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U.S. House Speaker Nancy Pelosi of California calls the 2008 Democratic National Convention to order in Denver Aug. 25. Rep. Pelosi has been criticized by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops for misrepresenting “the history and nature of the authentic teaching of the Catholic Church on abortion.” (CNS photo/Mike Segar, Reuters)
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By Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The chairmen of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life and doctrine committees criticized House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, saying she “misrepresented the history and nature of the authentic teaching of the Catholic Church on abortion” in a nationally televised interview Aug. 24.
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By Mark Pattison
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – Figures released Aug. 26 by the U.S. Census Bureau revealed that, while the number of Americans in poverty last year rose over 2006 levels, the percentage increase was not statistically significant.
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A video grab shows people putting out a fire at a Christian orphanage burned by a mob in the town of Bargah, in the eastern Indian state of Orissa. Church officials said that at least five people have died and church properties have been burned by Hindus angry at the murder of one of their leaders. (CNS photo/Reuters TV)
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By Catholic News Service
NEW DELHI – Catholic education institutions across India planned to close Aug. 29 to protest the continuing violence against Christians that has left at least 10 people dead in India’s eastern Orissa state.
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Sister Helen Prejean, a member of the Sisters of St. Joseph of Medaille, speaks at the Democratic National Convention’s first-ever “Faith in Action” interfaith gathering in Denver Aug. 24. (CNS photo/Jim Myers, Colorado Catholic Herald)
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By Jim Myers
Catholic News Service
DENVER – It was a rocky start to the Democratic National Convention’s first “Faith in Action” interfaith gathering at the Colorado Convention Center’s Wells Fargo Theater Aug. 24.
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By Dennis Sadowski
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – The rights of doctors, nurses and other medical personnel who do not want to be involved in abortion and sterilization procedures for religious or moral reasons would get a boost under new rules proposed by the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services.
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By Simon Caldwell
Catholic News Service
LONDON – Latin-rite Archbishop Jean Sleiman of Baghdad, Iraq, has denounced the continuing kidnapping of Christians in his country and urged the government to take more action to end such crimes.
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U.S. Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Barack Obama of Illinois listens to his vice presidential running mate Sen. Joe Biden of Delaware speak at a campaign event at the Old State Capitol in Springfield, Ill., Aug. 23. The Democratic National Convention opens Aug. 25 in Denver. (CNS photo/Kamil Krzaczynski, Reuters)
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By Patricia Zapor
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON - Delaware Sen. Joe Biden, announced Aug. 23 as Sen. Barack Obama’s choice as his running mate for the White House, puts on the Democratic ticket a Catholic who supports legal abortion but on other issues has been an ally for the church’s public policy interests.
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By Rick DelVecchio
Catholic News Service
SAN FRANCISCO – Catholics for the Common Good, the California Catholic Conference, the Knights of Columbus and other Catholic groups have formed CatholicsForProtectMarriage.com to help recruit Catholic volunteers and contributors for Proposition 8, which would overturn the California Supreme Court’s ruling that same-sex couples have the right to designate their unions as marriages.
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By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service
VATICAN CITY – Exaggerated nationalism that unleashes bloodshed and Cold War attitudes of suspicion must be a thing of the past, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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A class meets for Spanish Bible study at St. Giles Church in Oak Park, Ill., in June. Nearly one-third of U.S. adult Catholics said they never read the Bible, according to a survey taken earlier this year. Much fewer – about 8 percent – said they read it every day. (CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Catholic New World)
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By Nancy Frazier O’Brien
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON – These days you can get a Bible that coincides with pretty much any interest.
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