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  • Aspiring nun crowdfunds to pay off $12K student loan debt

    Aspiring nun crowdfunds to pay off $12K student loan debt

    • Jul 17, 2016

    Alida Taylor, 28, was told by the Sisters of Life that she couldn’t actually enter the order until she’d repaid her student loans. She she turned to an online crowdfunding program, and generated enough money to make a $10,000 contribution to a vocations fund.

    By Associated Press
  • Nun who defied Billy the Kid to be subject of TV series

    Nun who defied Billy the Kid to be subject of TV series

    • Jul 14, 2016

    Sister Blandina Segale, a 19th century nun who stood up to outlaws such as Billy the Kid and who protected immigrants, is in line to become the first saint from the state of New Mexico, and now she’s set to be the subject of a new TV series.

    By Russell Contreras
  • Vatican sets Nov. 5 date for beatification of 38 Albanian martyrs

    Vatican sets Nov. 5 date for beatification of 38 Albanian martyrs

    • Jul 13, 2016

    In early November, an archbishop and 37 other Albanian priests who died under the country’s former Communist regime will be declared “blessed,” the final step before sainthood. When Francis visited Albania in 2014, he called its climate of respect and among Catholics, Orthodox and Muslims “a precious gift.”

    By Associated Press
  • Pakistani police seek Christian charged with blaspheming Islam

    Pakistani police seek Christian charged with blaspheming Islam

    • Jul 13, 2016

    Police in Pakistan are seeking a Christian man accused under the country’s controversial blasphemy laws of sending a derogatory poem about Islam over social media, although his brother insists the accused man is illiterate and doesn’t know what WhatsApp even is.

    By Associated Press
  • Police brace for anniversary of tumultuous anti-abortion protests

    Police brace for anniversary of tumultuous anti-abortion protests

    • Jul 13, 2016

    Twenty-five years after anti-abortion protests led to almost 2,700 arrests outside local abortion clinics, the city of Wichita in Kansas is bracing for another anniversary round of demonstrations under the heading of the “Summer of Mercy,” with local police preparing a 60-page operational plan.

    By Associated Press
  • Pope’s trip to Georgia, Azerbaijan to feature politics and outreach

    Pope’s trip to Georgia, Azerbaijan to feature politics and outreach

    • Jul 11, 2016

    VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will meet with Christian, Muslim and Jewish leaders during his Sept. 30-Oct. 2 trip to the former Soviet republics of Georgia and Azerbaijan, adding a strong inter-religious dimension to an already politically delicate trip. The Vatican on Monday released the itinerary for the Caucasus trip,

    By Associated Press
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