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White House puts on a colorful show for pope and thousands

WASHINGTON – Even some of the bishops were in the standing-room sections on the South Lawn of the White House waiting for Pope Benedict XVI to arrive.
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Priority on pain relief nothing new for Catholic palliative care teams

WASHINGTON – A new report from the Institute of Medicine declares that transforming the way pain relief is provided for Americans must become a national priority.
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Argentina gives traditionalist bishop 10 days to leave country

BUENOS AIRES, Argentina – The government of Argentina announced Feb. 19 that ultratraditionalist Bishop Richard Williamson had 10 days to leave the country or be expelled, news media reported.
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Waiting for the pope: Planning to chat with him about peace and cats

ANDREWS AIR FORCE BASE, Md. – Hundreds of military personnel and their families and dozens of students from a nearby Catholic high school perched on bleachers set up at the edge of the tarmac at Andrews Air Force Base to greet Pope Benedict XVI on his first U.S. visit as pope.
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Iraqi nun says her faith blossomed amid death, devastation of war

COLLEGE PARK, Ga. – Iraqi Sister Olga Yaqob grew up in a war-torn nation wondering if her country would ever see peace.
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Catholic legislators must protect life, pope tells Speaker Pelosi

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI met privately with U.S. Rep. Nancy Pelosi, speaker of the House of Representatives, and told her that all Catholics, especially those who are lawmakers, must work to protect human life at every stage.
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Priests, seminarians jazz up vocations fundraising with concert

While Father Louis Bianco is certainly in tune with parish life at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Homeland, where he serves as associate pastor, the priest is also instrumental in other ways.
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Catholic ex-warden works to end penalty she calls costly, ineffective

WASHINGTON – Jeanne Woodford looks forward to the day when no one will have to do what she did four times: plan and carry out an execution.
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Marking its 80th, Vatican celebrates its growth into nationhood

VATICAN CITY – The smallest nation in the world is celebrating a relatively young 80th birthday this year.
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John Carroll is poised for a repeat in 2008

The 2007 defending IAAM A Conference lacrosse champions, the John Carroll Patriots, are on a roll this spring, and their season just keeps getting better and better.
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Ethicists back proposed EU ban on patents for technology using embryos

LONDON – Twenty-five ethicists and lawyers from 11 European countries have stated their support for a proposed ban on patenting technologies derived from experiments on human embryos.
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