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January 19, 2012

Gallup finds two-thirds see religion’s influence on the decline

WASHINGTON – Two-thirds of Americans see religion as having a declining influence on U.S. society, marking one of the lowest ratings in the five decades since the Gallup Poll first began asking the question.

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January 19, 2012

New York parish sends chalice home with families to pray for priests

FARMINGDALE, N.Y. – Parishioners of St. Kilian Church in Farmingdale not only pray for vocations at every Mass, they take their petitions home with them.

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January 19, 2012

Obama, Mexican president both urged to care for migrants

WASHINGTON – More than a week before he was to take office, President-elect Barack Obama met with Mexican President Felipe Calderon, prompting advice and recommendations about how the two leaders’ governments should be handling immigration, among other matters.

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January 19, 2012

Religious life through the centuries

From the days of the ancient desert monks to new forms of community today, religious life has always responded to the challenges of the times. Here’s a sampling of the major moments in the history of religious life.

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January 19, 2012

The Catholic press reflected Maryland disdain for Lincoln

With the 200th anniversary of his birth on Feb. 12 neatly following the inauguration of Barack Obama, the nation’s first black president, Abraham Lincoln remains very much in the public eye.

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January 19, 2012

General Assembly opens session

Mary Ellen Russell is in for a baptism by fire in her inaugural year as executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference.

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January 19, 2012

Collection for Latin America helping the church grow in Cuba, beyond

WASHINGTON – After nearly 50 years when religious practice was discouraged by the communist government, Catholic bishops in Cuba these days are looking for support from U.S. Catholics to “try to bring back peoples’ religious memory,” as one bishop put it.

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January 19, 2012

Spain’s atheists continue other countries’ ad campaigns on buses

MADRID, Spain – Catholic and religious leaders have denounced slogans questioning the existence of God planned for buses in Barcelona and other Spanish cities.

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January 19, 2012

Notre Dame professor instrumental in Catholic-Jewish relations dies

WASHINGTON – U.S. Catholic leaders are mourning the loss of Rabbi Michael Alan Signer, an important figure in Jewish-Catholic relations and a professor at the University of Notre Dame who died Jan. 10 after a long battle with pancreatic cancer.

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January 19, 2012

Drew DeCoursey, author of book on defense of life, dies at 74

CEDAR KNOLLS, N.J. – A funeral Mass was celebrated Jan. 7 at Notre Dame of Mount Carmel Church in Cedar Knolls for Andrew “Drew” DeCoursey, who died Jan. 2. He was 74 and had been fighting prostate cancer since 1989.

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January 19, 2012

Cardinal Laghi, former nuncio to U.S., dies at 86

VATICAN CITY – Italian Cardinal Pio Laghi, a former Vatican nuncio to the United States who tried to convince President George W. Bush not to invade Iraq in 2003, died Jan. 10 at the age of 86.

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January 19, 2012

Pope baptizes infants, emphasizes parents’ formation role

VATICAN CITY – In an annual liturgy, Pope Benedict XVI baptized 13 infants and emphasized the duty of parents and godparents to educate them in the faith.

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