News
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26-Aug-2009
US Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsberg has denied a request by the Diocese of Bridgeport to keep court files on clergy sex abuse cases sealed until the court decides whether to take up their case in the fall.
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26-Aug-2009
Denver Archbishop Charles Chaput has accused British Catholic paper, The Tablet, of displaying "unhelpful and badly informed opinions" on American domestic issues and misrepresenting Catholic teaching on abortion.
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26-Aug-2009
The father of a priest abuse victim has called on the Catholic Church to be more transparent about possible abuse in its parishes.
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26-Aug-2009
The Vatican and Italian bishops are urging authorities to guarantee rescue, medical help and respect to migrants, following a recent case of more than 70 deaths, from hunger and thirst, of Eritrean migrants trying to reach Europe from North Africa.
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26-Aug-2009
Addressing a gathering for former Boston Archdiocese staffer, Jean Marchant, who says she was "ordained" four years ago, Fr Roy Bourgeois slammed the Church's failure to ordain women as a "scandal" and "spiritual violence".
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26-Aug-2009
Sen. Edward Moore Kennedy, the youngest of the political Kennedy brothers, has died at age 77 shortly after receiving the anointing of the sick.
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Regulars
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26-Aug-2009
As summer plays itself out on the beautiful campus by the lake where the young Holy Cross priest, Edward Sorin, C.S.C., pitched his camp 177 years ago and began his great adventure, we must clarify the situation that so sundered the church last spring: What it is all about and what it is not about. - Bishop John D'Arcy @ America Magazine
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26-Aug-2009
With well over 2 million visitors the Shround of Turin website would be one of the most viewed Catholic websites in cyberspace. The site contains the latest news and information about the Shroud, including its upcoming public exhibitions. - www.shroud.com
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26-Aug-2009
I did a news search in Google for "catholic" and "health care." Here were the top headlines: "Catholics Step Up Fight Against ‘Unacceptable' Healthcare Bill", "Catholic Bishops Tell House: Health-Care Bill is ‘Unacceptable'", "Guard against a stealth mandate for abortion". There is way too much heat and way too little light in this health care debate. And the Catholic Church, sadly, is mostly making heat. - Phil Fox Rose
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26-Aug-2009
A two-hour National Geographic documentary 'In the Womb' is now available on YouTube in 9 parts. Originally aired in 2005, the documentary used revolutionary techniques in computer imaging and 4-D ultrasounds to present stunning images of the developing embryo, taking viewers through the amazing journey of the unborn baby from conception to birth. - Lifesite News
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