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January 19, 2012

Legionaries acknowledge founder abused seminarians, ask forgiveness

ROME – Top officials of the Legionaries of Christ acknowledged that the order’s founder, the late Father Marcial Maciel Degollado, sexually abused young seminarians, and they asked forgiveness for failing to listen to his accusers.

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January 19, 2012

Ciudad Juarez church spokesman welcomes new U.S.-Mexican plans

MEXICO CITY – A spokesman for the Diocese of Ciudad Juarez welcomed plans by the Mexican and U.S. governments to focus more on social and economic problems in Mexico, instead of just military and law enforcement crackdowns on the rampant violence attributed to narcotics-trafficking cartels.

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January 19, 2012

Vatican official calls for better protection of religious freedom

VATICAN CITY – The increasing incidence of religious intolerance in many parts of the world makes it clear that governments and international organizations need to step up protection of the basic right of religious freedom, a top Vatican official said.

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January 19, 2012

Abuse victims call for universal norms to deal with clergy sex abuse

ROME – Four victims of clergy sex abuse came from the United States to Rome to call on the Vatican and Pope Benedict XVI to “break down the walls of secrecy” and to seek harsher, universal measures in dealing with clergy accused of the sexual abuse of minors.

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January 19, 2012

Obama signs executive order on abortion in health care legislation

WASHINGTON – In a quiet ceremony before more than a dozen members of Congress, mostly Catholics, President Barack Obama signed an executive order stipulating that no federal funds would be used to pay for abortions under the new health reform law.

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January 19, 2012

U.S. anti-abortion activists voice concerns to Vatican officials

VATICAN CITY – U.S. anti-abortion activists, led by Operation Rescue founder Randall Terry, came to the Vatican to voice concern to officials about Catholic politicians who support legal abortion.

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January 19, 2012

Caught Between Two Worlds? – A Place for Hispanic Youth in our Church

In recent years within the Archdiocese of Baltimore, we have learned much about welcoming various groups of people who have immigrated to our state from around the world. In doing so, we learn of the obstacles and drawbacks of current immigration laws, the need to reach out to welcome new members of our church and...

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January 19, 2012

Water is powerful symbol in faith life

As a young mother was entering church with her little boy, he asked: “Why is Holy Water poison?”

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January 19, 2012

Vatican defends action in case of Wisconsin priest abuser

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican defended a decision not to laicize a Wisconsin priest who sexually abused deaf children, despite the recommendation of his bishop that he be removed from the priesthood. In a statement responding to a report in the New York Times, the Vatican said that by the time it learned of the...

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January 19, 2012

Cardinal George praises expanded health care but fears remain on abortion

. WASHINGTON – The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops praised new health reform legislation for expanding health care to more Americans but said the bishops and the Catholic community will be watching closely to ensure that the new law does not expand federal funding of abortion. .

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January 19, 2012

Pope Benedict accepts resignation of Ireland’s Bishop Magee

DUBLIN, Ireland – Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Bishop John Magee of Cloyne, more than a year after the bishop requested that an apostolic administrator be appointed to run the diocese. As he stepped down March 24, Bishop Magee, 73, offered an apology to victims of abuse by clergy in his diocese.

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January 19, 2012

Closings provide teaching moment

My heart is heavy for the children, staff and families impacted by the recent school closings. I can only imagine how difficult this must be, yet it troubles me when disgruntled parents take their frustration out on others, especially the innocent. Instead, as a Catholic parent, I would hope the parents affected use this difficult...

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