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No headlines for January 28, 2012
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January 27, 2012 3:34 PM Philadelphia archdiocese ordered: prepare for trial in sex-abuse case
Although the Philadelphia archdiocese is not a defendant in the sex-abuse case, a Pennsylvania judge has ordered the archdiocese to prepare for a trial in March. The case against Msgr. William
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January 27, 2012 3:15 PM African famine kills 100-200 children a day
Famine claims the lives of 100-200 children every day in the Horn of Africa, the Fides news service reports. Humanitarian agencies estimate that at least 35,000 children under the age of 5 died
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January 27, 2012 2:54 PM Nigeria: Christians flee Boko Haram threat; archbishop wants government action
With thousands of Christians leaving their homes in northern Nigeria to escape threatened violence, the Archbishop of Abuja has called upon the government to initiate talks with the Boko Haram
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January 27, 2012 2:46 PM Preserve memories of the Holocaust, says Vatican spokesman
“We can not and must not forget” the horror of the Holocaust, Father Federico Lombardi said in a Vatican Radio editorial on January 27. In his editorial, timed for the 67th anniversary of the
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January 27, 2012 2:45 PM More progress toward Vatican-Israel accord
“Substantive progress” was reported in the latest round of negotiations between the Holy See and Israel toward the development of a long-overdue diplomatic accord. The latest talks, held at the
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January 27, 2012 2:44 PM Vatican 'corruption' story reveals much about new nuncio in US
An awkward dispute over the allegations of corruption and cronyism in Vatican business dealings have revealed several things about the new apostolic nuncio in Washington, observes John Allen of the
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January 27, 2012 2:13 PM Vatican message for World Leprosy Day
Leprosy has not yet been eradicated, the president of the Pontifical Council for Health Care has pointed out, and more work is needed to wipe out the disease. In a message for the 59th World
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January 27, 2012 2:08 PM Defend Tradition in ecumenical work, Pope says
Pope Benedict XVI underlined the urgent need to address “a profound crisis of faith,” and drew a distinction between true and false ecumenism, in a January 27 address to members of the Congregation
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January 27, 2012 1:51 PM Sri Lanka's bishops oppose bid to legalize abortion
The Catholic bishops of Sri Lanka have announced that they are “categorically” opposed to a bid to legalize abortion. The country’s government has proposed making abortion legal in what it
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January 27, 2012 1:47 PM Obama rule likely to be overturned by court, says legal scholar
Ed Whelan of the Ethics & Public Policy Center offers a quick legal analysis of the Obama administration's contraceptive mandate, and explains why he believes it will be challenged successfully in
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January 27, 2012 6:22 AM Trial date set for Bishop Finn
Bishop Robert Finn and the Diocese of Kansas City - St. Joseph will go on trial on September 24 on charges of failing to report suspected child sexual abuse committed by Father Shawn Ratigan, who
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January 27, 2012 6:21 AM Bishop blasts secularist intolerance, calls for ‘assertive action’ to defend Church
Noting that “American Catholics have in recent decades become remarkably passive even in the face of relentless hostility from the media, the entertainment industry, and now from some politicians,”
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January 27, 2012 6:20 AM Pakistan: missionary priest detained
Bishop Andrew Francis of Multan, a city of 2.6 million in east-central Pakistan, is calling upon authorities to release Father Christi Silva, a Sri Lankan missionary priest who has ministered in the
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January 27, 2012 6:19 AM Bishops rip HHS mandate; Bishop Zubik: ‘to hell with you’
Archbishop Gregory Aymond of New Orleans, Bishop David Zubik of Pittsburgh, Bishop Daniel Jenky of Peoria, and Bishop Paul Loverde of Arlington, Virginia are among the bishops urging Catholics to
