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IN THE NEWS
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In a culture where proper burial rites and a marked grave connect the liming with the dead, Haiti's mass graves are a spiritual as well as a humanitarian problem. |
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Monday, 08 February 2010 |
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Faith Bowl
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By Jay Lindsay, Associated Press/USA Today
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“These guys are not theologians. . . .They're in the struggle. They're doing the best they can, and they're good examples of guys that have made it in one world and still are serious about tryin... |
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Benedict XVI defended the rights of the Church in an address to U.K. bishops; the usual suspects are not happy. |
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In Egypt, restoration of the world's oldest Christian monastery has taken place in a show of peaceful co-existence between Mulsims and Christians. |
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Is this a preview of Obamacare? A federal tax court rules for the plaintiff in a “gender-identity disorder” case. |
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Gay groups, victims of clerical abuse, feminists, family planning organizations, and pro-abortion groups are planning a "protest campaign" for the pope's visit to England. |
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The Holy Father sets the stage—with some controversy—for his trip to Great Britain later this year. |
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Tuesday, 02 February 2010 |
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Paradigm shift
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By Investor’s Business Daily
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After much ballyhoo in 2004 over Proposition 71, California’s “boom” in embryonic stem cell research has gone bust, and emphasis will now be on adult stem cells. |
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Friday, 29 January 2010 |
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Ugly
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By Andy Hutchins, Sporting News
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The vitriol aimed at a pro-life Super Bowl ad hits a jaw-dropping low thanks to Joy Behar of “The View.” |
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Pope Benedict XVI joins millions in remembering the Shoah on the sixty-fifth anniversary of the Allied liberation of the Auschwitz death camp. |
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Vietnam’s Cardinal Man says the root of conflict between the communist government and the Church is the former’s confiscation of property, which runs counter to tradition. |
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Wednesday, 27 January 2010 |
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JPII's quick pardon
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By New York Times/Associated Press
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A new book indicates that, among other signs of his sanctity, John Paul II, immediately forgave Mehmet Ali Agca, the Turk who shot him in Saint Peter's Square. |
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Tuesday, 26 January 2010 |
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More abuse fallout
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By Stephen Collins, Irish Times
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In Ireland, three quarters of citizens believe the Church has not handled the abuse scandal well, and a majority want the Church to give up its hold over primary schools. |
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Benedict XVI encourages Catholic clergy to employ new media to preach the Gospel. |
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Sen. McCain's wife takes a position on same-sex marriage that is starkly opposed to her husband’s. |
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An arms company agrees to cease the practice of putting Bible citations on its rifle sights. |
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In Nigeria, the burning of a Catholic Church leads to dozens of deaths. |
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Wednesday, 20 January 2010 |
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Super Sunday
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By David Goetzl, Media Daily News
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A 30-second pro-life ad featuring Heisman Trophy winner Tim Tebow and his mother Pam will run during the Super Bowl on February 7. |
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New cardinals will be chosen soon, but the 120-man limit makes it hard to know who will be given a galero. |
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Benedict XVI makes it clear that his outreach to Anglicans aims at the endpoint of ecumenism: reunification. |
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Many Catholics in Haiti have lost everything . . . except their faith. |
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In an emotionally charged atmosphere of brotherhood, Benedict XVI met with the Jewish community of Rome. |
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Benedict XVI says same-sex marriage, a form of “self-centered materialism,” is a threat to creation. |
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As the race for the "Kennedy seat" in the Senate tightens, abortion and related issues have taken on renewed importance even in deep-blue Massachusetts. |
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A proposed Parliamentary Equality Bill could make the Church’s all-male priesthood illegal. |
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Benedict XVI addresses the diplomatic corps accredited to the Holy See and offers three tools to lift up the world. |
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Mehmet Ali Agca, who shot John Paul II, looks to make a bundle on a book. |
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Like other modern popes, Benedict XVI has decided to remain close to the people despite the Christmas eve mishap, but security has been beefed up. |
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Pope Benedict points to the Magi as rational men of science who were also open to faith. |
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Catholics in France and elsewhere find that the money’s not there to maintain older houses of worship. |
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Benedict XVI sent his personal secretary to a psychiatric ward n Rome to show his concern for the woman who attacked him on Christmas. |
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New evidence of threats against John Paul II during his 1979 trip to the Republic of Ireland. |
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Three mysterious signatures on pages of parchment bound in leather and kept under lock and key may prove the theory that William Shakespeare was a secret Catholic who spent his “lost years&rdquo... |
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Bishops is China recommend imitating the great Italian missionary, Matteo Ricci, as we approach the 400th anniversary of his death. |
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Benedict XVI kept up a normal round of activities Sunday after being attacked at Christmas Mass in St. Peter's. |
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Benedict XVI comments on the genius of St. Francis of Assisi in enriching the celebration of Christmas. |
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A series of pre-Christmas attacks strike at Iraq's already beleaguered Christian population. |
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The latest message to the Senate from the American hierarchy on healthcare reform. |
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Archeologists discover a home dating back to the time of Christ in Nazareth, just in time for Christmas. |
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Looking forward to the Christmas Eve unveiling of the Vatican’s Nativity scene. |
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The Supreme Court will decide whether Christians may actually belong to Christian organizations that only accept Christian members. |
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Israel and the Vatican are near an agreement about control of key sites associated with the life of Christ. |
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St. Nicholas was born in Turkey and was thought to be buried in Italy . . . or maybe Germany, but now scholars say Ireland. It’s complicated. |
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Fifteen senators who claim to be Catholics voted not to amend the healthcare bill to protect the unborn. |
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After visits to Rome by members of the Irish hiearchy, Benedict XVI announces that he will be writing a letter about the recent report on abuse. |
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Thursday, 10 December 2009 |
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He's fine
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By Vancouver Sun/ Agence France-Presse
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Because the time of the Vatican ’s Christmas Eve Mass has moved to 10PM, false rumors about the Holy Father’s health have circulated. |
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Will the “public-option” be out but abortion be in the Senate’s version of reform? |
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Pope Benedict XVI will preach in Westminster Hall, where Catholic martyrs including Sir Thomas More were condemned to die, when he visits England. |
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The latest effort by the bishops to protect life in the healthcare reform bill. |
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Pope Benedict and President Medvedev upgrade representation: Russia will open an embassy in Rome; the Vatican will reciprocate in Moscow. |
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Rep. Patrick Kennedy (D-RI) refuses comment on Bishop Tobin’s criticism and evokes the “spark of divinity” in all of us. |
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On World AIDS Day, we learn that 80 percent of the centers treating AIDS patients in India are Catholic institutions. |
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At Masses across the country, senior clergy speak out about the contents of the Murphy Report. |
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Most Americans want to be greeted with “Merry Christmas” not “Happy Holidays.” |
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The Cardinal explains how to read the Holy Father's letter to Chinese bishops. |
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Catholics in Vietnam remember their martyrs while Communist persecution of the Church continues. |
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“All that time I just literally dreamed of a better life . . .”
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Leaders of various religious groups have warned that they will commit civil disobedience if current legislation on issues like abortion and gay marriage interfere with the rights of conscience.
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The Bishop of Providence clarifies his communications with Rhode Island's Congressman Kennedy. |
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On Wednesday, the U.S. bishops meeting in Baltimore went into an executive session to discuss their oversight of the nation's Catholic colleges and universities. |
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The full text of the document on marriage in the divine plan passed by the U.S. bishops yesterday. |
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A new exhibition in Germany shows how the Nazis tried to expunge Jesus from their wintertime Julfest. |
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Persecuted Chinese Christians say Obama's visit is a test of his commitment to religious freedom, but they are pessimistic based on his previous lack of action. |
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Now there’s a holy-water dispenser that isn’t communal, but how will we feel about it after the H1N1 crisis passes? |
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A former Planned Parenthood clinic director is freed from the constraints her former employer sought to impose on her. |
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In case you were wondering, the Catholic bishops made a difference on abortion coverage in the healthcare bill. |
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Barack Obama tells 15,000 mourners at Fort Hood that no religious faith may justify the murderous attack by a Muslim U.S. Army officer on fellow soldiers last week, the president's first acknowle... |
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The Senate's abortion opponents seek tough restrictions in the healthcare overhaul bill, a move that could roil a shaky Democratic effort to pass President Obama's signature issue by year's end. |
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The Pontifical Council for Social Communications, the Vatican's office of media studies, speaks out on the growing incivility by Catholics on the Internet. |
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Illinois is finally able to enforce a parental notification law - after a decade of legal challenges. |
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Italy says it will challenge a ruling by the European Court of Human Rights banning the display of a Catholic crucifix at a state school. |
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Sources in Rome say JPII will be beatified soon, in 2010 at the latetst. |
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The University of Detroit Jesuit High School and Academy is the last Catholic college-prep school left in the city. |
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Religious leaders in Australia, looking at the experience of other nations, oppose a charter of rights. |
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