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Obama threatens veto as fetal pain bill passes House

05:22 pm | WASHINGTON D.C., Jun 18, 2013 (CNA/EWTN News).- Despite passing the U.S. House of Representatives, a bill to prohibit abortions after 20 weeks of pregnancy faces an uncertain future as President Obama's administration has suggested that he will veto it. 
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Pope explains how Christians can love bombers

11:00 am | VATICAN CITY, Jun 18, 2013 (CNA/EWTN News).- Pope Francis tackled Jesus’ teaching that Christians must love their enemies by asking a series of provocative questions, such as, how can we love those who “bomb and kill so many people?” 
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Children's journey of beauty ends with papal visit

09:02 am | VATICAN CITY, Jun 18, 2013 (CNA/EWTN News).- This coming Sunday, almost 500 disadvantaged children will arrive at the Vatican on a special red train, where they will be greeted by Pope Francis as part of their “Journey of Beauty.” 
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Fargo's new bishop-elect aims to help faith flourish

04:01 am | FARGO, N.D., Jun 18, 2013 (CNA/EWTN News).- Monsignor John T. Folda, the bishop-elect of the Fargo diocese, looks forward to promoting the Catholic faith in eastern North Dakota following his episcopal consecration June 19. 
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Jesus 'wants pastors, not combers of sheep,' Pope Francis says

Christians are called to be evangelists, seeking out the sheep who are lost rather than staying at home tending to the few who have never left, Pope Francis said at the Vatican's Paul VI Hall.
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Argentine bishops concerned over assisted reproduction law

Responding to a new law on assisted fertilization, the bishops of Argentina stressed that “not everything that is technically possible is ethically and legally acceptable.”
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US bishops' group approves $9 million in anti-poverty funds

The domestic anti-poverty program of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has approved more than $9 million in grants to help alleviate poverty and injustice throughout the United States.
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Vatican lawyer not surprised by court's refusal to hear abuse case

A dismissed request that the International Criminal Court investigate U.S. clergy sex abuse as a crime against humanity misunderstands the nature of the Catholic Church, the Vatican’s U.S. lawyer has said.
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Cardinal pushes for law to protect pain-capable unborn

The U.S. bishops’ point man on pro-life issues is calling on federal legislators to support a bill that would ban late-term abortions after unborn children are able to feel pain.
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A mother’s unconditional love

*By Christina Senour While browsing the internet for stories this morning, I came across an article that literally gave me chills. An Australian woman gave birth to twins at 27 weeks old; her son, Jamie Ogg, weighing in at just two pounds, was “pronounced dead by his physician after medical staff tried for twenty minutes [...]
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NY abortion expansion fails amid Catholic opposition

New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo's proposed bill to dramatically expand legal abortion in the state died in the state senate following months of Catholic and pro-life opposition.
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Asia - Pacific »

Construction begins on new home for elderly in Thailand

A new home for the elderly in Thailand will seek to restore respect for senior citizens and to fight the escalating problems of elderly abandonment and suicide in the country.
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CATHOLIC WOMANHOOD »

The Lost Generation

by Karyn Shorter

During a recent perusal of the blog PostSecret, in which anonymous contributors send in postcards with personal confessions, I found one regarding society's expectations of women. It said, "I...
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A reflection on womanhood

by Maggie Lawson

"Certainly what God gave to Eve, He would not refuse His own Mother…"Coming off of Mary’s month of May, and freshly venturing into June, there are countless lessons that we can learn from...
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The Hours: A Feast for the Soul

by Sr. Joan L. Roccasalvo, C.S.J.

“What is more pleasing than a psalm,” asks St. Ambrose, the fourth-century Archbishop of Milan (“Explanations of the Psalms,” Liturgy of the Hours, III: 347-8)? We live in a...
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A Fortnight with Civility and for Clarity

by Jason Godin

The Fortnight for Freedom begins on June 21. For the secondtime in as many years, prayers and activities will seek to educate Americansabout current challenges to religious liberty.One such...
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June 19, 2013

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