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News Briefs: December 9, 2018
Forum explores alternatives to use of fetal tissue in medical research WASHINGTON (CNS) — Alternatives to the use of fetal tissue from abortions are already plentiful, asserted one speaker at […]
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Canadian Church using new French translation of Our Father
By Philippe Vaillancourt QUEBEC CITY (CNS) — French-speaking Canadians will begin using a new translation of the Our Father Dec. 2. The passage “lead us not into temptation” — that formerly […]
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News Briefs: December 2, 2018
Catholics in California join effort to consecrate state to Mary SAN DIEGO (CNS) — An effort is underway to consecrate California to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, and all California […]
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CDC report shows continued decline in U.S. abortion rate
WASHINGTON (CNS) — The abortion rate in the United States continues to decline, as do the number of abortions overall, according to a report issued Nov. 21 by the federal […]
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News Briefs: November 25, 2018
Summer’s Encuentro a ‘balm for the wounded,’ says archbishop BALTIMORE (CNS) — San Antonio Archbishop Gustavo Garcia-Siller said on the last day of the fall meeting of U.S. bishops in […]
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Bishops hear frank presentations, discussion on abuse crisis
BALTIMORE (CNS) — Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo of Galveston-Houston, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, said Nov. 14 he had opened the bishops’ fall general assembly “expressing some […]
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Army of volunteers provides turkey, all the trimmings for those in need
By Ann M. Augherton ARLINGTON, Va. (CNS) — Picture the first Thanksgiving: a community coming together, one person bringing the fowl, another the bread, others sharing the fruits of their […]
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Pope offers prayers for victims of wildfires; death toll climbs
SACRAMENTO, Calif. (CNS) — Cal Fire officials reported that the death toll had reached 77 in the Camp Fire north of Sacramento, one of the deadliest blazes in the state. […]
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News Briefs: November 18, 2018
Archbishop Gomez: ‘Pray hard’ for all affected by Calif. shooting LOS ANGELES (CNS) — After a shooting spree late Nov. 7 at a country-music bar in Thousand Oaks, about 40 […]
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Church leaders hope World Youth Day strengthens parishes
By Manuel Rueda PANAMA CITY (CNS) — The Church of Christ the Redeemer was built with Panama’s hot and humid weather in mind. There are no walls on the building. […]
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Mass, ceremony mark 100th anniversary of World War I’s end
By Richard Szczepanowski WASHINGTON (CNS) — With a solemn Mass, the mournful toll of bells, and patriotic songs and poems, more than 300 gathered at the St. John Paul II National […]
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Authors offer faith-filled ways to deal with process of grieving
By Daniel Mulhall “Winter of the Heart: Finding Your Way Through the Mystery of Grief” by Paula D’Arcy. Ave Maria Press (Notre Dame, Indiana, 2018). 50 pp., $6.95. “Bruised and Wounded: […]