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January 19, 2012

U.S. bishops’ pro-life official, other pro-life leaders honored

NATICK, Mass. – Richard P. Doerflinger, associate director of the U.S. bishops’ Office of Pro-Life Activities in Washington, was named one of six winners of the inaugural Life Prizes awarded by the Gerard Health Foundation in Natick.

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January 19, 2012

Pope begins Advent by asking Christians to be signs of hope

VATICAN CITY – In their prayers and through their actions in Advent, Christians are called to be signs of hope for a world marked by holiness and justice, Pope Benedict XVI said.

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January 19, 2012

Charities, parishes struggle to keep pace in slow economy

Not so long ago, Oredolapo Roberts lived in a four-bedroom house, owned a successful business and drove her kids around in a new Chevy Tahoe.

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January 19, 2012

No instructions needed on how to exercise vote

I am a Catholic who proudly voted for Barack Obama and the slots referendum, which will allow the Preakness to stay at Pimlico. The slots referendum passed in Allegany County, in spite of a letter in my church bulletin suggesting parishioners vote against it. I don’t need instructions from the church or the pulpit on...

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January 19, 2012

Weigel column distorted by ideological bias

George Weigel’s recent review of the presidential election (CR, Nov. 20) was most disappointing. Without examining the reasons why 54 percent of Catholics voted for Senator Obama or these voters’ views on abortion, Mr. Weigel nevertheless describes these voters as “stupid” and “mindless.” Mr. Weigel’s view of the facts is distorted by his ideological biases.

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January 19, 2012

Vatican confirms tentative plans for papal visit to Holy Land in 2009

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican has confirmed tentative plans for Pope Benedict XVI to visit the Holy Land in 2009.

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January 19, 2012

Vatican official says Galileo was a man of faith

ROME – Fourteen years after Pope John Paul II said the Catholic Church erred when it condemned the 17th-century astronomer Galileo Galilei, the Vatican secretary of state said the astronomer was “a man of faith” who recognized God as creator of the cosmos.

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January 19, 2012

FOCA’s effects seen as dire, but chance of it passing considered slim

WASHINGTON – About the only thing everyone with a stake in it is likely to agree on about the Freedom of Choice Act is that the legislation has languished in Congress for 20 years, only once rising – just barely – above the fate of hundreds of bills that are introduced each session and never...

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January 19, 2012

Papal product placement: Building credibility, boosting sales

VATICAN CITY – The pope is one of the most respected and admired figures in the world, and millions of people watch or attend his many public and televised events throughout the year.

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January 19, 2012

Opus Prize awarded to woman who helps child victims of war in Burundi

SEATTLE – A Catholic woman who has provided a safe haven for child victims of ethnic strife in Burundi has received the $1 million Opus Prize, billed as the world’s largest humanitarian award for social innovation.

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January 19, 2012

Domingo album features songs inspired by Pope John Paul II poems

VATICAN CITY – Famed operatic tenor Placido Domingo has recorded an album of songs inspired by the poems of the late Pope John Paul II.

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January 19, 2012

Scottish cardinal resigns as president of Catholic adoption agency

EDINBURGH, Scotland – A Scottish cardinal has resigned as president of a Catholic adoption agency that will comply with British law and consider same-sex couples as parents.

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