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John F. Kennedy

New films of interest to Catholic readers

by Sr. Rose Pacatte
Apr 7, 2018

Movie reviews: Moving documentaries, dystopian futures, true life stories, history reimagined and more in new movies already playing or coming soon to theaters.

'Has America lost its moral center?' asks Fordham panel

by Peter Feuerherd
Dec 5, 2017

A five-person panel examined how American life seemed to have lost its moral center. Speakers discussed a nationwide political crisis, the loneliness they've seen on the streets, and what can be regained.

Book Review

Policies of JFK and LBJ led to mass incarceration, author argues

by Timothy Kelly
Sep 28, 2016

FROM THE WAR ON POVERTY TO THE WAR ON CRIME: THE MAKING OF MASS INCARCERATION IN AMERICA
By Elizabeth Hinton
Published by Harvard University Press, 464 pages, $29.95

What's so wrong with a brokered convention?

by Pat Perriello
Mar 10, 2016

In the summer of 1956, as a 6th grader, I watched the Democratic National Convention with amazement as a young Irish Catholic senator from Massachusetts, John F. Kennedy, came within 38 ½ votes of the Democratic nomination for vice president of the United States. I also watched as he lost that nomination to Sen. Estes Kefauver of Tennessee on the next ballot.

Longtime friend of Fr. Ted Hesburgh recalls 'fisher of the young and of the old'

by Tom Gallagher
Mar 7, 2015
by Tom Gallagher
Mar 7, 2015

Cuba-U.S. reset long promoted by church leaders in both countries

by Patricia Zapor, Catholic News Service
Dec 22, 2014
by Patricia Zapor, Catholic News Service
Dec 22, 2014

How Jackie Bouvier almost married an Irish lawyer

by John Cooney
May 15, 2014
by John Cooney
May 15, 2014

Letters to Irish priest reveal Jackie Kennedy's struggles with faith

by Michael Kelly, Catholic News Service
May 15, 2014
by Michael Kelly, Catholic News Service
May 15, 2014

Volunteers say in Peace Corps they learned about universality of church

by Andrew Nelson, Catholic News Service
Dec 7, 2013
by Andrew Nelson, Catholic News Service
Dec 7, 2013

Fear, tears and silence: the day JFK died

by Patricia Lefevere
Nov 22, 2013
by Patricia Lefevere
Nov 22, 2013

Memoir recalls bishop setting aside own grief to write Kennedy eulogy

by Mark Zimmermann, Catholic News Service
Nov 22, 2013
by Mark Zimmermann, Catholic News Service
Nov 22, 2013

Remembering the assassination that defined a generation

by Mario T. García
Nov 21, 2013
by Mario T. García
Nov 21, 2013

The assassination of John F. Kennedy and 'Project Unspeakable'

by John Dear
Nov 19, 2013
by John Dear
Nov 19, 2013

How much changes in 50 years, and how much stays the same?

by Joan Chittister
Nov 14, 2013
by Joan Chittister
Nov 14, 2013

Exploring the true meaning of anti-Catholicism

by Bill Tammeus
Nov 13, 2013
by Bill Tammeus
Nov 13, 2013

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