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Headlines for February 06, 2012
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February 06, 2012 5:43 AM Abuse victims among speakers at Vatican conference on abuse scandal
Representatives of 100 bishops’ conferences and 30 religious orders are meeting in Rome from February 6-9 to discuss the clerical abuse scandal. Abuse victims are among the conference speakers, and
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February 06, 2012 5:45 AM Prelate describes how current, former Anglicans can enter US ordinariate
Father Jeffrey Steenson, the Ordinary of the Personal Ordinariate of the Chair of St. Peter, has issued his first pastoral letter. The ordinariate was established on January 1 to assist Anglicans in
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February 06, 2012 5:47 AM HHS mandate: Catholic governor criticizes ‘hyperventilating’
A Catholic governor has defended the Obama adminstration’s contraceptive-coverage mandate, which would compel many Catholic institutions to offer coverage for contraception and
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February 06, 2012 5:48 AM Priest murdered in Mexico
The president of the Latin American Episcopal Conference (CELAM) has announced that one of his archdiocesan priests was murdered on January 28. Father Jenaro Aviña García, 63, heard a noise early
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February 06, 2012 5:48 AM Vatican spokesman discusses abuse, financial scandals
It is imperative “to show a firm determination to continue to give a coherent witness to moral values” in the face of the sexual abuse and financial scandals that have affected the Church, the
