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Religion has unassuming role in Spain’s most-cherished sport

MADRID – On June 11, Spanish soccer fans will gather at Blessed Manuel Domingo Sol Catholic Church in Madrid to watch host nation South Africa play Mexico in the first game of the FIFA World Cup.
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Gaza incident shows more interreligious efforts needed, says panel

ROME - One year after U.S. President Barack Obama delivered a groundbreaking speech to the Muslim world, Vatican diplomats said that while there has been much progress in dialogue, much is left to do on the ground.
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BP gives $1 million to Archdiocese of New Orleans for oil spill relief

NEW ORLEANS – As millions of gallons of oil from an offshore rig explosion fouled hundreds of square miles in the Gulf of Mexico and advanced toward the Louisiana coastline, New Orleans Archbishop Gregory M. Aymond thanked BP for $1 million in emergency relief funds.
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Priests Don’t Grow on Trees

A bishop once related this true story. There was a certain diocese in the Midwest which received its new bishop. The first thing he did was to make this rule: “Every time I arrive in a parish to do a Confirmation, I would like for the pastor to have five young men, high school aged...
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Shroud exposition closes with more than 2 million pilgrims

VATICAN CITY – With the Shroud of Turin now carefully put away, church officials said that more than 2 million pilgrims had come to venerate the linen cloth in the six weeks it was on display.
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Aquilla keeps busy at Mount Carmel

It’s a rare day when Kelly Aquilla cannot be found somewhere on the campus Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Essex.
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Thai army, protesters foil bid to rescue women, children from conflict

BANGKOK – Anti-government protesters and the Thai army prevented a Catholic-run charity and other nongovernmental organizations from rescuing women and children trapped within a commercial district of central Bangkok as clashes between the two sides escalated.
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Williamsport parishioner plans pilgrimages far and near

While attending a friend’s funeral at St. Joseph’s Passionist Monastery a few years ago, Ron Doub was struck by the beauty of the historic Irvington church.
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St. Ambrose chosen for New American Academy model

As principal of St. Ambrose Catholic School, Pamela Sanders is ready to guide her institution into a new chapter.
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Immigrant church must lead the way on immigration reform, cardinal says

NEW YORK – Catholic leaders and universities should “come out of the shadows” and take a significant role in educating those who are ambivalent or undecided about the issue of comprehensive immigration reform, according to Cardinal Roger M. Mahony of Los Angeles.
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Archdiocese, business owner reach agreement on bus aid

The Archdiocese of Baltimore has reached an agreement with a businessman who will subsidize busses to schools that are receiving students from closing institutions.
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Pope receives copy of complete English translation of Roman Missal

VATICAN CITY – After nine years of work involving Vatican officials, English-speaking bishops around the world and hundreds of consultants, Pope Benedict XVI received a complete version of the English translation of the Roman Missal.
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