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Marriage advocates plan to sue IRS over leaks

05:03 pm | WASHINGTON D.C., May 17, 2013 (CNA/EWTN News).- The National Organization for Marriage is filing a lawsuit against the Internal Revenue Service, after its confidential tax return was leaked from the agency to the group's chief political opposition. 
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Pope's mission app launch spreads Gospel

11:30 am | ROME, ITALY, May 17, 2013 (CNA).- With the touch of an iPad, Pope Francis became the first pontiff to unlock a new smartphone application and expanded the Church’s footprint in the digital world.   
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Pope points mission societies toward young churches

09:58 am | VATICAN CITY, May 17, 2013 (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis met this afternoon with the directors of the Pontifical Mission Societies and encouraged them to help “the young churches” that operate in difficult and sometimes hostile circumstances. 
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Pope's plan to visit Bonaria shrine thrills pastor

05:05 am | CAGLIARI, ITALY, May 17, 2013 (CNA/EWTN News).- Father Giovannino Tolu said his heart began racing when he heard that Pope Francis will the visit the shrine he oversees on the Italian island of Sardinia, making it the fourth time he has received a pontiff. 
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Pope tells story of bishop who felt 'unworthy'

Pope Francis told the story of a man who felt ashamed of being a bishop to say that people should not worry of being sinners but should concentrate on allowing Jesus to transform them.
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Pro-life groups claim to be among IRS targets

Along with its targeting of conservative political groups for extra scrutiny, Internal Revenue Service employees also reportedly singled out pro-life leaders for intimidation.
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Gay adoption bill could downsize Catholic agencies

As a new bill aims to bar federal funding of adoption services that do not place children with gay couples, an Illinois Catholic leader warned a similar law there downsized faith-based agencies.
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Vatican representative at UN pleads for end to Syria 'bloodbath'

The apostolic nuncio to the United Nations urged those with influence over the warring parties in Syria to encourage them to end the violence and seek peace.
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'Chasm' exists between Pope, liberation theology

Even though Pope Francis is deeply concerned for the poor and has been praised by liberation theologians, there is a stark divide between the pontiff and them, according to a Vatican analyst.
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A baby by any other name

The conviction of Philadelphia abortionist Kermit Gosnell has drawn renewed attention to the misleading language that surrounds the abortion debate. If infanticide – killing a live baby moments after birth – is an appalling and atrocious crime, why is it acceptable to kill that same baby just minutes before, when he or she is about [...]
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Peruvian bishop recalls 25th anniversary of John Paul II's visit

Archbishop Jose Antonio Eguren of Piura recounted the Eucharistic love and call to holiness of Blessed Pope John Paul II on his second visit to Peru, 25 years ago.
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Spanish bishop exhorts faithful to speak out against abortion

Bishop Demetrio Fernandez of Cordoba, Spain, is calling on the faithful not to remain silent about the genocide of abortion and to work for “policies inspired in the culture of life.”
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St. Isidore the Farmer

by Sarah Metts

St. Isidore the Farmer was born in Madrid to poor parents around the year 1070. He was named for Isidore of Seville, and although his parents could not provide Isidore with a formal...
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Celebrating mothers, celebrating women

by Kathryn Jean Lopez

Editor's note: Below are Ms. Lopez's remarks from the 28th Annual Ball for Life, a dinner that raises funds for Good Counsel maternity homes in the New York metropolitan area.Pope Francis was...
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The 'therapeutic cloning' of human embryos

by Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila

The embryos killed are the first class of victims; the second class of victims will be the rest of us. Oscar Wilde’s The Picture of Dorian Gray is the sort of timeless morality tale...
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Kermit Gosnell and the death penalty

by Louie Verrecchio

Imagine the scene in the Pennsylvania State House of Representatives as the Chairman of the Judiciary Committee calls the meeting to order with three decisive blows of the gavel: A hush...
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