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January 19, 2012

Rallies in Phoenix, across nation take aim at Arizona immigration law

PHOENIX – About 10,000 protesters rallied May 1 at the Arizona State Capitol to demonstrate against the state’s new immigration enforcement law. Bigger rallies took place the same day in states not affected by the law. In Los Angeles, an estimated 50,000 gathered, while a reported 20,000 assembled in Dallas. Two rallies took place in...
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Notre Dame Prep graduate found dead; fellow UVA student charged

NDP’s community was shocked by the death of Love, 22. School Sister of Notre Dame Patricia McCarron, headmistress of the school, called Love “a wonderful person,” who was “joyous” and “spirited.”
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Jubilarians celebrate special year

The following religious priests, sisters and brothers working in the Archdiocese of Baltimore are marking special anniversaries in the religious life:
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Questions about National Day of Prayer stir weeks of national debate

WASHINGTON – In the weeks since a Wisconsin federal judge ruled the National Day of Prayer unconstitutional, one thing has been certain: People have strong feelings both for and against prayer.
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Pope begins reform of Legionaries of Christ in wake of scandal

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI will name a personal delegate with authority over the Legionaries of Christ and a commission to study its constitutions, the first steps toward a profound reform of the order, the Vatican said.
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Pope calls Shroud of Turin ‘icon’ of Christ’s solidarity with humanity

TURIN, Italy – The Shroud of Turin is an icon of “the most radical solidarity”: Christ sharing the loneliest moment of human existence by lying in a tomb, Pope Benedict XVI said after he knelt in silent prayer before the linen cloth. The pope did not discuss the authenticity of the shroud as the cloth...
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Catholics in western India baffled by priest’s murder

NEW DELHI – Catholics in a western Indian diocese say they are baffled by the murder of a 74-year-old priest.
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Parents say media frenzy shouldn’t lead to fear of oversea adoptions

NASHVILLE, Tenn. – In the wake of the international media frenzy surrounding the story of a Tennessee woman who recently sent her 7-year-old adopted son back to Russia unaccompanied, Carrie Krenson of Nashville’s Cathedral of the Incarnation is eager to share her “boring old story” of adopting two children from Russia.
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Atlanta archbishop: Despite discouragement, it’s ‘high season’ for ecumenism

TAMPA, Fla. – Despite disappointment and discouragement voiced over the slower pace of ecumenical talks than in decades past, Atlanta Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory offered his view that it is “high season” for the ecumenical movement during an April 20 address in Tampa.
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Nigerian violence raised as concern by US religious freedom commission

WASHINGTON – Two recent outbreaks of violence that claimed nearly 1,000 lives in northern Nigeria show that the country’s political leaders are unable to effectively resolve conflicts that transcend both socio-economic and religious issues, said a U.S. government commission.
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Pro-life ‘freedom rides’ set to begin this summer in Birmingham

BIRMINGHAM, Ala. – Calling for an end to the nation’s “enslavement to legal abortion,” Father Frank Pavone of Priests for Life announced April 27 that a series of “freedom rides” for the unborn would begin this summer.
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Abandoning fetus alive after abortion was ‘barbaric,’ archbishop says

VATICAN CITY – The death of a fetus who survived an abortion but was wrapped in a sheet and left to die should shake people’s consciences, said Italian Archbishop Santo Marciano of Rossano.
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