December 2013
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Stick them and they will still come
By Michael Alexander, Staff Photographer
Published December 11, 2013Last Saturday, Dec. 7, I stopped by the Bob Buechner Holy Cross Church Blood Drive. The first blood drive took place in 2010 after Holy Cross formed its Blood Donation Ministry. Buechner died in 1998 and was a longtime parishioner who cherished his family and his faith. With full disclosure I am an American Cross […] Full Story
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Talking about the people’s pope, Pope Francis
Published December 10, 2013
Pope Francis stepped on to the centuries old balcony of St. Peter Basilica on March 13, 2013, offered a few words before asking people to pray for him. And then he bowed. The former cardinal-archbishop of Buenos Aires, Argentina, became the 266th successor to St. Peter. It was one of firsts: the first pope from Latin […] Full Story