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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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Audit finds problems with San Diego parishes’ accounting

WASHINGTON – While much of an audit of the finances of the San Diego Diocese showed recordkeeping was above-board, it found some cases of parishes moving tens of thousands of dollars around at the time of bankruptcy filing – in ways that apparently violated diocesan policies.
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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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St. Ann parishioner donates kidney to father suffering from diabetes

One of the qualities that Pikesville resident Nia Wheeler has always admired about her father was his endless supply of energy. So, when his diabetes threatened to sap that oomph, the St. Ann, Baltimore, parishioner decided to furnish him with a healthy kidney.
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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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Tuitions on the rise for Catholic high schools

Twenty-one Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore experienced tuition increases for the 2007-08 school year, with guardians paying an average of $641.76 extra for their teenagers to enjoy the educational opportunities provided on those campuses.
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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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Catholic colleges’ spirit of service leads graduates to Peace Corps

WASHINGTON – Jesuit-run Georgetown University has created a culture that helps students understand that serving others and being committed to something larger than themselves is important in life, according to one school official.
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Bishops hope adultery charges don’t shift focus from crisis

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference said it hopes that allegations of adultery against Zimbabwean Archbishop Pius Ncube of Bulawayo will not divert attention from the political and economic crisis in Zimbabwe.
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