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January 19, 2012

Will Pope Benedict’s encyclical take root? Only time will tell

WASHINGTON – Now that Pope Benedict XVI’s long-awaited social encyclical, “Caritas in Veritate” (“Charity in Truth”), has been released, a key question arises: Will the pope’s call to reform economic and social systems so they encompass broader moral values while focusing on human development be taken seriously by the world’s decision-makers?

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January 19, 2012

Effort to restore Mexico City policy with amendment to aid bill fails

WASHINGTON – A U.S. House committee’s refusal to let an amendment on restoring the Mexico City policy go to the floor of the chamber eliminated a chance for debate on “an issue of serious concern to many Americans,” said a Republican congressman from Arizona.

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January 19, 2012

Melanson’s pro-life legacy lives on

Paul Melanson was stopped at a red light when he heard a woman tapping at his car window.

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January 19, 2012

Nuns discuss Vatican visitation of US religious orders on NPR show

WASHINGTON – Mother Mary Quentin Sheridan, superior general of the Religious Sisters of Mercy in Michigan, said she sees nothing wrong with the Vatican checking in on women’s religious communities in the United States.

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January 19, 2012

Pope urges Mexico to respect life, praises abolition of death penalty

VATICAN CITY – Emphasizing the importance of protecting human life, Pope Benedict XVI congratulated the government of Mexico for its decision in 2005 to eliminate the death penalty.

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January 19, 2012

New Jersey parishioner collects sewing machines for poor in Africa

HILLSBOROUGH, N.J. – Clare S. Liptak is combining her Catholic faith with a love of sewing to help the poor in Africa stitch together a better life.

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January 19, 2012

Exclusive: Monsignor Tinder on the closing of Towson Catholic

Towson Catholic High School is closing after 87 years of operation. The school was founded and operated by Immaculate Conception parish. The pastor, Monsignor F. Dennis Tinder, announced the closure in a July 7 letter to families. A decline of more than 80 students and a deficit of $650,000 led to the decision.

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January 19, 2012

Pope discusses bioethics, G-8 summit with Obama at Vatican

VATICAN CITY – The church’s position on bioethical issues got marked attention during Pope Benedict XVI’s meeting with U.S. President Barack Obama July 10.

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January 19, 2012

Obama names geneticist Francis Collins to head NIH

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama has nominated Dr. Francis S. Collins, the former director of the National Human Genome Research Institute at the National Institutes of Health, to head the 27 institutes and centers that make up NIH.

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January 19, 2012

Hospitals to give up $155 billion over 10 years to fund health reform

WASHINGTON – The Catholic Health Association and other U.S. hospital groups have agreed to reduced Medicare and Medicaid reimbursements and other system reforms that will free up $155 billion over 10 years for health care reform.

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January 19, 2012

Presidents and popes: Obama is 12th U.S. president to visit Vatican

VATICAN CITY – When President Barack Obama steps into the pope’s private library in the Vatican July 10, he will become only the 12th U.S. president to do so.

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January 19, 2012

Faith, work, fun, friends

A grandmother was showing pictures to her little grandson. “This was grandmom when I was a little girl,” she said. The little boy looked at the picture, and looked at her. Looked back at the picture, and looked again at his grandmother and asked: “What happened?”

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