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Members of Congress urge Obama to maintain conscience protection

WASHINGTON – Two members of Congress have called on President Barack Obama to make good on something he said in his May 17 speech to University of Notre Dame graduates, namely that he wished to “honor the conscience of those who disagree with abortion.”
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Forum looks at Catholic role in economic empowerment

UNITED NATIONS – A March 7 forum co-sponsored by the Vatican’s Permanent Observer Mission to the United Nations looked at the issues involved in the economic empowerment of women and the role Catholic organizations play in helping women have a better financial footing.
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Commonwealth to lift law banning monarchs from marrying Catholics

MANCHESTER, England – The law that bans a British monarch from marrying a Catholic is to be lifted after more than 300 years.
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Pay closer attention to example of Jesus

In his book, “Jesus before Christianity,” Father Albert Nolan, currently provincial for the South African Province of the Dominicans, says that “there is no mistaking the two quite different ways in which power and authority are understood and exercised. It is the difference between domination and service.”
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Respect Life group holds afternoon dedicated to chastity

When mothers and daughters gathered together for a fashion show at St. John’s Portico, they were just as concerned with inner beauty as outer beauty.
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Priests overjoyed and humbled by monsignor honors from pope

Pope Benedict XVI has recognized the stellar ministry of three priests of the Archdiocese of Baltimore by conferring the title “monsignor” on two of them and raising a previously named monsignor to the highest rank of monsignor.
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On plane to Rome, pope says he found desire for peace in Holy Land

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO ROME – Flying back to Rome after a pilgrimage to the Holy Land, Pope Benedict XVI offered an instant analysis of his eight-day trip.
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From sailing to soccer, Cavs participate in college signings

While the NCAA and local and national media tend to focus upon specific signing dates for specific sports, Archbishop Spalding, Severn, found a date that drew the most student-athletes, recognizing all sports and all levels of collegian participation.
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Vatican document calls for global authority to regulate markets

VATICAN CITY - A Vatican document called for the gradual creation of a world political authority with broad powers to regulate financial markets and rein in the “inequalities and distortions of capitalist development.”
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Pope visits place of Jesus’ birth, Bethlehem children’s hospital

BETHLEHEM, West Bank – Pope Benedict XVI knelt in prayer at the spot where tradition holds Jesus was born, then went to a Catholic children’s hospital, where he held an infant boy named Elias in his arms.
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Cuban exiles not optimistic about change in leadership

MIAMI – Pardon the yawn, but that is how Cubans in Florida reacted to the news of Fidel Castro’s resignation as president of Cuba. “It’s a different dog with the same fleas,” said Monsignor Pedro Luis Perez, pastor of San Lazaro Parish in Hialeah, using a colloquial Spanish saying, “Es el mismo perro con otro...
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A place for us

“There’s a place for us, somewhere a place for us. Peace and quiet and open air wait for us somewhere.”
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