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January 19, 2012

Archbishop Wenski first native son to head Miami Archdiocese

MIAMI - The deluge let up just as the festivities began. Two hours later, Archbishop Thomas G. Wenski emerged from St. Mary Cathedral into bright sunlight, having officially been installed as Miami’s fourth archbishop.

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January 19, 2012

Kingston Catholic leaders: Violence result of dependency, lawlessness

KINGSTON, Jamaica – The violence that shook Jamaica’s capital in late May stems from a combination of economic woes, drugs, corruption and the country’s history of power politics, said church leaders.

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January 19, 2012

A dissent to ‘church of the Times’

Occasionally, a guest contribution occupies this space. A recent column by Kenneth L. Woodward in the weekly Commonweal struck me as timely and insightful. Given its length, the second part of the article will appear next week.

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January 19, 2012

Musical notes: Vatican, Russian Orthodox try new path toward harmony

VATICAN CITY – The gentle notes of Sergei Rachmaninoff’s “Vocalise” wafted through the Vatican audience hall and carried with them hopes for improved relations between the Roman Catholic Church and the Russian Orthodox Church.

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January 19, 2012

As the pill marks its 50th year, promises remain unfulfilled

WASHINGTON – Fifty years ago this May, the Food and Drug Administration gave its approval for the use of a combination of the hormones progesterone and estrogen that the pharmaceutical company Searle said would prevent pregnancy 99.7 percent of the time.

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January 19, 2012

Arizona leaders push Congress, Justice, White House on immigration

WASHINGTON – A delegation of Arizona religious leaders made the rounds in Washington May 13, encouraging members of Congress to pass comprehensive immigration reform and discussing possible legal challenges to the state’s new immigration law with staff at the Justice Department and the White House.

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January 19, 2012

Catholic Review honored among the best in the Christian press

ARLINGTON, Va. – The Associated Church Press honored The Catholic Review May 8 with four awards for work in the 2009 “Best of the Christian Press” competition.

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January 19, 2012

Saint John’s Catholic Prep appoints new president

Gordon Oliver will become president of St. John’s Catholic Prep in Frederick, effective June 21

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January 19, 2012

Statue from Nagasaki, Japan, a poignant reminder of nuclear threat

NEW YORK – Archbishop Joseph Mitsuaki Takami of Nagasaki, Japan, was an unborn child in his mother’s womb on Aug. 9, 1945, when the second atomic bomb obliterated his hometown. The blast killed about 75,000 people and brought an end to World War II.

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January 19, 2012

Questions about National Day of Prayer stir weeks of national debate

WASHINGTON – In the weeks since a Wisconsin federal judge ruled the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional, one thing has been certain: People have strong feelings both for and against prayer.

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