Orphanage staffers are overwhelmed by the number of children being dropped off because their families cannot feed them.
America Staff
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Conditions Improve for Russian Catholics
“Our church’s ties with state and society here have significantly improved recently,” said a member of the Russian Catholic bishops’ conference.
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News Briefs
Eddie Panlilio, a Catholic priest, has requested a dispensation from his priestly duties so that he may run for president of the Phillipines.
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Duty to Protect: Three Pillars to Prevent Four Crimes
A lack of will and finger pointing have contributed to the international community’s failure to stop present-day mass violence.
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July/August Selection
From professor and scholar to the Vatican rsquo s enforcer of the faith and finally to the throne of St Peter Cardinal Joseph Ratzinger Pope Benedict XVI has become for the world the public face of the Roman Catholic Church Rev Thomas P Rausch S J mdash the T Marie Chilton Professor of Ca
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Israel Stops Distributing Booklet About Vatican-Hezbollah Ties
Booklets claiming that the Vatican helped organize tours of Auschwitz for members of Hezbollah were distributed to Israeli soldiers for several months.
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Letters
In Saecula Saeculorum Re the article by Thomas G. Casey, S.J., suggesting we replace Latin with English as the official language of the church (“Ave atque Vale,” 6/8): While I may be biased as a student of the classics, I think that Latin holds a significant place in the Catholic Church
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Williams Expresses Concern for Anglican Unity
Arch. Rowan Williams responds to the Episcopal Church’s recent decision to ordain non-celibate homosexuals.
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President, Pope Discuss G-8 Commitments, Bioethics
In addition to giving Obama a copy of his latest encyclical, the pope also presented a copy of a recent Vatican document on biomedical ethics.
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Indian Catholics Welcome Sentences
The local archbishop welcomed the prison sentences a court has given to five people convicted of taking part in the August 2008 anti-Christian violence in Orissa.