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January 19, 2012

Judge stops federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research

WASHINGTON – A federal judge ruled Aug. 23 that the Obama administration’s guidelines for funding embryonic stem-cell research violate federal law and stopped such funding while a lawsuit against it continues.

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January 19, 2012

Impact of Mother Teresa’s work, prayer still felt 13 years after death

WASHINGTON – Thirteen years after her death, the impact of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta’s work and prayer is still felt around the world.

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January 19, 2012

Bishop Madden observes halting progress in Haiti

Whether it was local citizens using wheelbarrows to haul off rubble or holding an umbrella to protect the body and blood of Christ at Mass during a downpour that broke through a tent, there is much about the spirit of the Haitian people that inspires Bishop Denis J. Madden.

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January 19, 2012

Nashville priest apologizes for comments challenging church teachings

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In letters to Pope Benedict XVI and to St. Edward Parish in Nashville, Father Joe Pat Breen has retracted and apologized for statements made in an Internet video and subsequent media interviews that Catholics are not obligated to follow teachings of the Catholic Church as defined by the pope and bishops.

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January 19, 2012

Blakefield bone marrow drive draws more than 750

When Loyola Blakefield mothers and supporters organized a bone marrow drive at the school Aug. 17, they hoped 500 people would come for cheek-swab testing.

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January 19, 2012

Cardinal urges House to support permanent ban on federal abortion funds

WASHINGTON – The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities is urging members of the U.S. House of Representatives to support proposed legislation that would permanently forbid federal funding of abortion.

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January 19, 2012

Pope calls for greater tolerance as Gypsies are deported from France

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – As France continues its campaign to repatriate foreign-born Gypsies, Pope Benedict XVI called for greater acceptance of cultural differences and urged parents to teach their children tolerance.

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January 19, 2012

New York mosque controversy echoes anti-Catholicism of another era

WASHINGTON – The controversy over plans to build an Islamic cultural center and mosque a couple of blocks away from ground zero in New York is but the latest manifestation of a historic cycle of distrust of immigrants - and their faith.

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January 19, 2012

U.S. must leave behind peace, security as troops exit, says Iraqi bishop

VATICAN CITY – The United States has a duty to leave behind peace, not chaos, when troops are finally withdrawn from Iraq, said an Iraqi bishop.

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January 19, 2012

Worshippers at Spanish-language Masses in U.S. won’t use new missal yet

WASHINGTON – Although the third edition of the Roman Missal will become standard at English-language Masses in the United States beginning in Advent 2011, those participating in Spanish-language Masses here will have to wait a little longer for a new translation.

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January 19, 2012

Bishops ‘horrified’ at intimidation tactics in South African strike

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – The Southern African Catholic Bishops’ Conference said it was horrified at the intimidation of doctors and teachers by striking protesters and at the neglect of patients and pupils during an intensifying public sector strike.

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January 19, 2012

Bishop asks for prayers he’ll be ‘good shepherd after heart of Jesus’

HARRISBURG, Pa. – When Bishop Joseph P. McFadden entered St. Patrick Cathedral Aug. 18, he also entered the hearts of the people of the Diocese of Harrisburg, and asked for their prayers.

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