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Headlines for February 06, 2012
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February 06, 2012 12:57 PM Vatican issues another defense against financial corruption charges
The Vatican has issued a new response to charges of financial mismanagement, saying that accusations of cronyism are based on “incorrect evaluations, or are based on fears not backed up by
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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 1:23 PM Ireland not ready to receive Pope, says archbishop
Ireland is not prepared to receive a visit by Pope Benedict XVI, the Archbishop of Dublin has said. Speaking on RTE radio, Archbishop Diarmuid Martin said that Pope Benedict is still considering
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February 06, 2012 1:13 PM Pope speaks on faith in the face of illness
At his Angelus audience on Sunday, February 5, Pope Benedict XVI spoke about the physical cures that Jesus performed, recorded frequently in the Gospels. All four Gospels, the Pope observed, show
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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 1:05 PM Archbishop Chaput airs anger over theft of archdiocesan funds
Archbishop Charles Chaput of Philadelphia has written that the faithful of the archdiocese are right to be angry over reports that a senior financial offered stole $900,000 from the archdiocesan
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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 5:47 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 1:24 PM Jesuit college backs down, permits lesbian couple to enter Valentine’s contest
A Jesuit college in Philadelphia is permitting a lesbian alumni couple to enter its “How I Met My Hawk Mate” Valentine’s Day contest. The Saint Joseph’s University Alumni Association had
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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
