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The U.S. abortion rate is down to its lowest level since the Supreme Court made abortion legal virtually on demand in 1973.

“They are bishops of this moment in the face of the needs of the church today,” said Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington.

Coats of arms hail from medieval days when the insignia on a shield or on a breastplate identified the knight carrying it.

Bishop-designate Brennan described St. Martin’s, where he has been longtime pastor, as “a true United Nations.”

In a gesture of closeness to those who lost loved ones following several devastating earthquakes, Pope Francis baptized 13 babies from central Italy.