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Kerry Weber
Kerry Weber joined the staff of America in October 2009. Her writing and multimedia work have since earned several awards from the Catholic Press Association, and in 2013 she reported from Rwanda as a recipient of Catholic Relief Services' Egan Journalism Fellowship. Kerry is the author of Mercy in the City: How to Feed the Hungry, Give Drink to the Thirsty, Visit the Imprisoned, and Keep Your Day Job (Loyola Press) and Keeping the Faith: Prayers for College Students (Twenty-Third Publications). A graduate of Providence College and the Columbia University Graduate School of Journalism, she has previously worked as an editor for Catholic Digest, a local reporter, a diocesan television producer, and as a special-education teacher on the Navajo reservation in Arizona.
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For the Feast of St. Agnes Lucky Lambs Get Bath, Meet Pope
Every year on the feast of St Agnes Jan 21 the pope blesses two lambs The wool from these lambs is then used to create a pallium for each new archbishop But what do those lambs do while waiting for their papal audience CNS has the story Raised by Trappist monks on the outskirts of Rome th
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Trappists Donated Casket to Family of Christina Green
When Christina Green the youngest casualty of the Tucson shootings was burried last week her body was laid to rest in a casket donated by Trappist monks of the New Mellaray Abbey in Iowa David Gibson summarized the story over at Politics Daily Many religious communities of monks and nuns have a
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EWTN Acquires National Catholic Register
The Eternal Word Television Network announced today that it has signed a letter of intent to acquire the National Catholic Register from the paper s current owners the Legionaries of Christ The deal is expected to be finalized by the end of this month An article on EWTN s Web site states that
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In Ireland, an Old Letter and New Revelations
The AP reports DUBLIN ndash A 1997 letter from the Vatican warned Ireland s Catholic bishops not to report all suspected child-abuse cases to police mdash a disclosure that victims groups described as the smoking gun needed to show that the church enforced a worldwide culture of covering u
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One-sentence Bible Summaries
Dan Ortlund a senior editor in the bible division at Crossway Books recently posed an interesting question to a few folks he described as thoughtful scholars and pastors What s the message of the Bible in one sentence Answers from the all male group ranged from somewhat lengthy and interp
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Coming May 1: Blessed John Paul II
A miracle confirmed and a date set From the New York Times Pope Benedict XVI moved his beloved predecessor one step closer to sainthood on Friday confirming a miracle by John Paul II and setting May 1 as the date of his beatification Benedict said in a decree on Friday that a French nun had b
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Of Many Things
Despite losing his job of 24 years, my father remains optimistic and focused.
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On the Web: Haiti’s Ongoing Recovery Efforts
This week Joseph G Bock looks at the unique role of Catholic N G O s in Haiti s recovery efforts following the earthquake that claimed the lives of over 220 000 people this past January Our intern P J Williams produced the slideshow below based on the article For more of America s co
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Pope Calls for Guaranteed Health Care
Read the story from CNS s Sarah Delaney VATICAN CITY CNS — Pope Benedict XVI and other church leaders said it was the moral responsibility of nations to guarantee access to health care for all of their citizens regardless of social and economic status or their ability to pay Access to adequate