• Crucifixes sold at cathedral not made in sweatshops; N.Y. archdiocese denies link to Chinese factory
• Church leaders hail new stem-cell studies that may end need for destroying human embryos
• Pope to release encyclical
on hope
• Kys2Heaven Web site invites people to submit personal stories
of faith
• Vatican: Homelessness demands response; More than one billion are homeless or lack adequate shelter
• Catholic school joins efforts
to establish first umbilical-cord
blood bank
• Fr. Ron Rolheiser -- Marking 25th year as spirituality columnist
• Stewardship: A Way of Life -- Vatican sees catholic schools mission as partnership
• Charlie Martin -- Discussing the song "Pictures of You" by The Last Goodnight
• Fr. John Dietzen -- All the baptized are entitled to burial rites
• Fr. Richard McBrien -- Catholics not only ones with devotion to saints
• George Weigel -- Franz Jaegerstaetter, Nazi opponent,
is beatified
• Local youth page -- Students from Our Lady of Lourdes School in De Pere give gift of hope in a shoe box
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NATIVITY PICK OF THE WEEK: John and Amy Dessart of Oconto Falls bought this Nativity set at St. Catherine's Bookstore in Green Bay for their first Christmas, 33 years ago. Because they couldn't afford all the pieces, they bought only the Holy Family. Amy's mother surprised them when she gave them the shepherds and kings for Christmas. John built the stable from old barn boards and put in a window because his family's Nativity set had a window. The pieces were sculpted by Donna Weaver. The Dessarts are members of St. Anthony Parish.