-31, 2002 Issue
Information sources have changed significantly in the last 20 years, with the growth of cable television and the advent of the Internet.
As president of the Pontifical Council for Social Communications, Archbishop John Foley has witnessed it all.
His own background in mass media — from newspapers... READ MORE
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