Court won’t take challenge to Ky. law requiring ultrasound before abortion
WASHINGTON — The U.S. Supreme Court Dec. 9 declined to take up a challenge to a Kentucky ultrasound law that requires a physician or…
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Pope says he is ‘scandalized’ by anti-migrant rhetoric
By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis told Jesuits in Thailand he was “scandalized” by some of the anti-migrant rhetoric…
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Religious freedom is a basic human right, says lawyer for Little Sisters
By Linda Petersen Catholic News Service SALT LAKE CITY — As an attorney with Becket, a religious liberty law firm, Luke Goodrich is proud…
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Advocates for poor expect new SNAP rule will boost hunger nationwide
By Dennis Sadowski Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — Catholic advocates for poor people decried a new federal rule that tightens work requirements which determine…
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Bishop Malone resigns; Albany bishop named apostolic administrator
By Catholic News Service BUFFALO, N.Y. — Buffalo Bishop Richard J. Malone told Catholics Dec. 4 he asked Pope Francis to allow him to…
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March for Life theme borrows page from suffragist centennial
By Mark Pattison Catholic News Service WASHINGTON — The March for Life, the annual march in Washington to protest legalized abortion in the United…
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Beatification for Archbishop Sheen postponed
By Catholic News Service PEORIA, Ill. — Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria said Vatican officials have told him that the upcoming beatification of…
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From abuse to ‘nones,’ U.S. bishops share concerns with pope
By Cindy Wooden and Junno Arocho Esteves Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The timing of the U.S. bishops’ “ad limina” visits to the…
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Seek the light during busy Advent season, advises university chaplain
By Nancy Wiechec Catholic News Service FLAGSTAFF, Ariz. — Advent is the season of waiting and anticipating the coming light. “Advent means dawn coming….
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Mideast Catholic leaders call for peace, stability in region
By Doreen Abi Raad Catholic News Service CAIRO — Amid deadly protests in Iraq, a people’s uprising in Lebanon and continued suffering in Syria,…
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