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Cardinal Dolan Says Events In Libya, Egypt Show Urgent Need For Respect For All Religions
WASHINGTON—CardinalTimothy Dolan of New York, president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops(USCCB), reacted to the September 11 death of U.S. ambassador to Libya...
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U.S. Bishops Launch Spanish-Language Page On Facebook
WASHINGTON—The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops (USCCB), in an ongoing effort to more effectively reach Hispanic and Spanish-speaking Catholics, has launched a Spanish...
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Bishop Madden Sends Greetings To Muslim Community At Ramadan’s End
WASHINGTON—Bishop Denis Madden,auxiliary bishop of Baltimore and chairman of the Committee on Ecumenical andInterreligious Affairs of the U.S. Conference of Catholic...
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New Poverty USA Website Offers Statistics, Stories, Resources To Catholics
WASHINGTON—Catholics can learnabout the state of poverty in the United States and concrete ways they can makea difference at a new website from the the U.S. Conference of...
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Passing Of Nellie Gray, March For Life Founder, Mourned By Pro-Life Spokeswoman
WASHINGTON—At news of the death of Miss Nellie Gray, founder and long-time organizer of the annual national March for Life in Washington, Deirdre McQuade, assistant...
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Labor Day Statement Says Renewed Respect For Workers Is Key To Renewed Economy
WASHINGTON—People of faith standwith people who've been left behind and should seek economic renewal that makesworkers and their families a central concern, according to...
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2012 People Of Life Awards To Therapist, Religious Sister
WASHINGTON—A Sister of Social Service and a psychotherapist receivedthe 2012 People of Life Award for lifetime commitment to the pro-life movement,at an August 6 ceremony...
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Bishop Madden Sends Prayers, Support To U.S. Sikh Community, Decries Violence Fueled By Religious Intolerance
WASHINGTON—The chairman of the U.S.bishops' Committee on Ecumenical and Interreligious Affairs expressed thebishops' prayerful solidarity with the Sikh community in the...
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Bishops Urge Congress To Act On Religious Liberty Crisis In Health Care Before Year’s End
Cardinal DiNardo highlightsproblems for religious institutions, individuals Sees Administration policy’sapproach to religious freedom most grudging, arbitrary ever...
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Pope Name Greensburg, Pennsylvania Vicar General, Chancellor as Bishop of Erie
WASHINGTON—PopeBenedict XVI has named Msgr. Lawrence Persico, 61, the vicar general andchancellor of the Diocese of Greensburg, Pennsylvania, as the new bishop ofErie...