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Court rules that Detroit Catholic schoolteachers cannot unionize

Aug 18, 2005

On Wednesday, the Michigan Court of Appeals announced their decision that a group of teachers from suburban Detroit’s Brother Rice... Read more

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Publisher, papal friend says Pope’s new book focuses on beauty, personal relationship with Christ

Aug 17, 2005

In an interview with CNA yesterday, Fr. Joseph Fessio, founder of Ignatius Press and personal friend of Pope Benedict XVI... Read more

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Viacom CEO defends slam on Mother Theresa, Catholic League calls response ‘arrogant’

Aug 17, 2005

The CEO of media giant Viacom has defended the airing of a T.V. special which attacks Mother Theresa and the... Read more

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Albany Bishop will not defrock priests; ‘Formal and public removal from ministry is sufficient punishment’

Aug 17, 2005

Bishop Howard Hubbard of the Catholic Diocese of Albany, NY has decided that he will not laicize 13 priests in... Read more

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Former Methodist minister seeks the Roman collar

Aug 17, 2005

In 2002, Mark Kurowski, in what he calls the hardest move of his life, left the United Methodist church he’d... Read more

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Small Bible-belt diocese sees increase in seminarians

Aug 17, 2005

Bishop William Friend has been praying for years that God would give the Diocese of Shreveport, in northwest Louisiana, just... Read more

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Judge rules that Episcopal Diocese cannot confiscate property from gay-ordination dissenting parish

Aug 16, 2005

A California judge has ruled that an Episcopal parish who wants to disassociate itself from the L.A. diocese over the... Read more

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Cardinal Newman Society calls for removal of ‘pro-choice’ Catholic college professors

Aug 16, 2005

The Cardinal Newman Society, a Catholic watchdog group, is calling for the removal of 18 academics who they say, “perpetuate... Read more

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Women’s group blasts Glamour Magazine for denying breast cancer-abortion link

Aug 16, 2005

The Coalition on Abortion/Breast Cancer blasted the magazine Glamour yesterday for an article which denies the scientific link between abortion... Read more

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San Antonio Archbishop makes list of 25 most influential U.S. Hispanics

Aug 15, 2005

In its latest issue, Time Magazine has honored San Antonio’s Archbishop Jose Gomez as one of the 25 most influential... Read more

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‘Ministers of Annoyance’ spark fight at Ohio pilgrimage site

Aug 15, 2005

Harassment from a fundamentalist group calling themselves the “Ministry of Annoyance” caused some faithful visiting an Ohio Marian shrine for... Read more

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Youth organization hopes bracelets will encourage solidarity with new pope

Aug 15, 2005

Following the example of the tremendously popular Lance Armstrong “live strong” bracelets, a Connecticut youth organization has created a new... Read more

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San Francisco mayor, faithful, bid Archbishop Levada farewell

Aug 14, 2005

Nearly 2,300 well-wishers turned out Saturday night to bid farewell to San Francisco Archbishop William Levada as he heads to... Read more

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24,000 U.S. youth among those flooding Germany for World Youth Day

Aug 14, 2005

This week, some 600 young people from Denver, Colorado will complete the overseas trek to join an estimated 800,000 youth... Read more

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Catholic League president calls for constitutional restructuring of Supreme Court; end to ‘judicial tyranny’

Aug 14, 2005

William Donahue, president of the New York-based Catholic League for religious and civil liberties is calling for a restructuring of... Read more

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Mass. State Senate seeks to regulate church funds; many decry as violation of church and state

Aug 11, 2005

Massachusetts State Senator Marian Walsh is leading a charge demanding that religious organizations publicly disclose their financial books to the... Read more

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Pro-gay marriage church shown the door in Archdiocese of New Orleans

Aug 11, 2005

The Archdiocese of New Orleans has decided to terminate the lease on space being used by a local church which... Read more

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St. Patrick’s Cathedral rector resigns

Aug 11, 2005

Monsignor Eugene Clark, who has been rector of New York’s historic St. Patrick’s Cathedral since 2001, submitted his resignation Thursday,... Read more

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Youth ministry expert says teens are on the front lines of the culture wars

Aug 11, 2005

Bob Rice knows teens. The long time youth minister and professor at Franciscan University of Steubenville has been on the... Read more

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Activist walks from New Haven to NYC in effort to inspire priests

Aug 11, 2005

Edward Thomas Coll, who recently completed a 5,000 mile walk around the northeastern U.S., calling for an increase in vocations... Read more