August 17 2009

17-Aug-2009

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  1. L'Osservatore article blames US, Britain over Holocaust  

    17-Aug-2009

    A L'Osservatore Romano article says the US and British governments knew in detail of Hitler's plan to exterminate European Jews during World War II but failed to act for many months and even suppressed reports on the extent of the Holocaust.

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  2. LA ex-priest to testify before federal grand jury  

    17-Aug-2009

    Former Los Angeles priest, Michael Baker, who is in prison after pleading guilty to molesting two boys, has been called to testify before a federal grand jury investigating how the Archdiocese of Los Angeles handled claims of abuse, reports say.

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  3. Fourteen Miami churches to close  

    17-Aug-2009

    Fourteen Catholic churches - most in some of South Florida's poorest urban areas - will be closed and members sent elsewhere, the Archdiocese of Miami has announced.

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  4. Hot August nights - at the Vatican  

    17-Aug-2009

    The Vatican museums will stay open late on Fridays during September andOctober, allowing visitors the evening hours view of exhibits,paintings, and frescoes of world-renown.

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  5. Pope invites 400,000 priests to Rome  

    17-Aug-2009

    The Vatican Congregation for the Clergy has announced that Pope Benedict plans to close the Year for Priests by inviting every Catholic priest to join him in Rome from June 9-11 2010.

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  6. World War II soldier buried at last  

    17-Aug-2009

    World War II Staff Sergeant James B. Moore, who was killed in New Guinea in 1943, is home at last in Massachusetts where his body was buried last week.

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  7. Regulars

  8. Opinion - O'Malley remembers Eunice Shriver  

    17-Aug-2009

    [Last week] I went to Our Lady of Victory Church in Centerville and there presided over the reception of the body of Eunice Kennedy Shriver in an intimate ceremony with the pastor, Father Mark Hession, and the members of the Kennedy and Shriver families. - Cardinal Sean O'Malley @ Cardinal Sean's Blog

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  9. Feature - Gingrich why?  

    17-Aug-2009

    Visitors to the Basilica of the National Shrine in northeast Washington often do a double take when they see Newt Gingrich and his familiar shock of white hair slip into a pew for the noon Mass on Sundays. The former Speaker of the House is known for many things, but religious zeal is not one of them. Gingrich's spiritual awakening has struck more than a few political observers as a bit of positioning for the GOP nomination in 2012. - Amy Sullivan @ Time

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  10. Featured Website - USCCB Health  

    17-Aug-2009

    The USCCB has established a special website in which it sets out its policy on the controversial topic of health care reform. - www.usccb.org/healthcare

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  11. Multimedia - Karen Armstrong on religion and harmony  

    17-Aug-2009

    People want to be religious, says religious scholar Karen Armstrong, and we should act to help make religion a force for harmony. - Karen Armstrong talks to the TED commmunity @ YouTube

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