April 14 2009

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  1. Pittsburgh priest kills parishioner in car accident  

    14-Apr-2009

    Retired priest, Fr Elmer Kacinko, who assisted at St Maurice Church in Forest Hills near Pittsburgh, is in shock and need of prayers witnesses said he drove into a group of churchgoers following a Good Friday service, killing an elderly woman and injuring four other people.

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  2. Boston Caritas Christi workers vote to join union  

    14-Apr-2009

    In a vote described as "historic", healthcare workers at Boston's St Elizabeth's Medical Center, the largest medical center in the Caritas Christi Health Care chain, have voted to join 1199SEIU United Healthcare Workers East.

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  3. Paraguayan president admits paternity  

    14-Apr-2009

    Paraguayan President Fernando Lugo has admitted that he is the father of a child conceived while he was still a Catholic bishop.

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  4. Angels pitcher dead at 22  

    14-Apr-2009

    Maryland parishioners, Jim and Connie Adenhart, spent an hour in prayer at St Augustine's, Williamsport, after learning of the death of their grandson rookie Los Angeles Angels pitcher, Nick Adenhart, after a van ran a red light in a California accident.

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  5. 'Urgent to rediscover hope': Pope's Easter message  

    14-Apr-2009

    Although Christ has broken death's stranglehold over mankind, "far too many signs" of death's dominion remain today and it is "urgent to rediscover grounds for hope," Pope Benedict said in his Easter message to the world.

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  6. Gibsons to divorce  

    14-Apr-2009

    Robyn Gibson has filed for divorce from her actor husband, Mel Gibson, citing irreconcilable differences after 28 years of marriage.

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  7. Regulars

  8. Feature - No Zombie Jesus: The Vatican and Roger Haight  

    14-Apr-2009

    A colleague at Union, Sarosh Koshy, described the Church as a ship and the theologian as one who periodically has to get out of the ship and push it off a sandbar. Sometimes in order to do this, the theologian gets left behind. Such is the case, at the moment, with Haight. But considering the impact of his work, I do not think he is lonely on that sandbar. Not with so many of us trying to join him. - Doctoral student Jeremy Kirk @ Religion and Theology

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  9. Featured Website - Vatican Friends  

    14-Apr-2009

    Vatican Friends is an international multi-lingual Catholic friendship community. Its goal is "to promote and strengthen friendship between Catholics all over the world." The site has a strong emphasis on loyalty to the Church and the Pope.

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  10. Opinion - Dolan seeks to restore pride  

    14-Apr-2009

    Incoming New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan has said he wants to restore pride in being Catholic, especially given the damage the church endured in the clergy sex abuse scandal, which he called a continuing source of shame. - Associated Press interview @ USA Today

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  11. Multimedia - Installation of Archbishop Dolan  

    14-Apr-2009

    CatholicTV.com will broadcast tonight's Solemn Vespers and tomorrow's Installation Mass for New York Archbishop Timothy Dolan. - www.catholictv.com

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