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Minority communities wonder why Iraqi government fails to protect them
November 13, 2014AINKAWA, Iraq (CNS)—Two months after 3-year-old Christina was snatched by Islamic State militants from a bus as her family helplessly watched, Ayda Abada wonders about the fate of her daughter. Now sheltering in an unfinished building in the Christian enclave of Ainkawa outside of Irbil, the capital of the Kurdistan area of northern Iraq, Abada […]
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Three Catholic agencies to support that help persecuted Christians in Iraq
November 13, 2014Catholic organizations that serve in Iraq and other Middle Eastern countries are urgently in need of support to help suffering and persecuted Christians and other religious minorities being attacked and driven from their homes. Donations can be given to: Catholic Relief Services, working with Caritas Iraq, is providing food, water, living supplies, shelters, reopening schools […]
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New Marist building relies on energy-saving features
November 13, 2014ATLANTA—Marist School made a commitment to environmental stewardship as it built its new multimillion-dollar Ivy Street Center. With “light harvesting,” automatic occupancy sensors, and a rain garden, the newest campus building is the $14.6 million signature project in the first phase of the campus master plan. “Sustainability has been a big feature on the campus. […]
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CRS official sees wins in Ebola fight, but there’s ‘a lot more to do’
November 13, 2014RYE, N.Y. (CNS)—Catholic organizations and dioceses in the United States have responded to the outbreak of Ebola in West Africa with both generosity and extreme caution. Catholic Relief Services committed $1.5 million to its pre-existing programs in Sierra Leone, Liberia and Guinea, the three West African countries affected by widespread transmission of the Ebola virus. […]
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Rereading Newman could benefit all sides at Synod
November 13, 2014The controversies surrounding the recent Extraordinary Synod on the Family have often put me in mind of John Henry Cardinal Newman, the greatest Catholic churchman of the 19th century. Newman wrote eloquently on an extraordinary range of topics, including university education, the play between faith and reason, the nature of papal authority and the subtle […]
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Praying for dead, pope asks special prayers for war victims
November 13, 2014VATICAN CITY (CNS)—The early November feasts of All Saints and All Souls call Catholics to contemplate their ultimate destiny, hope in the eternal happiness of their beloved dead and remember the thousands of innocent people dying each day because of human evil and selfishness. Because human beings believe they are gods and the lords of […]
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Institute officials outline alternatives to in vitro for infertile couples
November 13, 2014DAVENPORT, Iowa (CNS)—For couples struggling to conceive a child, in vitro fertilization has been a medical standard for the past 30 years. The Catholic Church has long opposed the process as immoral, because it separates conception from the marital act and it destroys embryos. With the procedure’s prevalence in the medical world, some Catholic couples […]
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Facebook, Apple criticized for offer to pay to freeze female workers’ eggs
November 13, 2014LEVITTOWN, Pa. (CNS)—The recent announcements by Facebook and Apple that they would include among employee health benefits the option for young women to freeze their eggs for future use at a cost of up to $20,000 has been greeted with numerous objections by bioethicists and pro-life leaders. Unlike normal medical procedures intended to restore health […]
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The lesson of the one-eyed sparrow
November 13, 2014There is a scruffy one-eyed sparrow that visits our window feeder each morning. He positions himself with his good eye looking toward the yard so he can detect any other birds that might be intent on staking claim to the seeds. We also have a shy brown rabbit that sits near the back deck when […]
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New York author talks about 40-day mercy mission
November 13, 2014ATLANTA—What does mercy look like on a daily basis? It seems exhausting. Yet, we are called to distribute it abundantly. So how do you commit to a life of merciful acts and still keep up with life? Author and managing editor of America magazine, Kerry Weber, spent 40 days on the task. In her debut […]