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Notre Dame Decides Not To Award Prestigious Medal
BY CHAZ MUTH THE UNIVERSITY of Notre Dame has announced that it will not award its prestigious Laetare Medal during its May 17 commencement ceremony after Mary Ann Glendon,......
Pope Offers Hope To The Victims Of Earthquake
BY CAROL GLATZ ON A VISIT aimed at strengthening people’s faith and hope for the future Pope Benedict XVI called for concrete and immediate measures to rebuild towns and......
John Paul Made Jokes Until The End, Says Memoir
BY JONATHAN LUXMOORE POPE JOHN PAUL II sang and made jokes even at the end of his life, a Polish archbishop who was one of the pope’s personal secretaries has said. “The pope......
Priests In Buenos Aires Denounce Drug Violence
BY PHILIP THOMPSON CATHOLIC leaders in Argentina have become increasingly vocal in recent months about the country’s growing drug problem and the violence connected to it. In......
Bishops Of Kenya Call For Action On Corruption
CATHOLIC bishops in Kenya have expressed concern over the government’s failure to root out corruption, writes Francis Njuguna in Nairobi . In a statement issued on April 27 the......