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Dialogue examines Catholic, Anglican ecclesiology and moral discernment
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Understanding the differences in how the Catholic Church and member churches of the Anglican Communion structure authority and exercise it are key to understanding how each body arrives at its teaching and practices on critical issues in ethics and moral theology.
Deportation order seen as justice ‘finally’ served for atrocities
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. (CNS) -- A deportation order for El Salvador's former defense minister who lives in Florida but presided over an era of atrocities and torture in his own country underscores a new era of U.S. foreign policy, according to one of the lead attorneys who sued the official, retired Gen. Jose Guillermo Garcia, in U.S. District Court in 2002.
Homeless San Francisco man among thousands joining church through RCIA
SAN FRANCISCO (CNS) -- A homeless San Francisco man was among the thousands of Americans who joined the Catholic Church over the Easter weekend through their participation in the Rite of Christian Initiation of Adults.
Teresian Carmelites in India dispatch first group of sisters to U.S.
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- A small group of Teresian Carmelites from India are quickly adjusting to their new life in the Diocese of Bismarck, N.D., helping out in the Catholic Indian Mission and teaching at St. Bernard Mission School in Fort Yates.
Students learn about poverty in mountaintop removal mining communities
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The terms "poverty" and "America" did not seem to fit together for Philippine native Mar-Rex Lindawan, a nursing student at Mercy College of Health Sciences in Des Moines, Iowa.
‘American Bible Challenge’ game show revs up for third season
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- America still loves a good TV game show, as "The American Bible Challenge" has demonstrated. It's the highest-rated program on cable's Game Show Network, which specializes in this kind of thing.
Abortion bill opponents called ‘extreme’ dies in Colorado Senate
DENVER (CNS) -- A day after more than 1,000 pro-lifers joined Denver's archbishop in a prayer rally to oppose a bill that would have established abortion as a "fundamental right" in Colorado, senators in the state Legislature April 16 tabled a vote on the measure indefinitely.
Jesus ‘knows what you are going through,’ Cardinal Dolan tells inmates
FALLSBURG, N.Y. (CNS) -- At an upbeat Mass in a maximum security prison, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said Holy Week resonates with inmates, who can relate to Jesus' arrest, captivity and trial.
Colorado bishops urge state lawmakers to oppose ‘radical’ abortion bill
COLORADO SPRINGS, Colo. (CNS) -- The three Catholic bishops of Colorado sent letters April 14 to state legislators urging opposition to a bill aimed at defining abortion as a fundamental right in the state of Colorado.
Killings at Jewish community center mourned; Catholic woman among dead
UPDATED - OVERLAND PARK, Kan. (CNS) -- Outpourings of grief and support came in response to the murder of three people at two Jewish-run facilities in the Kansas City suburb of Overland Park April 13, the day before the Jewish feast of Passover was to begin.