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US Bishops Welcome Step Forward in Immigration Overhaul

Call for Further Provisions to Protect Families

Washington, D.C., (Zenit.org) | 212 hits

The chairman of the US bishops' Committee on Migration applauded a step forward in an overhaul of the US immigration system. Archbishop José H. Gomez of Los Angeles, chairman of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Committee on Migration, today applauded approval by the Senate Judiciary Committee of S. 744, t...

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Cardinal Tauran: Politics Can Be a Path to Holiness

Says Only Motive That Justifies Power Is Service

Paris, (Zenit.org) Anita Bourdin | 558 hits

The president of the Vatican's council for interreligious dialogue says that politics can be a path to holiness, but that one has to enter public service without seeking anything in return. …

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Bishop Faults Government in Rise of Boko Haram

Accuses President Jonathan of Worry About Losing Votes

London, (Zenit.org) | 709 hits

A bishop from northern Nigeria says President Goodluck Jonathan’s government is reluctant to fight the Boko Haram terrorist threat for fear of losing crucial votes in the upcoming elections. …

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Coadjutor of Armagh Speaks on Abortion Legislation

"How can it be argued that it is for the public good to legislate for the direct and intentional taking of human life?"

Armagh, Northern Ireland, (Zenit.org) | 956 hits

Here is Archbishop Eamon Martin's address from Thursday at the closing of a novena in the parish of Saint Patrick, Roden Place, Dundalk, in the Archdiocese of Armagh. The archbishop was …

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Dear Mrs. Livia Danese Andreotti Rome Having learned the news of the death of your beloved husband, Senator Giulio Andreotti, at the end of a long and fecund life, I express to you and to …

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Catholic Midwives Win Appeal

Court Says They Shouldn't Have to Participate in Scheduling Abortions

London, (Zenit.org) Staff | 1213 hits

A court in Scotland has ruled that two Catholic midwives have a right to refuse to help in any way with abortions or scheduling abortions. The Edinburgh court upheld last Wednesday the right …

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