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2 hrs ago | The Tribune

Fort Wayne priest removed after sex abuse charge

A Catholic priest who took over a Fort Wayne parish after its pastor was accused of sexually abusing a minor has been removed from public ministry himself for allegedly abusing a minor in Africa some 20 years ago.

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Related Topix: Religion, South Bend, IN

Wed Jun 19, 2013

Channelnewsasia.com

France hit by weather chaos as floods claim two victims

Flash floods in southwestern France claimed two elderly victims in the space of 24 hours as unseasonal storms caused havoc across huge swaths of the country on Wednesday.

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Related Topix: Weather, France, World News, Religion

Examiner.com

Do Catholic Schools Work? They Do In Joliet

Catholic schools seem to be in trouble everywhere you look in America. It seems we routinely hear stories about how St. Something-or-other will be closing next week.

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Related Topix: Religion, Joliet, IL, Family, Adolescents and Pre-Teens, Illinois, Standardized Testing, Education

The Cyprus Weekly

Moving closer to sainthood Vatican City - Pope John Paul II has moved a step closer to...

Pope John Paul II has moved a step closer to sainthood. A Vatican official says a commission of theologians approved a miracle attributed to his intercession, clearing a key hurdle.

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Seattle Times

Floods close Lourdes pilgrimage site in Pyrenees

Heavy floods in southwest France have forced the closure of the Catholic pilgrimage site in Lourdes and the evacuation of pilgrims from nearby hotels.

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Christian Science Monitor

As Spain's people drift from Catholic Church, government cozies up

A woman sits in the church following the procession of 'Santo Cristo' during Holy Week in Bercianos de Aliste, northern Spain, March 28. After years of moving in a more socially liberal direction along with the rest of western Europe, the Spanish government is now doing an about face, seeking to clamp down on abortion and return the Roman Catholic ... (more)

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Related Topix: Europe, Spain, World News, Religion

The Catholic Sun Phoenix

Catholic and American? Part two in a series

The Most Rev. Thomas J. Olmsted is the bishop of the Diocese of Phoenix. He was installed as the fourth bishop of Phoenix on Dec. 20, 2003, and is the spiritual leader of the diocese's 820,000 Catholics.

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Related Topix: Religion, Recreational Vehicle, Phoenix Cruiser, Wedding

Tue Jun 18, 2013

MLive.com

Bishop David Walkowiak takes seat at head of 11-county Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids

With the handoff of a ring, a hat, a staff and a book of Gospels, the Rev. David J. Walkowiak was ordained this afternoon as the 12th bishop of the Catholic Diocese of Grand Rapids.

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Seattle Post-Intelligencer

Catholic religious order opens abuse files

A Roman Catholic religious order released an unusually candid report Tuesday outlining how its leaders failed for decades to stop sex abuse in its schools and other ministries.

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Related Topix: Religion, Criminal Defense Law, Law

Ghanamma.com

Catholic Church launches beatification of Cardinal Dery

Vice-President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur has launched the beatification process and foundation of the late Cardinal Peter Porekuu Dery.

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NBC Philadelphia

Catholic Church's Same-Sex Marriage View Causing Followers to Flee

Not surprisingly, a high percentage of area Catholics have left the church over the sexual abuse scandal that has rocked the organization in the past decade.

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Related Topix: Sex Scandal, Wedding, Religion

KSWO

Indiana woman condemned for killing at 15 is freed

The plans of a former Microsoft manager to create the "Starbucks of Pot" are worrying other activists who pushed for the legalization of marijuana in Washington state.

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Related Topix: Indiana, Marijuana, Natural Disasters, Wildfire, Fire, Religion

Tri-cityherald.com

Venezuelan president meets pope, smoothes relations with Catholic church

Venezuela and the Vatican haven't always seen eye-to-eye. During his 14 years in power, President Hugo Chavez often battled with the church, accusing leaders of participating in a coup against him and calling a Venezuelan cardinal a "troglodyte" on national television.

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Related Topix: Hugo Chavez, Prison, Religion, Pope Benedict XVI

Mon Jun 17, 2013

San Bernardino County Sun

Salvadorans to help with gang truce in Honduras

Two Salvadorans who mediated in a gang truce in their country that cut the homicide rate by at least 50 percent met Monday with gang leaders in Honduras, where they will help do the same.

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Related Topix: Honduras, World News, Religion

The Daily News Journal

Pope Francis after 100 days: A contrast to Benedict

VATICAN CITY a?? One-hundred days after becoming the first non-European pope since the eighth century, the main difference between Francis and his European predecessors is one more of style than of concrete action.

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Related Topix: Pope Benedict XVI, Religion

Denver Post

Pueblo prepares for resignation of Catholic bishop

The Cuban-born bishop was Pueblo's fourth bishop, serving there since 2009. The Pueblo Diocese covers 48,000 square miles and 53 parishes.

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The American Spectator

Can Liturgical Music Be Saved?

Remember the power ballad? It was a subgenre of rock music pioneered by Boston in 1976 and Styx a year later.

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Related Topix: Pop/Rock, Styx, Religion

The Times of Israel

Catholic activist killed for saving Jews set for sainthood

Rome - An Italian Catholic activist and journalist who was declared a Righteous Gentile for saving Jewish lives during World War II has formally been put on the road to sainthood by the Roman Catholic church.

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Sun Jun 16, 2013

WFMY 2 Greensboro

Youngest Inmate On Death Row To Leave Prison

That made the Gary, Ind., teen the youngest person ever in the state to face the death penalty.

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Related Topix: Prison, Death Penalty, Gary, IN, Religion

WTAQ-AM Green Bay

GB Diocese finds claim of priest abuse unsubstantiated

The diocese received the allegation of abuse of a minor against Father Justin Werner, a senior priest, back on April 20. The abuse, which Fr.

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