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Buoyed by a new pope, priests gather to urge church reform

| Jun 17, 2013

(RNS) The Association of U.S. Catholic Priests gathers this month to discuss an agenda for church reform. They point to support among the laity as well as inspiration from the top: Pope Francis.
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Activists rally to bury the bodies from Gosnell abortion trial

| Jun 11, 2013

(RNS) A spokeswoman for the Philadelphia district attorney said several people have called and tweeted requests for the bodies of babies killed by abortion provider Kermit Gosnell, but the ultimate decision will come from the medical examiner’s office.
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Survey shows Catholic priests don’t like Mass changes

| May 22, 2013

More than a year after the revisions to the familiar prayers and rubrics of the Catholic Mass took effect in U.S. parishes, a survey of American priests shows that they are more disturbed by the innovations than their flocks.
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Catholic population surges across the Global South

| May 14, 2013

Gains in Asia and Africa are making up for losses in Europe among the world’s 1.2 billion Catholics, according to Vatican statistics released Monday (May 13), signaling a shift of the church’s center of gravity toward the Global South that was heralded by the election of the first Latin American pope.
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Abuse watchdogs say bishops’ ‘failings’ hurt their credibility

| May 14, 2013

The latest scandal has shaken Newark, N.J., where Archbishop John Myers failed to stop a priest from ministering with children in several parishes even though he had assured prosecutors that he would enforce a lifetime ban on the priest’s access to children following a molestation case.
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Pope Francis says women play a ‘fundamental’ role within the church

| Apr 4, 2013

While the new pope stopped far short of calling for women’s ordination or giving women more decision-making power in the church, his remarks nonetheless signaled an openness to women that’s not often seen in the church hierarchy.
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Cardinal Dolan: Catholic Church could do better on gay outreach

| Apr 2, 2013

(RNS) Cardinal Timothy Dolan, the top U.S. Catholic prelate, says the Roman Catholic Church has to make sure that its defense of traditional marriage is not reduced to an attack on gays and lesbians.
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Why the first Jesuit pope is a big deal

| Mar 18, 2013

Yet despite their prominence — at 18,000 members, they are the church’s largest religious order — Jesuits have had a complicated history with the institutional church and the hierarchy in Rome. With the first Jesuit pope, things just got a bit more complicated. With their emphasis on missions work and intellectual pursuits, Jesuits often work on the margins of the church, sometimes overstepping boundaries set by Rome.
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St. Brendan Roman Catholic Church Begins Gun Control Campaign

| Jan 15, 2013

St. Brendan the Navigator Catholic Church in Shallotte is beginning a petition campaign to reduce gun violence.
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For former priest, love and marriage and ministry grow together

| Aug 17, 2012

For former Catholic priest, the Rev. Gerry Murphy, leaving the priesthood in search of love and family was another step in his spiritual evolution.
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