March 12, 2013 in The Dickinson Press
VATICAN CITY Black smoke poured from the Sistine Chapel chimney on Tuesday, signaling that cardinals had failed on their first vote of the papal conclave to choose a new leader for the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics and their troubled church.
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December 4, 2012 in The Daily Republic
VATICAN CITY Benedict XVI, the pope known for his hefty volumes of theology and lengthy encyclicals, is now trying brevity spreading the faith through his own Twitter account.
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May 29, 2012 in Grand Forks Herald
When he exits the Fargo diocese to head up the Denver archdiocese, Samuel Aquila will leave behind many admirers here, both for his spiritual leadership and his administrative skills. Continue Reading
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May 10, 2012 in WDAZ
NEW YORK (AP) Long a lightning rod for conservative criticism, the Girl Scouts of the USA are now facing their highest-level challenge yet: An official inquiry by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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April 4, 2011 in Worthington Daily Globe
LISMORE It’s been 100 years since Mary Ann Spieker’s father, Herman Wieneke, helped build the distinctive twin-spired St. Anthony Catholic Church in Lismore, but neither the stately structure nor Spieker’s reliance on it as her faith home are visibly diminishing with age. Continue Reading
April 3, 2011 in Worthington Daily Globe
ELLSWORTH The congregation has changed, the buildings have been renovated and the associated school is gone, but St. Mary’s Church prospers, still vital at 125 years old. Continue Reading
September 21, 2010 in Worthington Daily Globe
WINONA, Minn. Minnesota’s Roman Catholic bishops are launching a new effort against same-sex marriage, with a DVD being mailed to parishioners. Continue Reading
September 10, 2010 in Worthington Daily Globe
BRUSSELS (AP) Hundreds of sex abuse victims have come forward in Belgium with harrowing accounts of molestation by Catholic clergy that reportedly led to at least 13 suicides and affected children as young as two, an independent Belgian commission said Friday. Continue Reading
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