A court ruled unanimously that the New York Archdiocese did not discriminate against a school principal when it chose not renew her contract.
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Mexican bishops don’t see explosion as attack on church
The motive for the explosion on July 25 remains a mystery, though some in the conference said it reflected the violence suffered by society at large in a country with soaring homicide rates and a decade-long drug cartel crackdown.
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Explosive device detonated outside Mexican bishops’ offices
An explosive device was detonated outside the offices of the Mexican bishops’ conference, directly across the street from the country’s most visited religious site, the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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Catholic sisters send Senate a message: Don’t touch Medicaid
The sisters say that they are “most troubled by the cuts it would make to Medicaid by ending the Medicaid expansion and instituting a per capita cap [on spending].”
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Suit aims to block a law requiring pregnancy centers to ‘advertise’ abortion
The law compels Hawaii’s six pregnancy care centers to post or distribute information referring clients to state-provided prenatal services that would include contraception and abortion.
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Catholic leaders mourn for migrants found dead inside trailer of 18-wheeler
San Antonio law enforcement officials found eight bodies inside the trailer of an 18-wheeler sitting in the parking lot of a Walmart.
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Why Callista Gingrich may have a natural advantage in her new role as Vatican ambassador
When in Rome, the Gingriches will be able to oil the wheels of diplomacy at the United States’ ambassadorial residence, a spacious house with a large terrace overlooking beautifully landscaped gardens on Janiculum Hill.
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No coins in the fountain? Vatican closes spigot as Rome drought continues
Meteorologists say spring 2017 was Italy’s third-driest in some 60 years. The drought has put Rome at risk for drastic water rationing, a measure being considered later this week by authorities.
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After protests over Satanic memorial, city nixes all religious symbols
Two days after hundreds of people—many of them Catholic—descended on Belle Plaine to protest the installation of a Satanic memorial in the city’s veterans park, the City Council voted unanimously to nix all religious symbols there.
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Bishops disappointed in Texas official seeking to end immigration policy
Texas bishops say they are “disappointed” by Attorney General Ken Paxton’s demand that the administration terminate DACA.