President Obama has described how his earliest inspirations were faith leaders ofthe civil rights movement, including Dr. King, and Catholic leaders like Father Ted Hesburgh.
Democratic presidential candidate Barak Obama's appearance before a large evangelical congregation in Orange County over the weekend underscored an evident imperative of his campaign: Emphasize his Christian faith and put to rest insistent rumors that he secretly adheres to the Islamic creed of his father and youth.
Cafod introduced Lancashire to Father James who told an audience at the Burnley and Pendle Faith Centre ofthe changing environment that is devastating communities in northern Kenya.
"My mother wanted to leave, " he later recalled, "but my father paradoxically still had faith in Marshal Petain" -- then the ruler of Vichy France, the part unoccupied by Nazi forces.