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January 19, 2012

Media send unhealthy messages to women, says Catholic talk show host

ROME – A new book by a Catholic talk show host looks at how media and culture are sending unhealthy messages to women and how the church can fill the emotional and spiritual void left behind.
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In his homeland, pope to face growing secularism, some protests

VATICAN CITY – In the days leading to Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to his homeland Sept. 22-25, German media were asking whether the pope would feel at home in the country he left 30 years ago.
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Baltimore backs bishops’ aim to mobilize Catholics to guard consciences on contraception

WASHINGTON – The U.S. bishops are working to mobilize Catholics across the country to tell the Obama administration that contraception and sterilization do not constitute preventive care for women and must not be mandated as part of health reform.
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American Dream becoming unreachable for a larger segment of the country

WASHINGTON – Jon Proctor knows the road to self-sufficiency is a long one. It’s even longer when the weekly paycheck totals a little more than $200.
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Church and state: Why can’t they be friends?

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has made the dangers of secularism a major theme of his pontificate.
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Rio archbishop: World Youth Day to help Christians reconnect with faith

WASHINGTON – By sending World Youth Day back to Latin America, Pope Benedict XVI is calling the world’s attention to the region’s Christian past, said Archbishop Orani Tempesta of Rio de Janeiro, host city for the 2013 event.
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Priests for Life head is needed for work in Texas, Bishop Zurek says

WASHINGTON – Father Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, remains a priest in good standing in the Diocese of Amarillo, Texas, said Monsignor Harold Waldow, vicar for clergy in the diocese.
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Priests urged to preach about effects of poverty, job loss on families

WASHINGTON – The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is urging priests across the country to preach about “the terrible toll the current economic turmoil is taking on families and communities.”
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Police detain, threaten Mexican priest, activist, two migrants

MEXICO CITY – A Catholic priest in southeastern Mexico–- known for his outspoken defense of undocumented Central Americans arriving from neighboring Guatemala – was detained for several hours and threatened by soldiers and state police.
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‘Radically new and unprecedented attack on religious freedom’

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien is urging the Obama administration to back down from a pending health mandate that he believes violates the conscience rights of Catholic health care providers and others.
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Philadelphia Catholic high schools reopen after two-week strike

PHILADELPHIA - Students at 17 Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Philadelphia returned to their classrooms Sept. 20 after lay teachers ratified a three-year contract and ended a two-week strike.
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