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Containers of school supplies ready to ship to Haiti

As part of a relief and response plan to victims of the devastating storms this fall,
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The Fourth Wise Man

It was only 10 days before Christmas and I had not yet had an opportunity to take a photo for our annual Christmas card, which always featured my son in a themed photo. This year he had wanted to be a king for Halloween so I had made him a costume that was quite magnificent...
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Families asked to pray for cause of Father Peyton

As the 100th anniversary of the birth of the late Father Patrick Peyton nears, Holy Cross Family Ministries in Easton, Mass., is conducting a year-long celebration of the anniversary with the theme “Honor his memory. Continue his mission,” and urging families to remember his cause for beatification.
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Parishes celebrate anniversaries

The following parishes are celebrating anniversaries of 125, 150 and 175 years in 2009.
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Consider the need in our midst

Our country is faced with a crisis that’s affecting people of every race, and religion. Whether they are Catholics or not, they are human beings made in the image of God. If you consider yourself a true Catholic or a concerned individual, I suggest you turn your attention to our brothers and sisters who are...
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Number of Catholics in Congress edging up; more are Democrats

WASHINGTON – The number of Catholic members of Congress is slowly creeping higher, but the Catholic contingent, like the full Congress itself, has taken a decided turn toward the Democratic Party.
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Screening for colorectal cancer can make a difference

A few years ago, two medical displays were featured in Minnesota’s Mall of America on the same day.
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San Francisco chapel is setting for national TV Christmas special

SAN FRANCISCO – A one-hour television Christmas special set at the Porziuncola Chapel Shrine at the National Shrine of St. Francis of Assisi in San Francisco was taped Dec. 9 and 10 and was to be distributed to ABC affiliates nationally for broadcast at their discretion Christmas Eve, Dec. 24.
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U.S. group calls Iraq one of the worst violators of religious freedom

WASHINGTON – A U.S. watchdog group monitoring international religious freedom said Iraq should be named one of the world’s worst violators of religious freedom.
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Don’t hide behind ‘Catholicism Lite’

No matter how many words are awkwardly assembled, or how many wishful wands of “Catholicism Lite” are waved about, the Obama position on abortion is simply, undeniably, genocide of the unborn helpless, the least among us.
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Church opposes considering homosexuality a crime, spokesman says

VATICAN CITY – A Vatican spokesman said the Catholic Church is clearly against considering homosexuality a crime, but is wary of international declarations that use the issue to promote a political agenda based on sexual orientation.
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