February 27, 2012
A former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican and the president of The Catholic University of America were among 300 signers of a letter who called President Barack Obama's revision to a federal contraceptive mandate "unacceptable."
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February 27, 2012
Benedictine Father Andrew Britz, longtime editor of the Prairie Messenger, died Feb. 14 from a massive heart attack.
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February 27, 2012
Catholics are at risk of losing their connection to the land, according to a professor from the University of St. Thomas in St. Paul, Minn.
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February 27, 2012
Forty-two former Anglican priests from across the U.S. have officially begun their training to become Catholic priests.
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February 27, 2012
Organizers of Genfest 2012 are expecting 12,500 youths to participate in this summer's festival Aug. 31-Sept. 2 in Budapest, Hungary, followed by a six-day workshop in Rome.
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February 27, 2012
A Sudanese bishop said the world has forgotten people in his diocese, where thousands of people have sought shelter from a government bombing campaign and aid agencies cannot gain access.
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February 27, 2012
A "deeply intolerant" militant secularism is taking hold of Western societies, said a senior British government minister heading a delegation to the Vatican.
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February 27, 2012
The Diocese of Comayagua is working with prison authorities to try to help survivors of one of the world's deadliest prison fires.
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February 27, 2012
A sign in response to the violence in Syria is seen during a Feb. 11 Mass at a church in the West Bank town of Ramallah.
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February 20, 2012
President Barack Obama has outlined a plan that would allow religious employers not to offer free contraception and sterilization services to their employees but would compel insurance companies to do so.
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February 20, 2012
Led by Bishop Peter Jugis, Catholics in the Charlotte, N.C., Diocese have protested a newly-opened play for its "gravely offensive" portrayal of Mary as a lesbian and its mocking of the virgin birth.
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