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April 23, 2012
By Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) – Religious liberty was topic A at the eighth annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, held April 19 at a Washington hotel.
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April 20, 2012
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has expressed its concerns over proposed cuts in federal programs serving the country’s poorest and most vulnerable people in a series of letters to congressional leaders since April 4 as debate over the fiscal year 2013 budget begins.
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April 20, 2012
By Beth Griffin, Catholic News Service
BRONX, N.Y. (CNS) – The language used in the new translation of the Mass has evoked a variety of responses, from highly enthusiastic to deeply distressed, and can be seen as both a gift and a challenge, according to speakers at a symposium April 16 at Jesuit-run Fordham University.
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April 20, 2012
By Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) – Religious liberty was topic A at the eighth annual National Catholic Prayer Breakfast, held April 19 at a Washington hotel.
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April 10, 2012
By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) – Each of the thousands of new Catholics who joined the U.S. church at Easter has a special reason to celebrate. But for some, the journey has been especially poignant.
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April 10, 2012
By Angela Cave, Catholic News Service
ALBANY, N.Y. (CNS) – No one gasped when Judy Payne told a parish group she hadn’t attended Mass regularly in 25 years. They didn’t raise their eyebrows when she admitted she had married outside the Catholic Church.
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April 5, 2012
By Elizabeth Fazzini, Catholic News Service
GREENSBURG, Pa. (CNS) – From a distance, a distinct figure sits alone at a long, rectangular table surrounded by 12 large, empty stools.
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April 5, 2012
By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) – Fear of violence in the Middle East has not kept pilgrims away from the Holy Land, according to U.S. Franciscan priests who frequent the sites commemorating the birth, death and resurrection of Jesus.
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April 5, 2012
By Catholic News Service
BOSTON (CNS) – A federal appeals court heard arguments April 4 in two cases related not to the legality of same-sex marriage but to the tax, health and pension benefits of marriage.
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April 4, 2012
By Nancy Frazier O’Brien, Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) – As justices of the U.S. Supreme Court begin deliberations on four questions about the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act, efforts will continue to reverse elements of the health reform law related to religious freedom and abortion that many find problematic.
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