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Cheers Star: We Didn't Need Surveillance When We Were Kids - 'We Had God'
"When we were kids, we didn't need security cameras on the telephone poles to watch us, because ...
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Did Pocahontas save explorer John Smith here? Native American site of Werowocomoco fascinating regardless
Indian
princess Pocahontas is said to have laid her head on English explorer
John Smith as her powerful father ...
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Poorly prepared teachers steering nation's classrooms
The
United States always needs qualified teachers - and many subpar
programs are rushing them into classrooms ...
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Pope explains how Christians can love bombers
Vatican City, Jun 18, 2013 / 12:00 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Pope Francis tackled Jesus' teaching that Christians must love their
enemies by asking a series of provocative questions, such as, how can we
love those who "bomb and kill so many people?"
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Children's journey of beauty ends with papal visit
Vatican City, Jun 18, 2013 / 10:02 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
This coming Sunday, almost 500 disadvantaged children will arrive at the Vatican on a special red train, where they will be greeted by Pope Francis as part of their "Journey of Beauty."
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Construction begins on new home for elderly in Thailand
Korat, Thailand, Jun 18, 2013 / 05:07 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
A new home for the elderly in Thailand will seek to restore respect for senior citizens and to fight the escalating problems of elderly abandonment and suicide in the country.
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Jesus 'wants pastors, not combers of sheep,' Pope Francis says
Vatican City, Jun 18, 2013 / 02:12 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Christians are called to be evangelists, seeking out the sheep who are lost rather than staying at home tending to the few who have never left, Pope Francis said at the Vatican's Paul VI Hall.
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Cardinal consecrates new church in United Arab Emirates
Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, Jun 18, 2013 / 01:03 am (EWTN News).-
Cardinal Fernando Filoni consecrated a new Catholic church in the United Arab Emirates on June 14, with thousands of Catholics attending the church's first Mass.
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No-one Can Change the Truth About Fatherhood. Love Your Father. Be a Good Father
Do Fathers really matter? Do mothers really matter? Does marriage really matter? Does a child have a right to a ...
Categories: U.S. Catholic News
IN SEARCH OF SUNKEN TREASURE: Divers plunge into Lake Michigan to search for 17th Century ship
Divers have started
looking at an underwater pit in a remote part of northern Lake Michigan.
They hope to find ...
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Jesus makes slaps, insults 'nothing,' Pope declares
Vatican City, Jun 17, 2013 / 12:00 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Jesus makes it possible for Christians to "turn the other cheek" because they have received "all" from him, making slights, insults and even good things "nothing," Pope Francis said.
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Interim bank appointment means Pope wants cardinals' advice
Rome, Italy, Jun 17, 2013 / 11:33 am (EWTN News/CNA).- The temporary selection of a prelate for the so-called Vatican Bank
shows Pope Francis is waiting for the advice of the cardinals he tapped
as advisors before deciding the fate of the financial institute,
according to a source in the Vatican's Secretariat of State.
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Economy, politics must serve man, Pope tells G8
Vatican City, Jun 17, 2013 / 09:05 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
In a message to Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron, Pope Francis underscored that the "material and spiritual welfare" of every person must be the impetus behind political and economic efforts to remedy the economic crisis and help the poor.
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Pope's friendliness impresses Harley-Davidson crowd
Vatican City, Jun 16, 2013 / 10:00 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
Harley-Davidson owners flocked to St. Peter's Square today for a chance to greet Pope Francis, and they came away struck by his friendliness and closeness to the people.
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Pope: Selfish living leads to slavery, death
Vatican City, Jun 16, 2013 / 07:25 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
As he met with thousands of pro-life advocates from around the globe, Pope Francis stressed that the Gospel is the "way to freedom and life," but lifestyles that are "dictated by selfishness" lead to slavery and death.
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Archbishop Mueller: human dignity central to education
Glasgow, Scotland, Jun 16, 2013 / 05:47 pm (EWTN News/CNA).-
Speaking at the launch of a foundation at the University of Glasgow, the prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith stressed the importance of upholding human dignity in education.
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Archbishop Chaput Cuts Through the Double Talk About Religious Liberty
Philadelphia's Archbishop Chaput has long been known for his candor, but his May 24 column is ...
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Courageous Cardinal George of Chicago Defends Marriage, Calls for Public Conversion
Francis Cardinal George, O.M.I, the Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, is one of the great churchmen of our age. His ...
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Defending life in politics part of New Evangelization, Cardinal Burke asserts
Vatican City, Jun 15, 2013 / 10:25 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
Participating in the political process in favor of human life is a part of the New Evangelization, Cardinal Raymond L. Burke said as he kicked-off a pro-life weekend at the Vatican.
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Cardinals fill important 'Vatican bank' position
Vatican City, Jun 15, 2013 / 07:30 am (EWTN News/CNA).-
The commission of cardinals that oversees the so-called Vatican bank has filled a key position by naming Monsignor Battista Ricca the secretary for the board and the commission itself.
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