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An icon of the encounter with Jesus on the road to Emmaus was chosen as the official logo for the worldwide celebration of the Sunday of the Word of God.
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By CAROL GLATZ
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1/24/20
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The Trump administration announced Jan. 24 it is taking steps to enforce the Weldon Amendment, a federal law that prohibits discrimination by states against health insurance plans that do not cover abortion.
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1/24/20
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President Donald Trump credited attendees at the 47th annual March for Life for their commitment to protect the life of unborn and born children.
“Together we are the voice for the …
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By DENNIS SADOWSKI
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1/24/20
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After Pope Francis and U.S. Vice President Mike Pence met privately for nearly an hour at the Vatican, Pence told the pope that his Roman Catholic mother will be pleased with the visit.
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By JUNNO AROCHO ESTEVES
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1/24/20
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Pro-life supporters are “deeply honored to welcome” President Donald Trump to the 47th annual March for Life Jan. 24 rally in person, said Jeanne Mancini, March for Life president, in a …
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By JULIE ASHER
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1/24/20
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In marking the “sorrowful anniversary” Jan. 22 of the Supreme Court’s ruling legalizing abortion nationwide, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee said the Catholic Church’s pastoral response to all mothers in need “will soon intensify.”
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1/22/20
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President Donald Trump said Jan. 16 his administration is issuing nine proposed rules to ensure the nation’s faith-based service providers and organizations are not discriminated against by federal agencies’ regulations or in their grant-making processes because of religion.
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1/21/20
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Catholics across the country are invited to take part in the 9 Days for Life novena for the protection of human life. Each day’s intention is accompanied by a short reflection and suggested actions to help build a culture of life.
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1/21/20
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Works of young Bolivian artists-in-training are on display in the Gallery at the Sheen Center for Thought & Culture in lower Manhattan through Friday, Jan. 31, in an exhibit titled “Arte Fogata: Art Workshop Bolivia—Children Empowered In Creativity.”
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1/21/20
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The March for Life, the annual march in Washington, D.C. to protest legalized abortion in the United States, is tying itself in 2020 to the women’s suffrage movement for the 100th anniversary …
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By MARK PATTISON
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1/17/20
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President Donald Trump announced his administration’s new guidance on prayer in public schools during a Jan. 16 event in the Oval Office on National Religious Freedom Day.
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By CAROL ZIMMERMANN
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1/17/20
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A culture of religious freedom “consists of respect for the dignity of others as they seek to live in accordance with the truth about God,” said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee for Religious Liberty.
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1/17/20
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Theodore McCarrick, the former cardinal who was laicized by the Vatican in 2019 after numerous claims of abuse by him were substantiated, moved Jan. 3 from the Capuchin Franciscan friary in Kansas …
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By MARK PATTISON
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1/17/20
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The natural disasters that have struck Puerto Rico in recent years keep piling on, traumatizing the island’s already poor and vulnerable population and leaving massive devastation in their …
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1/16/20
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Auxiliary Bishop Gerardo J. Colacicco celebrated a Mass of Thanksgiving Jan. 5 at St. Columba Church in Hopewell Junction where he also consecrated the new altar and blessed the ambo and baptismal …
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1/16/20
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Maltese Cardinal Prosper Grech, an Augustinian priest and expert on the fathers of the early Church, died Dec. 30 at the Santo Spirito Hospital near the Vatican. He was 94.
In a message of …
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1/16/20
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Brother Timothy Murphy, F.S.C., who served at Lincoln Hall in Lincolndale for 17 years, died Dec. 5 at St. Barnabas Hospital in the Bronx. He was 78.
Brother Murphy was at Lincoln Hall, 1964-1981. …
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1/16/20
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Sister Katherine Bernard Gaffney, O.P., who served as co-administrator/director of the Corazon Community in Glasco for 30 years, died Jan. 1 in Siena Hall in Sparkill. She was 91.
Sister Katherine …
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1/16/20
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Deacon Alejandro Rosado, who served for 30 years at St. Athanasius parish in the Bronx, died Dec. 31. He was 82.Deacon Rosado was assigned to St. Athanasius, 1983-2013. He was engaged in the …
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1/16/20
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Sister Helen Marie Kenny, M.M. who served as a nurse for many years in Hong Kong, died Jan. 4 at the Maryknoll Sisters Center in Ossining. She was 88.
Sister Helen Marie served in Hong Kong …
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1/16/20
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