National News Archive
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Bishops’ committee says professor’s book misrepresents Catholic faith
Posted on April 1, 2011 | No CommentsBy Dennis Sadowski, Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) — In a detailed critique, the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine has concluded that a 2007 book written by Fordham University theology professor...
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Church urged to welcome immigrants or lose them to other faiths, secularism
Posted on March 30, 2011 | No CommentsBy Patricia Zapor
Catholic News ServiceWASHINGTON — With the bulk of U.S. population growth coming among Hispanics, the Catholic Church must get out ahead in welcoming Latino newcomers...
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Father Dietzen, longtime Q&A columnist, dies at 83
Posted on March 30, 2011 | No CommentsCatholic News Service
PEORIA, Ill. — Father John J. Dietzen, the foremost question-and-answer columnist in the Catholic press for 35 years, died March 27 at OSF St. Francis...
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Phila. report ‘puts cloud over’ efforts to prevent abuse
Posted on March 16, 2011 | No CommentsBy Carol Zimmermann
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON — A recent grand jury report alleging past sexual abuse by clergy and other church personnel in the Philadelphia Archdiocese “puts a cloud...
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Maryland executions may resume if lethal injection protocols approved
Posted on July 8, 2009 | No CommentsBALTIMORE —As the state prepares a public review of newly drafted protocols for administering the death penalty, the leader of the Maryland Catholic Conference has vowed to speak out about...
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Jack Kemp dead at 73, shared political views of many Catholics
Posted on May 11, 2009 | No CommentsWASHINGTON — Jack Kemp, a Presbyterian Republican politician who championed causes important to many Catholics, died in his Bethesda, Md., home May 2 at the age of 73, following a...
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Economy affects decisions of Catholic college graduates
Posted on March 26, 2009 | No Comments
BALTIMORE — While the nation’s troubled economy has some college seniors worrying about getting a job after graduation, many graduating seniors...














