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Time
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The Roman Catholic Diocese of San Diego said in a letter to parishioners this weekend that it is considering declaring bankruptcy to avoid going to trial on more than 140 lawsuits alleging sexual abuse by priests. The pastoral statement, signed by Bish..
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Reuters
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Pope Benedict was baptized at birth and will most likely be baptized again one year after his death, not by his Roman Catholic Church but by a Mormon he never met...
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Washington Post
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For a glimpse into the future of the Roman Catholic Church in America, peek inside St. Benedict's in Queens on a Sunday after the Matsons, Mays and Cassidys have all gone home and Joan Overton has shut down the pipe organ following the sparsely attended 8..
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Alter Net
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From donning a Catholic priest's habit to wearing a rabbit costume, PETA veteran activist and party crasher Dan Mathews knows how to steal the headlines for the animal rights cause.
The following is an excerpt from chapter 9 of Committed: A Rabble Rous..
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USA Today
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Pope Benedict XVI has reversed centuries of traditional Roman Catholic teaching on limbo, approving a Vatican report released Friday that says there were "serious" grounds to hope that children who die without being baptized can go to heaven.
Theologia..
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Washington Post
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The Catholic cathedral that communists turned into a basketball arena for two decades is now busier than ever, drawing more than 2,000 people to a single Sunday Mass. An ornate Albanian Orthodox church with three grand, peach-colored domes is readying for..
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CNN
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Pope Benedict XVI, in his Palm Sunday Mass, opened the Roman Catholic Church's most solemn week by urging young people to live pure, innocent lives.
This year, Holy Week also includes the second anniversary of the April 2, 2005, death of Pope John Paul..
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CBS News
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The Easter season unveiling of a milk chocolate sculpture of Jesus Christ, dubbed 'My Sweet Lord' by its creator, left a sour taste Thursday in the mouths of a Catholic group infuriated by the anatomically correct confection.
'This is one of the worst..
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News.com.au
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HEALTH Minister Tony Abbott has called himself "Captain Catholic" and declared his discomfort with the perception he is a religious warrior. Mr Abbott acknowledged that his opposition to abortion, stem cell research and the abortion drug RU486 had resu..
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