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EDMONTON, Alberta – Archbishop Richard Smith of Edmonton has banned “harmful gambling activities” by Catholic schools to raise funds, but he admitted it is likely to be years for the new policy to take effect.

The School of Pharmacy at College of Notre Dame of Maryland has been awarded candidate accreditation status from the Accreditation Council for Pharmacy Education (ACPE).

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican opposes the stoning of an Iranian woman convicted of adultery, but it does not intervene publicly in other nations’ “humanitarian” affairs, said the Vatican’s spokesman.

Father George J. Buettner, former associate pastor, social worker and tribunal advocate, died Sept. 4. He was 87.

DES MOINES, Iowa – Thieves electronically stole more than $600,000 from a Diocese of Des Moines bank account on two days in August, the diocese and the bank involved said.