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The U.S. Catholic Church will celebrate National Vocation Awareness Week from Jan. 13 through Jan. 19. • Starting on Dec. 12, the feast of Our Lady of Guadalupe, Pope Benedict XVI will be tweeting in eight languages, including Arabic, from eight twitter accounts, including one for English speak
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Chicago Catholics Challenged to Become 'Lobbyists for Peace'
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In a metropolitan area rocked by crime, Catholics are being challenged to respond.
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Typhoon Recovery
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The destruction from Typhoon Bopha in portions of Mindanao, in the southern Philippines, is worse than feared as rescue workers continued to discover bodies under knee-deep mud, said a Catholic Relief Services official who coordinates the agency’s storm response in early December. “It lo
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In China, Status Quo
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A high-ranking Vatican official from China says he does not expect much to change in church-state relations with the new Chinese government.

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Victims Top Priority
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Bishop-designate William Crean, appointed on Nov. 24 to Ireland’s Diocese of Cloyne, vowed he would make a priority of healing the pain caused by the sexual abuse scandal.

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Speaking on the day before World AIDS Day, Pope Benedict XVI called for special attention to those unable to afford life-saving H.I.V./AIDS drugs.

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More Horror in Congo; A Proxy War Over Mineral Wealth?
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Amnesty International has documented numerous human rights abuses attributed to Congolese fighters, including unlawful killings.

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Statehood in Palestine
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The Vatican praised a U.N. vote making Palestine a nonmember observer state but called for full recognition of Palestinian sovereignty as necessary for peace in the region.

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Luring a Lame-Duck Congress Into Legislative Action
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There is a pile of unfinished business from 2012 and the nation’s looming “fiscal cliff” to step back from.

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Do No Harm
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Congress should avoid measures that harm at-risk students, low-income families and the global poor who benefit from international assistance, said Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, Calif., and Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, in a letter to the U.S. House of Representatives and the S