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March 2010

City sued over law requiring pro-life centers post signs on services

Wednesday, March 31, 2010
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BALTIMORE (CNS) -- The Archdiocese of Baltimore is suing the city of Baltimore to overturn a new law that requires the city's pro-life pregnancy centers to post signs saying they do not provide abortion or birth control. Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien announced the federal lawsuit March 29 at St. Brigid Church in Canton, site of a pro-life pregnancy center. The suit was filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Maryland. The archbishop said the law "clearly" violates the constitutional rights to free speech and the free exercise of religion.
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Public, private aid to Haiti must continue, American ambassador says

Wednesday, March 31, 2010
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Even as media attention to Haiti wanes, individuals and nations must continue to support the long-term rebuilding of the Caribbean nation devastated by an earthquake in January, said the U.S. ambassador to the Holy See. Ambassador Miguel H.
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Bishops restate concern for abuse victims, praise pope's leadership

Wednesday, March 31, 2010
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Leaders of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops voiced concern for victims of clergy sexual abuse while offering praise for Pope Benedict XVI's long-standing leadership in dealing with abuse cases. In a Holy Week statement issued March 30, members of the Executive Committee of the USCCB said they are aware of the pope's concern for abuse victims and "how he has strengthened the church's response to victims." Committee members also acknowledged Pope Benedict's support for efforts within the U.S.
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Archbishop says coverage of 'horror' of abuse needed but must be fair

Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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NEW YORK (CNS) -- Archbishop Timothy M.
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Pope brings African-American foundress one step closer to sainthood

Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Benedict XVI advanced the sainthood cause of Mother Henriette Delille, a freeborn woman of African descent in 19th-century New Orleans, declaring that she had lived a life of "heroic virtues." By signing the decree March 27, the pope confirmed the recommendations of Vatican authorities who have studied the cause for several years. She can be beatified once a miracle is attributed to her intercession. If her cause advances, she could become the first African-American saint.
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Christians from around globe join Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem

Tuesday, March 30, 2010
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JERUSALEM (CNS) -- Christian pilgrims from around the globe waved palm fronds, banners and flags and sang in their native languages as they joined local Christians in the traditional Palm Sunday procession in Jerusalem. The procession slowly wound its way down from the Mount of Olives and into the Old City March 28. Christians from Germany, Puerto Rico, Italy, Sweden, and India as well as local Muslim residents lined the streets taking pictures, then joined the procession.
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As rains arrive, CRS eyes new shelter strategies for homeless Haitians

Monday, March 29, 2010
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- With the rainy season on the doorstep in Haiti, Isaac Boyd, an emergency shelter expert for Catholic Relief Services, and a coalition of relief agencies from around the world are trying to tackle the impossible. Their focus is on getting the hundreds of thousands of people who remain homeless after the Jan. 12 earthquake into better housing, even if it is nothing more than a sturdy tent on safe ground.
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Former Dominican priest, celebrated geneticist, wins Templeton Prize

Monday, March 29, 2010
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A former Dominican priest who is a celebrated scientist is the recipient of the 2010 Templeton Prize, an annual award considered religion's equivalent to the Nobel prizes. The John Templeton Foundation announced March 25 at the National Academy of Sciences in Washington that Francisco J.
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Legionaries acknowledge founder abused seminarians, ask forgiveness

Monday, March 29, 2010
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ROME (CNS) -- Top officials of the Legionaries of Christ acknowledged that the order's founder, the late Father Marcial Maciel Degollado, sexually abused young seminarians, and they asked forgiveness for failing to listen to his accusers. A statement released March 26 by the Legionaries and its lay branch, Regnum Christi, said that any members of the order who were guilty of cooperation in Father Maciel's crimes would be held accountable.
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Bishop Matthiesen, retired head of Amarillo Diocese, dead at 88

Thursday, March 25, 2010
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AMARILLO, Texas (CNS) -- Retired Bishop Leroy T. Matthiesen of Amarillo, a longtime Catholic newspaper editor and well-known social justice advocate, died after a brief illness March 22 at his home in Amarillo. He was 88. Bishop Patrick J. Zurek of Amarillo was to celebrate his funeral Mass March 27 at St. Thomas the Apostle Church in Amarillo, with burial to follow in a family cemetery plot at St. Boniface Church in Olfen, south of Abilene.
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