In a major address in Krakow, Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz assessed the progress of Jewish-Catholic relations in Poland over the last half-century.
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Mary Ann Glendon (left), former U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, will receive the University of Notre Dame’s Laetare Medal on May 17.
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Vatican Official: Mercy after Abortion
The president of the Pontifical Academy for Life criticized a hasty public declaration of the excommunication of the girls mother and doctors.
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Alternative to Female Circumcision
The Diocese of Meru has developed a ritual called An Alternative Rite of Passage, which formally marks a girls passage into adolescence.
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New Wineskins Thank you for “Exceptional Pastoring,” by Mary M. Foley (3/9). My parish priest is running three parishes spread over two towns, the parish priest next door is running two other parishes in two other towns—and so it goes. Here in England, we have far fewer priests tha
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March Selection
This is a well-researched thorough and eminently readable account of the history of an institution that has survived for nearly two thousand years worthy to stand along with Eamon Duffy rsquo s critically acclaimed history of the papacy Saints and Sinners Roger Collins a distinguished religion s
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Gold Mining Loses Its Luster
Bishops in Central America have criticized mining operations for their environmental and social damage.
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Calls for New Colombian Policy
Community leaders urged President Barack Obama to help end the destructive trade in illegal drugs and more than 40 years of civil war.
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Coalition Addresses Climate Change
The “Catholic Climate Covenant” asks Catholics to pray and reflect on the duty to care for Gods creation.
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Settlement on West Bank Endangered
Israeli officials have reportedly issued a demolition order for buildings built on property owned by the Greek Orthodox Church.