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29 min ago | Global Catholic Network EWTN

15-Dec-09 - Motu Proprio: Variations to the Code of Canon Law

Made public today was Benedict XVI's Motu Proprio, "Omnium in mentem". The document is dated 26 October 2009 and contains two variations to the Code of Canon Law , variations which have long been the object of study by dicasteries of the Roman Curia and by national episcopal conferences.

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Related Topix: Religion, Pope Benedict XVI, Episcopal Church, Wedding

4 hrs ago | Vancouver Sun

Washington city council votes to legalize gay marriage

The US capital took a first step towards joining a handful of states that recognize gay marriage Tuesday as the city council voted to legalize gay marriage.

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Related Topix: Washington, DC, Gay/Lesbian, Religion

Tue Dec 15, 2009

The Daily Advertiser

Priest in Gibson prepares for tour in Iraq

HOUMA - Before the Rev. Van Constant trades his parish for a combat zone next year, he has packing to do.

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Related Topix: Houma, LA, Houma Metro, Gibson, LA, US National Guard, US Military, Religion, New Orleans Metro

Irish Examiner

Third clerical sex abuse inquiry to run until summer

A third inquiry into clerical child sex abuse by Catholic priests will run until next summer, it was revealed tonight.

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Related Topix: Religion

Ottawa Citizen

Police, church, government failed to protect children from predators: Cornwall Inquiry

Cornwall Inquiry head Justice Normand Glaude says systemic failures were found in the response to allegations of historic sexual abuse.

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Cincypost.Com

New Owensboro Bishop Appointed

The diocese announced the appointment in a statement on Tuesday. Medley was born in Marion County and ordained to the priesthood in 1982.

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Related Topix: Pope Benedict XVI, Religion, Kentucky

Globe and Mail

Pope calls for action on climate change

ALESSANDRA RIZZO Vatican City - Published on Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2009 7:09AM EST P ope Benedict XVI called for urgent action to protect the environment, saying Tuesday that climate change and natural catastrophes threaten the rights to life, food, health and ultimately peace.

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Related Topix: Pope Benedict XVI, Religion, Solar Energy, Alternative Energy, Science / Technology, Renewable Energy (Green Energy), Energy, Global Warming, Activism

Wausau Daily Herald

LETTER: Catholic group lacks the playbook

EDITOR: Let's suppose someone was running around Wausau wearing a Packer helmet and sweatshirt yelling, "I'm a Packer player." Wanting that person to stop making such a disturbance, you stop and start questioning him.

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Related Topix: Religion, Wausau, WI, Wausau Metro

Mon Dec 14, 2009

Catholic News

A girl holds a figurine of baby Jesus as Pope Benedict XVI leads the...

A girl holds a figurine of baby Jesus as Pope Benedict XVI leads the Angelus prayer from the window of his apartment overlooking St.

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Related Topix: Pope Benedict XVI, Religion

St. Anthony Messenger

Vatican: Pope Outraged by Sex Abuse in Ireland

By Source: Published: Monday, December 14, 2009 VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI shares "the outrage, betrayal and shame" felt by Irish Catholics over cases of clerical sexual abuse and the way abuse claims were handled by church leaders, and he plans to write a special pastoral letter to the Catholics of Ireland, the Vatican said.

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Related Topix: Pope Benedict XVI, Religion, World News, United Kingdom, Armagh County, Northern Ireland

WisInfo

Hispanic community celebrates Our Lady of Guadalupe

APPLETON - Mary's likeness stood among a bed of roses Sunday representing tradition and deep Catholic faith that's bound generations.

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Related Topix: Appleton, WI, Religion

Mercury-Register

Malaysia hearings start in Catholic 'Allah' fight

Lawyers for the Roman Catholic Church urged a court Monday to let Christians use "Allah" as a translation for God and overturn a government ban that has become a symbol of religious grievances in Muslim-majority Malaysia.

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Related Topix: Malaysia, Religion

NEWS.com.au

Rudd exploiting our first saint, says Pyne

OPPOSITION frontbencher Christopher Pyne has accused Prime Minister Kevin Rudd of a cynical attempt to take credit for Mother Mary MacKillop's possible canonisation.

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Related Topix: Kevin Rudd, Canada, Religion, Pope Benedict XVI

Sun Dec 13, 2009

The Sydney Morning Herald

Rudd always a Catholic: sister

Despite practising as an Anglican for years, Prime Minister Kevin Rudd will always be a Catholic, a sister of that church says.

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Related Topix: Religion, Kevin Rudd

The State Journal

Pope Elevates Charleston's Co-Cathedral of Sacred Heart to Minor Basilica

The Basilica of the Co-Cathedral of the Sacred Heart is the 63rd minor basilica in the U.S.. Minor Basilicas enjoy special rights and privileges.

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Related Topix: Charleston Metro, Religion, Pope Benedict XVI

Cw56.com

Anti-abortion activists holding vigils

Anti-abortion activists are holding vigils outside Massachusetts and Rhode Island churches over the weekend.

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Related Topix: US House of Representatives, US Politics, Patrick Kennedy, Democrat, US News, Religion

Huliq.com

Our Lady of Guadalupe Mosaic to Be Inaugurated in Taiwan

Our Lady of Guadalupe is regarded as Mexico's most popular religious and cultural image.

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Related Topix: World News, Taiwan, Religion, Mexico

Free Republic

Jimmy Carter: Abuse of Women? Blame the Catholics and Southern Baptists

MELBOURNE, December 11, 2009 - In an address to a gathering sponsored by the World Parliament of Religions last Friday, former US President Jimmy Carter has once again blamed traditional religion, particularly Southern Baptists and Roman Catholics, for "creating an environment where violations against women are justified." It is a theme that Carter ...

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Related Topix: Southern Baptist, Religion

WDJT

Archbishop installation

The new Archbishop of Milwaukee will be installed the first Monday in January as the leader of some 675,000 parishioners and 211 churches in the area.

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Related Topix: Milwaukee, WI, Chicago Metro, Religion

Sat Dec 12, 2009

Global Catholic Network EWTN

10-Dec-09 - Chinese Clergy: Letters from Pope, Cardinal Bertone Mark...

The Congregation for the Evangelization of Peoples has released a letter from 'a group of Chinese bishops and priests' who praised Vatican Secretary of State Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone's recent letter to the Church in China.

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Related Topix: Tarcisio Bertone, Religion, Pope Benedict XVI

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