December 22, 2006

Even Vatican is nuts about soccer

Vatican soccer bug revealed: Staff tourneys, clerical cups, avid fans
By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — A disease few talk about lies within the Vatican’s walls: soccer fever.
Several cardinals have been afflicted, and a many of the tiny city-state’s lay, Italian staff automatically were born with the soccer-mania bug.
So it wasn’t surprising when one [...]

December 22, 2006

CNS Headlines (12.22.06)

By Catholic News Service
U.S.
Seton Hall starts law and management center for nonprofits
NEWARK, N.J. (CNS) — The law school of Seton Hall University has launched a new research and teaching center to help church-related nonprofit organizations address the legal, accreditation and management challenges they face today. The new center has been named the Seton Center for [...]

December 22, 2006

A Look at the Weekend (12.22-25.06)

This Weekend in the Diocese
   24 — SAN ANGELO, Mass, Tom Green County Jail, 10 a.m.
   24 — SAN ANGELO, Christmas Vigil Mass, midnight, Sacred Heart Cathedral.
   25 — SAN ANGELO, Christmas Day Mass, 9 a.m., Goodfellow Air Force Base.
Readings (Friday-Monday)
Friday
First Reading: First Samuel 1:24-28
Responsorial Psalm: First Samuel 2:1, 4-5, 6-7, 8
Gospel: Luke 1:46-56
Saturday
First Reading: [...]