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Giving trees at Catholic churches bring joy to the needy
Catholic churches in the Boston area are giving back this holiday season. Following a decades-old tradition, parishes around the region collect…
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Irish ancestral records available online for free
BOSTON (AP) – Just in time for St. Patrick's Day, genealogical research website Ancestry.com is making 10 million Catholic parish…
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Cardinal O’Malley: clergy have responsibility to report abuse
VATICAN CITY (RNS) – Catholic clergy have a "moral and ethical responsibility" to report sexual abuse, the cardinal tasked with reforming…
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Pope in Mexico condemns drug trade’s ‘dealers of death’
ECATEPEC, Mexico (AP) — Pope Francis condemned the drug trade's "dealers of death" and urged Mexicans to shun the…
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Pro-life movement draws from humanitarian, liberal views
Few Americans may realize that the fight to protect unborn children began long before Roe v. Wade, the 1973 U.S. Supreme…
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Finding nuance in Vatican’s Jewish-Catholic relations ‘Reflection’
Following the Vatican's recent release of its latest document on Jewish-Christian relations, the takeaways for most mainstream media were…
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Pope approves miracle for Mother Teresa’s canonization
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis has signed off on the miracle needed to make Mother Teresa a saint, giving the nun who…
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LA Film Critics pick ‘Spotlight’ as best film
LOS ANGELES (AP) — The Los Angeles Film Critics Association has named "Spotlight," which chronicles The Boston Globe's Pulitzer…
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In Australia, bishops face legal complaint for defending marriage
Sydney, Australia (CNA/EWTN News) — The Sydney archbishop has strongly defended the freedom of the Catholic Church in response to a legal…
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Catholic bishops tout abortion, marriage as key election issues
BALTIMORE — U.S. Roman Catholic bishops issued an election-year guide stressing a moral imperative to evaluate candidates according to their position…
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Catholics organize to oppose assisted suicide measure
Should physician-assisted suicide be legal in Massachusetts? Some say the measure helps people seeking to avoid a painful death, others believe…
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Five takeaways from Vatican synod
VATICAN CITY – The most significant and contested gathering of Roman Catholic bishops in the last 50 years formally ended on Sunday (Oct.…
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Pope speeds up, simplifies process for marriage annulments
Written by Nicole Winfield VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis radically reformed the Catholic Church's process for annulling marriages Tuesday, allowing…
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Congress prepares for visit of Pope Francis
Written by Andrew Taylor WASHINGTON (AP) — A political pope is sure to seize his opportunity when he addresses a political body. So…
