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A cross stands on the spot where Sister Dorothy Stang was murdered Feb. 12, 2005.
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On Feb. 12, 2005, two hired gunmen killed Sister Dorothy Stang, 73, in a remote Brazilian settlement just off the Trans-Amazonian Highway. As a tireless advocate for the poor and landless in Brazil for more than three decades, the Ohio-born nun came into conflict with ruthless landowners. Three
MAKING THE GRADE. Maria Rodriguez with her third-grade students at Maternity of the Blessed Virgin Mary School in Chicago
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Maria Rodriguez is not a religious sister, but she lives and works like one. The 23-year-old San Diego native teaches third grade students in a Chicago Catholic school and lives in a house with other new schoolteachers.Rodriguez and her housemates exchange ideas about their educational ministry, pra
CLUTCH OF CARDINALS. Cardinals discuss reform of the Roman Curia before the consistory on Feb. 14.
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Gerard O’Connell
The establishment of two new congregations—the first for Laity-Family Life, the second for Charity-Justice-Peace, which includes a new office for ecology—were among the proposals for reform of the Roman Curia that were presented to the College of Cardinals on Feb. 12 at the opening sessi
Vaccination Contemplation
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Video of Pope Francis visiting with Latin American immigrants at a settlement camp near Rome on Feb. 8 became a global Internet phenomenon.• Congress should urge Israel to halt confiscation of Palestinian lands, a move that may “renew hope for a just resolution to the conflict,” Bis
Irish Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin
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Archbishop Diarmuid Martin of Dublin said he would seek assurances from religious congregations operating in his diocese that they are rigidly following child protection guidelines after a fresh round of audits raised serious concerns. In a statement on Feb. 10, Archbishop Martin said it was “
Cathedral of the Immaculate Conception of the Diocese of Chanthaburi, located in eastern central Thailand
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Steven Schwankert
Despite small numbers, Catholicism retains a special place in urban Thai society.