Proselytizers must not coerce, Catholic-Jewish dialogue group agrees

WASHINGTON — Proselytism must never involve coercion or manipulation, agreed Jewish and Catholic leaders at a fall dialogue session in New York.
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Church activists: Leaders must consider climate change effects on poor

LIMA, Peru — World leaders and negotiators participating in this month’s U.N. Climate Change Conference must remember that the world’s poorest and most vulnerable people will suffer most from environmental factors, church activists say.
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Honduran bishop says election was only way out of political crisis

MEXICO CITY — The president of the Honduran bishops’ communications department expressed early satisfaction with Nov. 29 elections that he said would allow the Central American country to emerge from a five-month political crisis provoked by the ouster and exile of President Manuel Zelaya.
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Youths grab faith by the ‘Reigns’

This inaugural Mass in April of 2005, Pope Benedict XVI proclaimed, “The Church is alive … the Church is young.”
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‘Beautiful liturgy’ highlights St. Pius X renovations

Jim Burke walked through a foot of snow down York Road to be at the first Mass celebrated at St. Pius X, Rodgers Forge, in 1958.
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Minnesota family says prayers to Blessed Seelos cured teen’s cancer

ST. PAUL, Minn. — Not too long ago, 14-year-old Joey Schwartz had never heard of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos.
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Seton Keough president stepping down after successful tenure

Sister Patricia Anne Bossle will step down as Seton Keough High School’s president June 31, 2010.
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Ijamsville youths spread Thanksgiving bounty

IJAMSVILLE – If cooking a turkey dinner is a way of putting faith into action, the youths of St. Ignatius of Loyola have voted to act with their feet and their paring knives.
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Report on clergy abuse in Dublin church leads to calls for more action

DUBLIN, Ireland — A report detailing failures of church leaders’ handling of sex abuse cases in the Archdiocese of Dublin has resulted in calls for bishops’ resignations and further investigations and prosecution.
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Updated: Pro-life leaders ready to fight City Council bill

Pro-life leaders are vowing to fight a measure passed Nov. 23 by the Baltimore City Council that imposes new requirements on four pregnancy resource centers in the city.
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Vatican announces new round of Catholic-Anglican talks

VATICAN CITY — The formal theological dialogue between the Catholic Church and the Anglican Communion will continue and will focus on the relationship between the local church and the universal church, the Vatican announced.
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Hispanics celebrate Our Lady of Guadalupe

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will be the main celebrant for the annual archdiocesan Our Lady of Guadalupe Mass Dec. 13.
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