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January 19, 2012

Fall elections re-energized pro-life movement, lawmakers, Cantor says

WASHINGTON – House Majority Leader Eric Cantor of Virginia said that after being out of power on Capitol Hill for the past couple of years, pro-life supporters in Congress and across the nation have been re-energized since last November’s elections brought in “the biggest pro-life freshman class in memory.”

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January 19, 2012

Young people lauded for pro-life efforts as shrine vigil begins

WASHINGTON – Sitting on the floor in a side chapel in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Lillian Zhao knew that what she was part of was unlike anything she had ever seen in her native China.

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January 19, 2012

Pope tells police people need stronger values during tough times

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI called on people to strengthen their commitment to the common good during difficult times and not be tempted to fear that law enforcement is incapable of protecting society.

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January 19, 2012

U.S. monthlong observance targets ‘global travesty’ of human trafficking

WASHINGTON – By proclaiming January Human Trafficking Prevention Month, President Barack Obama signified he is “very much in touch” with a problem he has called “a global travesty,” said Julie Tanner, assistant director of socially responsible investing for Christian Brothers Investment Services.

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January 19, 2012

After House repeal vote, plenty of ideas to improve Affordable Care Act

WASHINGTON - Now that the House has had its say on repealing health reform, what are the next steps for those who would like to see improvements to the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act?

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January 19, 2012

Events in Washington, around US to mark 38th anniversary of Roe v. Wade

WASHINGTON – Tens of thousands of pro-lifers from all over the United States are expected to travel to the nation’s capital for events marking the Jan. 22 anniversary of the U.S. Supreme Court’s 1973 Roe v. Wade decision legalizing abortion.

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January 19, 2012

Faith leaders hold ‘service of cleansing, healing’ at site of shooting

TUCSON, Ariz. – Gathering at the site of the Jan. 8 mass shooting outside a Tucson Safeway, a group of community faith leaders performed “a service of cleansing and healing” Jan. 20, sprinkling the area with blessed water “to reverence and reclaim the space.”

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January 19, 2012

Exorcisms continue to pique Hollywood’s imagination

TORONTO – The exorcism began after Mass as the exorcist and several parishioners gathered around a troubled young man and started praying over him, recalls Father Joseph Muldoon, episcopal vicar of the Ottawa Archdiocese.

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January 19, 2012

EWTN acquires National Catholic Register; newspaper launched in 1927

IRONDALE, Ala. – The Eternal Word Television Network, based in Irondale, has signed a letter of intent to acquire the National Catholic Register, which describes itself as “the nation’s leading Catholic newspaper.”

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January 19, 2012

Doctor charged in baby deaths; Archdiocese of Philadelphia calls actions ‘abhorrent’

PHILADELPHIA – A Philadelphia doctor who routinely performed illegal late-term abortions for more than 30 years was charged in the death of a female patient and accused of murdering seven babies born alive in his squalid health clinic.

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January 19, 2012

Religious leaders call for action on New York City’s high abortion rate

NEW YORK – New York City has one statistic in particular that it can’t be proud of and needs to change, according to local religious leaders: 41 percent of pregnancies in the city end in abortion, almost double the national rate.

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January 19, 2012

U.S. bishops, college presidents to discuss campuses’ Catholic identity

WASHINGTON – In dioceses across the country this year, U.S. bishops and Catholic college and university presidents plan to discuss the specifics of how to best promote Catholic mission and identity on college campuses.

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