Comic actor Dom DeLuise dies at age 75

WASHINGTON – Dom DeLuise, the Catholic comic actor who mastered the double-take look of surprise on film, died May 4 at St. John’s Health Center in Santa Monica, Calif., after a long illness. He was 75.
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Vatican reaffirms support for nuclear nonproliferation treaty at UN

UNITED NATIONS – The Vatican’s chief representative to the United Nations has set forth a series of steps that will move the world toward the goal of eventual nuclear disarmament.
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Chicago detainees to receive pastoral care while on deportation buses

CHICAGO – Mercy Sisters Jo Ann Persch, 74, and Pat Murphy, 80, were prepared to go to jail April 30.
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Pope, at audience, says he wants to promote peace, unity in Holy Land

VATICAN CITY – Using the media present at his weekly general audience to address the people of Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories, Pope Benedict XVI said that he hoped to promote peace and unity during his eight-day visit to the region.
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Intimidated?

The seeds were probably sown centuries ago in a hostile atmosphere for Catholics in the New World. In 1633, as the earliest colonists were about to set sail for “Mary Land”, Cecil Calvert, the second Lord Baltimore, instructed “his said Governor and Commissioners” that while sailing and upon arrival at their destination “they instruct all...
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Some Mideast Christians face restrictions in efforts to see pope

JERUSALEM – Middle East Christians hoping to see Pope Benedict XVI during his May 8-15 pilgrimage to Jordan, Israel and the Palestinian territories faced some travel restrictions.
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Disability doesn’t limit possibilities for Massachusetts athlete

CHICOPEE, Mass. – A few weeks ago, a friend came to Gina Gilday’s Elms College dorm room and asked to borrow a pair of socks.
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Ecumenical leaders eye immigration as an area of collaboration

PHOENIX – Ecumenical leaders at the annual National Workshop on Christian Unity were encouraged to work together on social justice issues, particularly immigration.
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Archdiocese adjusts to swine flu threat

When Father Samuel V. Young invited parishioners of St. Joan of Arc in Aberdeen to extend to others the sign of peace during Mass the weekend of May 1 and 2, those gathered looked around in confusion.
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Archivist furthered knowledge of church

Your tribute to Sister Felicitas Powers (CR, April 23) was certainly welcome news.
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Schism apparent in the pews

Based on my personal observations and conversations, and after reading The Catholic Review over a period of time, it appears that the 44th president of the United States has brought forth and made clear a schism that is playing havoc in today’s Catholic Church in America.
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Archbishop O’Brien dedicates new church in Grantsville

A steady spring rain kept the sunlight from shining through the large, clear windows of their spotless sanctuary, but it failed to dampen a palpable sense of joy among parishioners of St. Ann in Grantsville as Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien dedicated their new church May 3.
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