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Predator priests paid to pray for unsuspecting families
(WLS) Roman Catholic priests who are sex abusers are being paid to handle prayer requests from unsuspecting families. For...
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Cleanup of Bridgeport, Conn., diocese begins in earnest
(NCR) The bishop-free and oft-scandal-ridden Bridgeport, Conn., diocese announced it has offered retirement buyouts to 60...
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Archbishop Presses Cuomo Over Abortion
(NY Times) Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan declined on Tuesday to say whether Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo was “a Catholic in good standing,”...
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Deal reached in Catholic lawsuit
Bishop Robert Finn of Kansas City-St. Joseph, Mo., has become the first U.S. bishop to be charged with failing to report...
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N.Y. matriarch moves closer to sainthood
(USA Today) Nearly a century after her death, the founder of a religious order dedicated to caring for people with incurable...
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Alvare talk on women, religious freedom, draws hundreds to seminary
(CatholicPhilly.com) Approximately 240 people came to hear the lecture of noted Catholic speaker Helen Alvare May 14 at St....
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US bishops announce 2nd Fortnight for Freedom
(Catholic Culture) The United States Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB) has announced that the second annual Fortnight...
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Black clergy call for abortion investigations, chastise NAACP, CBC for ignoring life issue
(The Daily Caller) More than two dozen African-American religious leaders and pro-lifers from across the country gathered...
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LA clergy abuse suit delayed to consolidate cases
(AP) A Los Angeles judge has postponed the trial of a lawsuit involving a fugitive priest, possibly until next year, so that...
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‘Hipster Jesus’ ad campaign: Trying too hard?
(Global Post) A new advertising campaign by the Roman Catholic Diocese of Brooklyn labeling Jesus as “The Original Hipster”...



