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January 19, 2012

Don’t abandon God because of ‘attacks of evil’ in church, pope says

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI urged young people not to abandon their faith in God because of the “attacks of evil” within the church.

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January 19, 2012

Church giving seen rebounding, but Catholic picture may be different

WASHINGTON – Church giving is beginning to rebound from challenges posed by the recession, according to a new survey involving mostly Protestant churches.

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January 19, 2012

Artist’s work aims to make Stations of the Cross ‘more immediate’

WASHINGTON – Pennsylvania artist Virginia Maksymowicz said she created her sculpted reliefs of the Stations of the Cross using real people as models because she wanted each Station to seem “more immediate” to viewers than be some abstract imagery they could easily dismiss.

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January 19, 2012

Exorcist boot camp: Church leaders call for more training against evil

VATICAN CITY – A call to arms – to take up the weapons of the rosary and prayer – rang out at a recent international conference on exorcism in Rome.

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January 19, 2012

Anti-Muslim sentiment: Catholics say it reminds them of own experience

WASHINGTON – When Sen. Richard Durbin, D-Ill., led the first Senate Judiciary Committee hearing examining the civil rights of American Muslims March 29, he held aloft a small yellow prayer book no bigger than his hand.

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January 19, 2012

Vatican-Jewish dialogue warns of ‘moral crisis’ in secular society

VATICAN CITY – A Vatican-Jewish dialogue commission warned of a “moral crisis” in modern secular society, and said religions need to respond with prayer, charitable action and dialogue.

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January 19, 2012

Fargo bishop urges seminarians to exercise Christ’s authority in priesthood

PHILADELPHIA – Seminarians must not be afraid to exercise the priestly authority of Christ upon their ordination to the priesthood, Bishop Samuel F. Aquila of Fargo, N.D., told an assembly of seminarians in Philadelphia.

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January 19, 2012

At the Libya-Tunisia border, tales of hardship, violence and support

JERUSALEM – Refugees and migrant workers crossing the border from Libya into Tunisia continue to report incidents of hardship and extreme violence against them by Libyan nationals, said a Catholic humanitarian aid worker.

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January 19, 2012

Bishops’ committee says professor’s book misrepresents Catholic faith

WASHINGTON – In a detailed critique, the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine has concluded that a 2007 book written by Fordham University theology professor Sister Elizabeth A. Johnson “contains misrepresentations, ambiguities and errors” related to the Catholic faith.

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January 19, 2012

Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to draft abortion clinic regulations

After two committees in the Maryland Legislature failed to act on legislation that would regulate abortion clinics as ambulatory surgical facilities, the Maryland Department of Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) is planning to draft its own regulations by July, according to the Maryland Catholic Conference (MCC).

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January 19, 2012

At least 40 civilians killed in ‘humanitarian’ airstrikes, bishop says

VATICAN CITY – At least 40 Libyan civilians have been killed as a consequence of airstrikes carried out by the United States and other Western powers, the leading church official in Libya said.

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January 19, 2012

Priest faces removal from Maryknoll for supporting ordination for women

WASHINGTON – The superior general of the Maryknoll order warned Father Roy Bourgeois that he will proceed under canon law to seek the priest’s removal from the order and request that he be laicized unless he recants his belief that women should be ordained as Catholic priests.

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