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Pope, USCCB president pray for victims of Egyptian mosque attack

Pope Francis led pilgrims in prayer for the victims of a bombing at a mosque in Egypt's northern Sinai region.
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Movie Review: ‘Justice League’

When it comes to repetitiously threatening the world with annihilation, Hollywood is almost as persistent as North Korean state media.  So the global danger looming over "Justice League" feels all-too-familiar.
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Pope meets generals after brief welcome by children in Myanmar

Greeted by two dozen children wearing traditional attire and by the nation's bishops, Pope Francis arrived in Myanmar Nov. 27 for a four-day visit.
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To experience one of the holiest Christian sites, head to Washington

In the nation's capital, a $15 museum ticket and pair of 3-D glasses is the passport Christian pilgrims and others need to experience what may be the holiest site in Christianity.
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Protection urged for migrants, refugees, other ‘vulnerable’ groups

As the nation made preparations to celebrate Thanksgiving Day, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops expressed gratitude for "the gift of immigrants and refugees to the country," but also appealed for their protection.
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Notre Dame allows third-party coverage of contraceptives in health plans

Questions and confusion continue to swirl around the University of Notre Dame's decision to allow the third-party administrators of its health plans to go on providing morally objectionable services to university employees, even though Notre Dame no longer is required by the government to do so.
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‘Invest in love,’ pope says on first World Day of the Poor

People have a basic choice in the way they live: either striving to build up treasures on earth or giving to others in order to gain heaven, Pope Francis said.
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Blessed Solanus lived out faith, hope, charity every day, says cardinal

A congregation of 66,000 people filled Ford Field, home of the NFL's Detroit Lions, which was transformed for the Mass beatifying Solanus Casey.
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Supreme Court to hear case on free speech and crisis pregnancy centers

The Supreme Court has decided to hear a case examining freedom of speech at crisis pregnancy centers.
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Movie Review: ‘Murder on the Orient Express’

A formidable list of actors, including Albert Finney, Peter Ustinov and David Suchet, have taken on the role of Agatha Christie's famed Belgian detective, Hercule Poirot.
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Mass is a time of silence and prayer, not idle chitchat, pope says

"The encounter with God is a living encounter," the pope said departing from his prepared remarks. "It is not an encounter of a museum, it is a living encounter. And we go to Mass, not a museum!"
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