Russell Shaw’s Clerical Quartet
Posted by Tom McFeely
Wednesday, February 18, 2009 5:02 PM
Cardinal Pio Laghi at the Vatican Nunciature in Washington in 2003. (CNS/Reuters)
The past 40 years have been a troubled era for the Church in America.
Catholic commentator Russell Shaw knows all about that. Indeed, few people have been more intimately acquainted with the ups and downs of these turbulent times than Shaw, a former spokesman for the U.S. bishops’ conference.
In an article titled “Four Men” posted on Insidecatholic.com, Shaw takes a look back over this... READ MORE
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Cardinal Pio Laghi, 1922-2009
Posted by Tom McFeely
Monday, January 12, 2009 2:08 PM
Cardinal Laghi with U.S. Secretary of State Colin Powell in March 2003. (CNS/Reuters)
Cardinal Pio Laghi, who served as the Vatican’s representative to the United States from 1980-1990, died Jan. 10 at the age of 86.
This Catholic News Service article profiles Cardinal Laghi’s life of service to the Church, which concluded with his term from 1990-1999 as prefect of the Congregation for Catholic Education.
Cardinal Laghi was delegated by Pope John Paul II to speak with... READ MORE
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