As latest Vatican trial opens, is it time to dust off ‘About Doctrine’?
- July 20, 2017
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Churchgoers adjusting to consolidated parishes
- Michael Gagne, Republican-American
- July 26, 2017
Churchgoers are getting used to the new reality of “All Saints — Todos Los Santos” parish in Waterbury, Connecticut. Formed by the merger of four parishes, the new entity is part of a restructuring plan being implemented by the Archdiocese of Hartford.
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These nuns offer their blindness for the salvation of the world
- Barbara Bustamante
- July 26, 2017
A religious order made up of blind sisters has as its mission, according to its constitutions, to offer to God “the privation of sight for those who do not know the truth yet so that they may come to God, the light of the world.”
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Christians need time to rebuild trust before return to Mosul region
- Dale Gavlak
- July 26, 2017
Although Iraqi forces declared victory over Islamic State fighters in Mosul early in July, the region remains unstable, leaving Christians uncertain about their future in their historic homeland. Christians are calling on the international community, along with the Iraqi government, to help them and other citizens from religious minority backgrounds.
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Ex-priest at center of clergy sex abuse scandal to be released
- Associated Press
- July 26, 2017
Paul Shanley, one of the most infamous pedophile priests is about to be released from prison. He has served his sentence and has been found not to be a sexually dangerous person. He will be on probation for 10 years and can have no contact with anyone under the age of 16. However, his victims are not satisfied with these terms.
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Explosive device detonated outside Mexican bishops’ offices
- David Agren
- July 25, 2017
No one was injured by an explosive outside the headquarters of the Mexican bishops’ conference. The bishops’ offices occupy a busy strip across the street from the sanctuary of the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe. The area is swarmed by pilgrims and tourists during the daytime and is transited by commuters in rush hour.
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Pope's hospital says there was hope to save Charlie Gard if time had allowed
- Inés San Martín
- July 25, 2017
A day after the parents of 11-month-old Charlie Gard decided to drop their legal fight to save their son, saying ‘time has run out,’ a Vatican-sponsored hospital that had offered an experimental treatment acknowledged that they had “probably arrived too late.”
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Israel begins removing metal detectors from Temple Mount
- Associated Press
- July 25, 2017
Israel has begun removing metal detectors it installed in response to an Arab attack that killed two Israeli police guards at the Muslim-administered area of the Temple Mount, leading to protests from Muslims accusing Israel of trying to expand control at the site under the guise of security.
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Key ally of Philippines president introduces bills allowing for divorce, same-sex unions
- Crux Staff
- July 25, 2017
The Philippines is the only country in the world — except for the Vatican — to have no divorce law. That could change after the Speaker of the House introduced legislation to allow for “quick dissolution” of marriage.
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Latest From John L. Allen Jr.
Can anything burst Pope’s media bubble? Nah, probably not
- July 23, 2017
Next March will mark the five-year anniversary of Francis’s papacy, and one interesting question is whether the broad media love affair with Francis will still be in place when that moment comes. John Allen says “probably yes,” because by now the positive narrative surrounding Francis has become so entrenched as to be basically impervious to reconsideration.
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Nun ministering to transgender women gets thumbs-up from Pope
- July 25, 2017
Despite theoretically slowing down over the summer months, Pope Francis remains one of those figures basically incapable of “down time.” Among other things, he seems to be catching up on correspondence, including sending encouraging notes to an Argentine nun who ministers to transgender women in the pope’s native country.
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Pope’s hospital says there was hope to save Charlie Gard if time had allowed
- July 25, 2017
A day after the parents of 11-month-old Charlie Gard decided to drop their legal fight to save their son, saying ‘time has run out,’ a Vatican-sponsored hospital that had offered an experimental treatment acknowledged that they had “probably arrived too late.”
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Churchgoers adjusting to consolidated parishes
- July 26, 2017
Churchgoers are getting used to the new reality of “All Saints — Todos Los Santos” parish in Waterbury, Connecticut. Formed by the merger of four parishes, the new entity is part of a restructuring plan being implemented by the Archdiocese of Hartford.
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NFP: It’s not just a Catholic thing anymore
- July 25, 2017
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Israel begins removing metal detectors from Temple Mount
- July 25, 2017
Israel has begun removing metal detectors it installed in response to an Arab attack that killed two Israeli police guards at the Muslim-administered area of the Temple Mount, leading to protests from Muslims accusing Israel of trying to expand control at the site under the guise of security.
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Ladaria: ‘I am in a deep and spontaneous harmony with the Pope’
- July 22, 2017
Archbishop Luis Francisco Ladaria Ferrer, the new Jesuit prefect of the Vatican’s Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith (CDF). said he is “in a deep and spontaneous harmony” with Pope Francis. The archbishop was speaking during a recent visit to the pope’s homeland, Argentina.
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