March 16, 2012

By Laura Dodson, Catholic News Service

LAKELAND, Fla. (CNS) – Ethel Kennedy said showing support for 61 farmworkers coming off a six-day fast was a matter of charity and justice.

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March 13, 2012

By Catholic News Service

NEW YORK (CNS) – The Pontifical Mission Societies in the United States have expanded their youth and young adult outreach by hiring Marilyn Santos as the director overseeing this outreach, effective March 15.

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March 13, 2012

By Catholic News Service

MILWAUKEE (CNS) – The Apostleship of Prayer has announced that it will offer its popular weekend retreats for young adults in several Southern states this summer.

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March 13, 2012

By Elizabeth Skalski, Catholic News Service

BALTIMORE (CNS) – Hundreds gathered at the inaugural Mid-Atlantic Congress for Pastoral Leadership to learn about strengthening pastoral ministry at parishes.

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March 12, 2012

By Steve Euvino, Catholic News Service

HAMMOND, Ind. (CNS) – Thanks to a collaboration of agencies, a foundation and other funding sources, the first Women’s Care Center opened March 1 in the Diocese of Gary.

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March 12, 2012

By Mark Pattison, Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON (CNS) – In the space of one month, the conversation about life online swiveled from “stop online piracy” to “stop online privacy.”

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March 12, 2012

By Nancy Frazier O’Brien, Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON (CNS)– Various proposals to regulate or limit abortions or abortion funding continued to move through state legislatures in early March.

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March 9, 2012

By Carol Zimmermann, Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON (CNS) – A set of national standards and benchmarks for Catholic schools – defining what makes them unique and providing ways to measure their effectiveness – was released March 7.

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March 8, 2012

By Tom Tracy, Catholic News Service

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (CNS) – Meeting for the first and only time as a group before they board planes for Cuba later this month, a group of North Florida Catholics recently shared their hopes for an upcoming pilgrimage to the island nation with so many historic ties to their area.

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March 7, 2012

By Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON (CNS) – Reading the documents coming out of the Second Vatican Council convinced Marie Dennis that there was no better calling than to seek justice for the world’s most impoverished and marginalized people. Continue reading →