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January 19, 2012

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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January 19, 2012

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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January 19, 2012

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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January 19, 2012

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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January 19, 2012

Women religious, hotel work together to raise awareness of trafficking

ST. LOUIS – At 18 years old, Katie Rhoades found herself homeless. On top of that, she was dealing with alcohol addiction and the effects of post-traumatic stress disorder from rape and sexual trauma. A friend suggested exotic dancing as a way to make some “quick cash” with the hope it would get her on...

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January 19, 2012

Blogging for clarity: Fides launches site for Chinese Catholics

VATICAN CITY – Sometimes the need for delicacy in handling politically sensitive situations conflicts with the need of the faithful to have clear guidance. That’s what seems to be going on with the Vatican’s China policy, particularly surrounding the ordination in June of a bishop without papal approval.

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January 19, 2012

Murdered Dominican recalled as priest who ‘drew the best out of people’

BATON ROUGE, La. – A Louisiana Dominican priest who was found shot to death July 11 at his order’s Mississippi retreat house “was a good priest and a good preacher” who “drew the best out of people,” said an official of the late priest’s province.

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January 19, 2012

After Mumbai bombings, Indian bishops call for unity against terrorism

VATICAN CITY – Indian bishops called for unity in the country’s fight against terrorism a day after three bombs in Mumbai left at least 17 people dead and more than 140 injured.

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January 19, 2012

DREAM Act supporters plan Sabbath push in September

WASHINGTON – As the effort to pass the DREAM Act hits its 10th anniversary, churches, synagogues and mosques around the country will devote a September weekend to teaching their congregations about the faith-based reasons to work for its passage.

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January 19, 2012

Irish foreign minister summons nuncio, seeks response to Cloyne Report

DUBLIN – Ireland’s foreign minister summoned the country’s papal nuncio and demanded that the Vatican give a formal response to the Cloyne Report into the mishandling of clerical abuse.

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January 19, 2012

Summer reading: Page-turning diversions visit Fort McHenry, Johns Hopkins, Little Italy

American history, bioethics and personal stories of grace are among recently published books set in Baltimore or produced by a local parishioner.

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January 19, 2012

First lady Betty Ford remembered for bringing addiction out of the shadows

RANCHO MIRAGE, Calif. – Former first lady Betty Ford, who died at age 93 July 8, was remembered for her openness about her struggle with breast cancer and her addiction to prescription drugs and alcohol.

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