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USCCB’s Richard Doerflinger to receive inaugural Notre Dame life medal

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Richard Doerflinger, associate director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Secretariat for Pro-Life Activities, will be the first recipient of a new University of Notre Dame award designed to honor “outstanding efforts to proclaim the Gospel of life.”
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Web offers spiritual nourishment

The World Wide Web is full of sites that prey on human weakness. Yet there are also plenty of spiritually nourishing sites that help users grow in their faith or spend time in prayer or meditation.
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Faith groups urge U.S. restore habeas corpus for noncitizen detainees

WASHINGTON – A host of Catholic organizations have joined similar Protestant, Jewish and Muslim groups in a coalition to urge a reversal of one part of last year’s Military Commissions Act that eliminates habeas corpus for noncitizens held in custody.
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Bishop rejects claim that Northern Ireland’s Catholic schools divisive

DUBLIN – A bishop in Northern Ireland has rejected a claim that Catholic schools represent a “benign form of apartheid.”
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Sisters of St. Francis celebrate jubilees

On June 22, more than 250 members of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia gathered in Our Lady of Angels Chapel in Aston, Pa., to celebrate the lives and service of 34 jubilarians.
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Diocese continues push for amendment to abuse-related legislation

UPDATED WILMINGTON, Del. (CNS) -- A bill that eliminates Delaware's statute of limitations for civil suits in child sexual abuse cases and opens a two-year window for courts to hear old claims previously barred by the time limit is headed to the governor's desk after unanimous approval in the state House and Senate.
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Updated: CEO denies health reform prompted possible sale of Catholic hospitals

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The head of a Catholic health system has denied reports that the decision to put three hospitals in northeastern Pennsylvania up for sale was a result of the health care reform bill passed in March.
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Knights renew commitment to speaking out against anti-life lawmakers

QUEBEC CITY – The Knights of Columbus adopted resolutions Aug. 7 at their 126th annual convention in Quebec City renewing their commitment to speak out against elected government representatives who challenge life from conception to natural death.
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Archdiocese will not close any elementary schools this year

CHICAGO – All 217 Catholic elementary schools in the Archdiocese of Chicago will remain open for the 2007-08 school year.
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Baltimorean among five pleading not guilty to charges from anti-nuclear weapons protest

WASHINGTON – Five longtime peace activists pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court to a series of federal charges stemming from an All Souls’ Day demonstration last year at a U.S. Navy nuclear weapons storage depot in Bangor, Wash.
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Catholic philanthropies give post-Katrina aid to women religious

WASHINGTON – Catholic philanthropies have delivered a big shot in the arm to eight New Orleans congregations of women religious still suffering from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Cardinal Keeler undergoes surgery

Shortly after undergoing brain surgery at The Johns Hopkins Hospital, Baltimore, June 18, Cardinal William H. Keeler was cracking jokes with a family member, a sign the procedure went well, officials from the Archdiocese of Baltimore said. Deacon Rod Mortel, director of the Office of the Propagation of the Faith for the Archdiocese of Baltimore,...
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