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January 19, 2012

Respect rights, religious freedom in Mideast, Maronite patriarch urges

NEW YORK – Unless Middle Eastern countries support religious freedom and respect human rights, the “Arab spring” movement will devolve into an “Arab winter,” said Maronite Patriarch Bechara Rai.

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January 19, 2012

Illinois bill seeks to allow Catholic Charities to continue adoptions

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A bill introduced in mid-October by an Illinois state senator seeks to allow state Catholic Charities agencies to continue their foster care and adoption services only to married couples and single individuals who are not living together.

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January 19, 2012

‘Ad limina’ change means not all bishops meet privately with pope

VATICAN CITY – In a quiet modification of a traditional format, the Vatican has dropped most of the individual private meetings between Pope Benedict XVI and bishops making their “ad limina” visits to Rome.

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January 19, 2012

Franciscans risk stoning to provide aid to poor along border fence

SUNLAND PARK, N.M. – The compact car lifted a trail of dust as it traveled slowly along the 18-foot-tall chain-link fence, attracting the attention of the U.S. Border Patrol agent sitting in his green and white SUV.

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January 19, 2012

Rural life conference calls for ‘new food system’ to guide agriculture

WASHINGTON – “No one should go hungry, wherever they live in the world,” said the National Catholic Rural Life Conference in the first of a six-part essay series in which it issued “a Catholic call for a new agriculture.”

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January 19, 2012

Boulder’s field of crosses moves faithful, shows abortion’s impact

BOULDER, Colo. – A pro-life project to build and display 3,300 crosses in memory of the number of babies aborted daily drew more than 80 willing participants at Sacred Heart of Mary Church in Boulder.

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January 19, 2012

Catechism said to immunize Catholic voters against political ‘spin’

NEW YORK – Catholic voters who seek objective facts, study issues carefully and consider the teachings of the church are well-equipped to weather the storms of negativity and partisan sniping associated with the upcoming elections, according to panelists at an Oct. 18 conference on “Keeping the Faith in a Season of Spin.”

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January 19, 2012

St. Isaac Jogues rejoices in renovations

CARNEY – When St. Isaac Jogues parishioners gathered for their church’s dedication Oct. 19, 1960, a dream began.

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January 19, 2012

Ordination, installation of new bishop fills Savannah cathedral

SAVANNAH, Ga. – With reverence, high ceremony, singing, prayer and applause, Conventual Franciscan father Gregory John Hartmayer was ordained and installed as the 14th bishop of Savannah.

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January 19, 2012

Catholics hail European court ruling on patents derived from embryos

LONDON – A leading Catholic bioethical institute has welcomed the decision of a European court to ban the patenting of any medical treatment derived from destructive experiments on human embryos.

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