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Church ‘Covers’ Federal Tab
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Around the country thousands of organizations were digging into reserves to keep Head Start programs open or provide nutrition and other services for children after the federal government shutdown on Oct. 1. In Kansas, shelters for homeless families and for battered women and children, a foster gran
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Pope, Cardinals Push Dramatic Reform of Roman Curia
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The pope and his council are laying out plans to overhaul the Roman Curia completely.
Overlooking Assisi: On Oct. 4, Pope Francis made his first pilgrimage as pope to the birthplace of his namesake
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Renounce the ‘Spirit of the World’
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On Oct. 4 Pope Francis called on the whole church to imitate St. Francis of Assisi.
At prayer in Cuba
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On Sept. 30 Pope Francis announced he would declare his two predecessors Blessed John XXIII and John Paul II saints at a single ceremony on April 27. • In the largest donation in Georgetown University's history, the alumnus Frank H. McCourt Jr. has contributed $100 million to create the McC
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In Homs: Hunger ‘Knocking on the Door’
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A Dutch Jesuit in the besieged Syrian city of Homs said those who remain are facing shortages of food and fuel. “Disease has captured some of us and is knocking on the door of others,” Frans van der Lugt, S.J., wrote in a letter released by the Catholic charity Aid to the Church in Need
Work of Little Hands: A boy carries timber destined for a mine tunnel in the Philippines
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Dramatic Decline Continues in Child Labor
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The global number of child laborers has fallen by a third since 2000.
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October Push for Immigration Reform
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Dozens of events around the country took place Oct. 5 as part of the March for Immigrant Dignity and Respect. Labor unions, churches and other social justice organizations have scheduled events to rally supporters of comprehensive immigration reform as a lead-in to a day-long rally and concert in Wa
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Catholics Marry, Just Not at Church
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In 2011 only 163,775 marriages were celebrated in U.S. Catholic churches.
Angelique Namaika
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News Briefs
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On Sept. 16, Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl celebrated a Mass for consolation and healing, praying for the victims of the rampage at the Washington Navy Yard and asking God to “heal the wounds in our society so that we can prevent tragedies such as we have just witnessed.” • Sister Angél
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Vietnam Catholics Seek Support
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Bishop Paul Nguyen Thai Hop of Vinh Diocese on Vietnam’s north-central coast, has appealed for “international support and solidarity” following violent attacks against Catholics in Nghe An Province on Sept. 4 that left at least 40 people seriously injured. Bishop Nguyen Thai Hop ha