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January 19, 2012

WYD organizers: Preparations are on track, minor problems need solved

MADRID – With a month to go before half a million young Catholics descend on Madrid, “there are an infinite number of small problems to solve,” said the executive director of World Youth Day 2011.
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Special report: Deep-rooted Polish faith faces secular challenge

WADOWICE, Poland – As pealing bells signaled the start of Mass in this small Polish village, the Sunday morning congregation overflowed at the Basilica of the Presentation of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Bishop Mazzolari of Rumbek, South Sudan, dies during Mass

RUMBEK, South Sudan – Italian-born Bishop Cesare Mazzolari, known for rebuilding church structures and communities in the Diocese of Rumbek, died July 16 while concelebrating Mass.
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Archbishop Chaput succeeds Cardinal Rigali; former Curley principal named Savannah bishop

WASHINGTON – Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput will succeed Cardinal Justin Rigali as archbishop of Philadelphia.
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Former Curley principal named Georgia bishop

Conventual Franciscan Father Gregory Hartmayer, principal of Archbishop Curley High School during the mid-1980s, has been named Bishop of the Diocese of Savannah in Georgia.
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Once in their shoes, man betters plight of neglected children

David Carberry turned a personal disappointment into ongoing volunteer efforts that benefit children and bring together adults who share a common past.
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Judges rule in favor of pro-life supporters

Federal courts have made two recent rulings in favor of pro-life supporters. United States District Court Judge Richard D. Bennett ruled July 12 in Baltimore that local police violated the constitutional rights of seven pro-life demonstrators who held graphic signs along a Maryland highway as part of a “Face the Truth” display in 2008.
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Report finds fewer priests celebrating more Masses at fewer parishes

WASHINGTON – More U.S. Catholics are attending Masses at fewer parishes staffed by a rapidly declining corps of priests, according to a new report on “The Changing Face of U.S. Catholic Parishes.”
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Priority on pain relief nothing new for Catholic palliative care teams

WASHINGTON – A new report from the Institute of Medicine declares that transforming the way pain relief is provided for Americans must become a national priority.
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New law says California schools must highlight gays’ contributions

SACRAMENTO, Calif. – California has become the first state in the nation to require its public school social studies texts to specifically include the role and contributions of lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans.
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Chinese officials ordain another bishop without papal approval

SHANTOU, China – Chinese officials ordained a bishop without papal mandate, just 10 days after the Holy See excommunicated another newly ordained bishop.
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What would Jesus do? Latin Americans look at extractive industries

LIMA, Peru – When Archbishop Pedro Barreto Jimeno of Huancayo first considered the high lead levels in the blood of children living in the Peruvian highland city of La Oroya, he asked himself, “What would Jesus do?”
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