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Audio of Tom Booth preparing NCYC for “Holy” and “Amen”

One of the amazing side benefits of being a reporter is that you record history when you don’t even know history is happening before your eyes. Tom Booth, composer of “Mass of Life” arrangements, led worship with that music for the last time this past weekend during NCYC’s final Mass. Earlier today, I reported that...

Tom Booth considering revising his Mass of Life for new translation

One of the great joys of covering the National Catholic Youth Conference (NCYC) was meeting Tom Booth, the musician and composer who led worship during the conference’s final Mass. Tom wrote the “Mass of Life,” which was used for the final time in its current incarnation during the NCYC’s closing Mass. The new Missal translation...

Pakistan to review list of obscene words that includes ‘Jesus Christ’

VATICAN CITY – A Pakistani telecom agency backed off a ban on “obscene” words – including the name Jesus Christ – in text messages on mobile phones.

Baltimore teens take center stage at National Catholic Youth Conference

INDIANAPOLIS – Tears were flowing easily and smiles were wide for TyAunna Armstead, Thomas Ensey, Norman Crone and Phillip Middleton Nov. 19 inside Lucas Oil Stadium.

NCYC: Archdiocesan youths re-energized in Indianapolis

INDIANAPOLIS – As musician Steve Angrisano moved about the National Catholic Youth Conference stage inside Lucas Oil Stadium Nov. 17, singing his hit “Yes, Lord,” Doug Hanna danced from about 100 feet away.

Vatican newspaper says Shakespeare was secret Catholic

VATICAN CITY – There is “little doubt” that William Shakespeare was a Catholic who was forced to hide his faith in Protestant England while leaving hints about his faith throughout his vast body of work, said an opinion piece in the Vatican newspaper.

NCYC’s adoption theme rings true for one Baltimore teen

As a reporter, sometimes you get caught up in getting a quote from someone and then life throws you a curve. Carissa Zukowski did just that while I interviewed her at the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis. When St. Louis youth minister Pat Sprankle sent Carissa over, I didn’t know anything about her other...

The sights and sounds of NCYC 2011

This doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of what happened in Indianapolis this past weekend, but I captured this video for The Catholic Review and The Welcome Matt. I hope it gives you a taste of all the fun that was had.

Vatican replaces Cardinal Law as archpriest of Rome basilica

VATICAN CITY – Cardinal Bernard F. Law, former archbishop of Boston, has been replaced as archpriest of the Rome Basilica of St. Mary Major, the Vatican announced.

Archdiocesan youths take part in country’s biggest sendoff of Mass translation

INDIANAPOLIS – All her life, Sara Connelly has known just one translation of the Roman Missal. On Nov. 19, she took part in perhaps the biggest goodbye to the way U.S. Catholics have celebrated the Mass since the 1960s.

California high court says backers of Prop 8 have standing to appeal ruling

SAN FRANCISCO – The faith-based groups that sponsored Proposition 8, the state’s 2008 voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, have the right to appeal a federal judge’s 2010 ruling the ban is unconstitutional, the state’s high court said.

Papal honorees recognized at Cathedral prayer service

In a joy-filled Nov. 20 prayer service recognizing 27 men and women in the Archdiocese of Baltimore with special papal honors, one moment seemed to shine above the others.