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January 19, 2012

Father Byron was right about “the alternative”

I loved reading Father William Byron’s column, “Considering ‘the alternative” (CR, July 30). It is so true that most people fear “the alternative” when you ask them how they are doing, particularly if they have been sick. Like Father Bryon, I ask people, why do they think the alternative would be so bad? Surely we...
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January 19, 2012

Pope Benedict will find a Big Apple that remains city of immigrants

NEW YORK – On Super Bowl Sunday, most of Transfiguration Church in the Williamsburg section of Brooklyn had an answer for Father Tony Hernandez when he asked them where they’d be for the kickoff.
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January 19, 2012

Friars make 300-mile trek relying on trust in God, help of strangers

WASHINGTON – With an unflappable trust in God, six Franciscan friars set out on foot one morning from Roanoke, Va., on a trek that would take them 300 miles through the Virginia countryside to Washington.
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January 19, 2012

U.S. ambassador: Pope’s visit to be thought-provoking

ROME – The new U.S. ambassador to the Vatican said she expects Pope Benedict XVI’s upcoming visit to the United States to be a thought-provoking event for Catholics, non-Catholics and international representatives.
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January 19, 2012

British bishops say proposed EU directive could oppress Christians

LONDON – Britain’s Catholic bishops have said a proposed European Union equality directive could force Christians to act against their consciences.
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January 19, 2012

Pope: Death of Iraqi archbishop ‘act of inhuman violence’

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI called the kidnapping and death of an Iraqi archbishop “an act of inhuman violence that offends the dignity of the human being and seriously harms the ... coexistence among the beloved Iraqi people.”
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January 19, 2012

Portland doctor saves wounded soldiers’ lives with bandage he created

PORTLAND, Ore. – He rebuilds the blown-up and regenerates the maimed.
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January 19, 2012

Pakistan blast kills more than 20, damages Catholic buildings

LAHORE, Pakistan – A massive suicide bomb targeting a government building killed 23 people and badly damaged Catholic buildings in Lahore.
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January 19, 2012

Mexico jails alleged cartel gunman implicated in cardinal’s murder

MEXICO CITY - An alleged drug-cartel gunman implicated in the 1993 murder of Cardinal Juan Posadas Ocampo of Guadalajara, Mexico, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after being found guilty of weapons-related offenses.
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January 19, 2012

Priest says Ireland losing its faith, needs to be evangelized

DETROIT -- Just as St. Patrick evangelized Ireland in the fifth century, an Irish priest studying in Detroit says the Irish of the 21st century now need the new evangelization called for by the late Pope John Paul II.
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January 19, 2012

To pope, humans more than just ‘units’ to be used, says ethicist

WASHINGTON – Pope Benedict XVI “has a vision of the human person that transcends seeing us as economic units or raw units to be used for biotechnical development,” said John Haas, president of the National Catholic Bioethics Center in Philadelphia.
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January 19, 2012

Archbishop O’Brien celebrates Mass at St. Mary’s Seminary

Calling it the “main preoccupation” of the seminary to “create priests after the heart of Christ,” Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien celebrated Mass with the board of trustees, seminarians, administrators and members of the St. Mary’s Seminary community in Roland Park, March 3.
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