Diversity is a blessing when all are united in faith, pope says</h1> <article> <h1>Diversity is a blessing when all are united in faith, pope says</h1> <p>Kira Dault — Mon, 20 May 2013 20:39:43 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image-caption field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image caption: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Calling for unity -- not uniformity -- in the church, Pope Francis said diversity is a blessing only when all Catholics recognize and follow church teaching.</p> <p>"It is the church which brings Christ to me and me to Christ; parallel journeys are dangerous," he told some 200,000 members of Catholic lay movements and groups during a Pentecost Mass in St. Peter's Square.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/diversity-blessing-when-all-are-united-faith-pope-says-27336" st_title=" Diversity is a blessing when all are united in faith, pope says " class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/diversity-blessing-when-all-are-united-faith-pope-says-27336" st_title=" Diversity is a blessing when all are united in faith, pope says " class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/diversity-blessing-when-all-are-united-faith-pope-says-27336" st_title=" Diversity is a blessing when all are united in faith, pope says " class="st_sharethis_button" 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class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image-caption field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image caption: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>ROME (CNS) -- For the second straight year, the Pontifical North American College took home the championship title in Rome's Clericus Cup soccer series.</p> <p>Captain America, Uncle Sam, Batman and Robin, Wolverine, the Mario Brothers and a fluffy yellow chicken were part of the flag-waving crowd that exploded into cheers when the NAC Martyrs beat the Legionaries of Christ's Mater Ecclesiae College, 1-0, in the final playoff May 18.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span 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field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h5> Parenting can be a costly, time-consuming endeavor. Can the church help make American workplaces more family-friendly?</h5> <p>Brookes Ebetsch took only a long weekend off work after giving birth to her daughter in Texas in 2011. Her employer didn’t offer paid leave, and she and her husband couldn’t afford to take the financial hit of having her take weeks off. Her daughter, Sabina, arrived on a Thursday and Ebetsch was back at work on Monday.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Site Section: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/site-section/life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Life</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/site-section/life/marriage" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Marriage</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/site-section/life/parenting" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Parenting</a></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span 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field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In 2011, an anonymous author released the book <em><a href="http://books.google.com/books/about/Hidden_Voices.html?id=lQxOk0XqWxkC">Hidden Voices: Reflections of a Gay, Catholic Priest</a>. </em>And now the book will be re-released with a new addition: <a href="http://www.stltoday.com/lifestyles/faith-and-values/st-louis-priest-who-wrote-anonymously-about-being-gay-comes/article_dac38e1e-e732-5639-aeb3-b56f11df88d9.html">the name of its author</a>, Father Gary Meier.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/lgbt-catholics-find-new-supporter-openly-gay-priest-27332" st_title="LGBT Catholics find a new supporter: An openly gay priest" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span 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how wrong you are and who served him too many drinks,” says Father William Stenzel, a Chicago pastor and guest lecturer and spiritual director at Guest House treatment center for clergy and religious. “The best ones are organized interventions where he’s always free to choose.”</p> <p><strong>…clear.</strong> “If you choose not to get help, you’ve chosen to not work here.”</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Site Section: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/site-section/church" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Church</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/site-section/church/parish-life" 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Talking to a young woman about a job, she told him she had discerned a vocation but had been stymied by her debts.</p> <p>Laurent, a Catholic, rallied some of his business associates to help pay down the woman's outstanding debt, allowing her to pursue her vocation.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/laboure-society-helps-break-debt-barrier-keeping-some-vocation-27328" st_title=" Laboure Society helps break debt barrier keeping some from vocation " class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/laboure-society-helps-break-debt-barrier-keeping-some-vocation-27328" st_title=" Laboure Society helps break debt barrier keeping some from vocation " class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/laboure-society-helps-break-debt-barrier-keeping-some-vocation-27328" st_title=" Laboure Society helps break debt barrier keeping some from vocation " class="st_sharethis_button" displaytext="sharethis"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/laboure-society-helps-break-debt-barrier-keeping-some-vocation-27328" st_title=" Laboure Society helps break debt barrier keeping some from vocation " class="st_plusone_button" displaytext="plusone"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/laboure-society-helps-break-debt-barrier-keeping-some-vocation-27328" st_title=" Laboure Society helps break debt barrier keeping some from vocation " class="st_fblike_button" displaytext="fblike"></span> <script type='text/javascript'>var switchTo5x = true;</script><script type='text/javascript' src='http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>stLight.options({"publisher":""});</script></div></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=CqeUcui04tA:oIpHLIm0LzY:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=CqeUcui04tA:oIpHLIm0LzY:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=CqeUcui04tA:oIpHLIm0LzY:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=CqeUcui04tA:oIpHLIm0LzY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=CqeUcui04tA:oIpHLIm0LzY:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=CqeUcui04tA:oIpHLIm0LzY:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=CqeUcui04tA:oIpHLIm0LzY:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=CqeUcui04tA:oIpHLIm0LzY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=CqeUcui04tA:oIpHLIm0LzY:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Papal observer urges U.N. to take steps to end violence in Syria</h1> <p>Kira Dault — Thu, 16 May 2013 17:30:40 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> By Catholic News Service </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image-caption field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image caption: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>UNITED NATIONS (CNS) -- World leaders must step up to call for an end to the escalating violence in war-torn Syria to stop the killing of innocent people and halt human rights violations, said the Vatican's permanent observer to the United Nations.</p> <p>Archbishop Francis A. Chullikatt told the world body May 15 that the Vatican continues to be gravely concerned by the situation in Syria and called upon the country's factions to remember their obligations under international humanitarian law to guarantee safe passage for humanitarian workers and the safety of health care institutions.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/papal-observer-urges-un-take-steps-end-violence-syria-27327" st_title=" Papal observer urges U.N. to take steps to end violence in Syria " class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/papal-observer-urges-un-take-steps-end-violence-syria-27327" st_title=" Papal observer urges U.N. to take steps to end violence in Syria " class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span 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cult of money</h1> <p>Kira Dault — Thu, 16 May 2013 15:48:49 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image-caption field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image caption: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis called for global financial reform that respects human dignity, helps the poor, promotes the common good and allows states to regulate markets.</p> <p>"Money has to serve, not to rule," he said in his strongest remarks yet as pope concerning the world's economic and financial crises.</p> <p>A major reason behind the increase in social and economic woes worldwide "is in our relationship with money and our acceptance of its power over ourselves and our society," he told a group of diplomats May 16.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/pope-calls-global-ethical-finance-reform-end-cult-money-27325" st_title=" Pope calls for global, ethical finance reform, end to cult of money " class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/pope-calls-global-ethical-finance-reform-end-cult-money-27325" st_title=" Pope calls for global, ethical finance reform, end to cult of money " class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/pope-calls-global-ethical-finance-reform-end-cult-money-27325" st_title=" Pope calls for global, ethical finance reform, end to cult of money " 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I spend my days consuming the news in various forms - on the radio, on paper, online.</p> <p>But when Kermit Gosnell was arrested in January of 2011, I couldn't stand to hear about it. At the time, my daughter was a little over a year old, and I was freshly pregnant with my son. So I did not read anything about the case. When a story about Gosnell came on NPR, I turned the volume down. It was too heartbreaking and overwhelming for my pregnant and new-mother brain to comprehend.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/how-can-we-move-forward-after-kermit-gosnell-27324" st_title="How can we move forward after Kermit Gosnell?" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/how-can-we-move-forward-after-kermit-gosnell-27324" st_title="How can we move forward after Kermit Gosnell?" class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/how-can-we-move-forward-after-kermit-gosnell-27324" st_title="How can we move forward after Kermit Gosnell?" class="st_sharethis_button" displaytext="sharethis"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/how-can-we-move-forward-after-kermit-gosnell-27324" st_title="How can we move forward after Kermit Gosnell?" class="st_plusone_button" displaytext="plusone"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/how-can-we-move-forward-after-kermit-gosnell-27324" st_title="How can we move forward after Kermit Gosnell?" class="st_fblike_button" displaytext="fblike"></span> <script type='text/javascript'>var switchTo5x = true;</script><script type='text/javascript' src='http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>stLight.options({"publisher":""});</script></div></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=W9Qtgbfexlc:c5ftWM2c7wo:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=W9Qtgbfexlc:c5ftWM2c7wo:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=W9Qtgbfexlc:c5ftWM2c7wo:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=W9Qtgbfexlc:c5ftWM2c7wo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=W9Qtgbfexlc:c5ftWM2c7wo:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=W9Qtgbfexlc:c5ftWM2c7wo:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=W9Qtgbfexlc:c5ftWM2c7wo:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=W9Qtgbfexlc:c5ftWM2c7wo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=W9Qtgbfexlc:c5ftWM2c7wo:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Cleveland's Community of St. Peter and Bishop Lennon continue their "conversation"</h1> <p>Bryan Cones — Thu, 16 May 2013 14:29:01 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In the annals of parishes who have resisted their closings, Cleveland's St. Peter Parish takes the cake. Though shut down in 2010 by Bishop Richard Lennon, more than 300 parishioners instead decided to create their own non-profit and rent space in downtown Cleveland to continue their ministry. Though Bishop Lennon has declared their pastor, Father Robert Marrone, excommunicated, and the Sunday Eucharist of the Community of St.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/clevelands-community-st-peter-and-bishop-lennon-continue-their-conversation-27315" st_title="Cleveland's Community of St. Peter and Bishop Lennon continue their "conversation"" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/clevelands-community-st-peter-and-bishop-lennon-continue-their-conversation-27315" st_title="Cleveland's Community of St. Peter and Bishop Lennon continue their "conversation"" class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/clevelands-community-st-peter-and-bishop-lennon-continue-their-conversation-27315" st_title="Cleveland's Community of St. Peter and Bishop Lennon continue their "conversation"" class="st_sharethis_button" displaytext="sharethis"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/clevelands-community-st-peter-and-bishop-lennon-continue-their-conversation-27315" st_title="Cleveland's Community of St. Peter and Bishop Lennon continue their "conversation"" class="st_plusone_button" displaytext="plusone"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/clevelands-community-st-peter-and-bishop-lennon-continue-their-conversation-27315" st_title="Cleveland's Community of St. Peter and Bishop Lennon continue their "conversation"" class="st_fblike_button" displaytext="fblike"></span> <script type='text/javascript'>var switchTo5x = true;</script><script type='text/javascript' src='http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>stLight.options({"publisher":""});</script></div></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=IZubwUJyP5c:1ms5EG7o5Bo:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=IZubwUJyP5c:1ms5EG7o5Bo:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=IZubwUJyP5c:1ms5EG7o5Bo:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=IZubwUJyP5c:1ms5EG7o5Bo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=IZubwUJyP5c:1ms5EG7o5Bo:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=IZubwUJyP5c:1ms5EG7o5Bo:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=IZubwUJyP5c:1ms5EG7o5Bo:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=IZubwUJyP5c:1ms5EG7o5Bo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=IZubwUJyP5c:1ms5EG7o5Bo:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Identifying alcoholism in the workplace</h1> <p>Caitlyn Schmid — Thu, 16 May 2013 05:06:16 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-field-article-author field-type-node-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Article Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/authors/father-william-stenzel-27256">Father William Stenzel</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Even if you don’t work in a parish, you might find yourself affected at work by your manager’s alcoholism or addiction. Just as family members are affected by a loved one’s addiction, so too are work colleagues. </p> <p>Many of us spend more time each day with people at work than with family members. We might even say that our colleagues are “like family.” When our employment dynamics mimic family dynamics, there’s a good chance that we will also develop similar behavioral characteristics.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Site Section: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/site-section/church" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Church</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/site-section/church/parish-life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Parish Life</a></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span 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Eucharist.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/knowing-believing-and-sometimes-not-knowing-believing-too-27323" st_title="Knowing is believing--and sometimes not knowing is believing, too" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/knowing-believing-and-sometimes-not-knowing-believing-too-27323" st_title="Knowing is believing--and sometimes not knowing is believing, too" class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/knowing-believing-and-sometimes-not-knowing-believing-too-27323" st_title="Knowing is believing--and sometimes not knowing is believing, too" class="st_sharethis_button" displaytext="sharethis"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/knowing-believing-and-sometimes-not-knowing-believing-too-27323" st_title="Knowing is 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Pineo Catholic News Service </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image-caption field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image caption: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>BOSTON (CNS) -- Boston Cardinal Sean P. O'Malley will not attend Boston College's commencement this year because the college planned to honor the prime minister of Ireland, who has supported a bill to introduce legalized abortion in that country.</p> <p>In a statement May 10, Cardinal O'Malley said he cannot support the Jesuit-run university when it confers an honorary degree on Prime Minister Enda Kenny at commencement ceremonies May 20 -- an event traditionally attended by Boston's archbishop.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/honors-irish-prime-minister-keeps-boston-cardinal-commencement-27322" st_title=" Honors to Irish prime minister keeps Boston cardinal from commencement " class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/honors-irish-prime-minister-keeps-boston-cardinal-commencement-27322" st_title=" Honors to Irish prime minister keeps Boston cardinal from 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several months for the purpose of spiritual renewal, prayer and penance," the Vatican said.</p> <p>Any decision about when the period will end or where the cardinal will live permanently will be made in agreement with the Vatican, said a statement released May 15 by the Vatican press office.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/vatican-tells-cardinal-leave-scotland-period-prayer-penance-27321" st_title="Vatican tells cardinal to leave Scotland for period of prayer, penance " class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/vatican-tells-cardinal-leave-scotland-period-prayer-penance-27321" st_title="Vatican tells cardinal to leave Scotland for period of prayer, penance " class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span 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People caught whiffs of alcohol on Father Ray (not his real name) at Mass. He had undergone treatment for alcoholism before this assignment.</p> <p>Confronted by the pastor, Father Ray denied relapsing. The pastor expressed his concerns to the diocese.</p></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Site Section: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/site-section/church" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Church</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/site-section/church/parish-life" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Parish Life</a></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201304/when-father-has-drinking-problem-27254" st_title="When Father has a drinking problem" class="st_twitter_button" 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is to be our forum for cooperating with the church -- we want the people who harmed us to be penalized, barred from working with children and even dismissed from pastoral service," the foundation founder, identified only as Marek, told the Gazeta Wyborcza daily May 12.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/polands-clergy-sex-abuse-victims-form-foundation-seek-damages-27319" st_title="Poland's clergy sex abuse victims form foundation to seek damages" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/polands-clergy-sex-abuse-victims-form-foundation-seek-damages-27319" st_title="Poland's clergy sex abuse victims form foundation to seek damages" class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/polands-clergy-sex-abuse-victims-form-foundation-seek-damages-27319" 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international exhibition</h1> <p>Catholic News Service — Tue, 14 May 2013 20:51:24 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image-caption field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image caption: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- After years of discussion and at least one failed attempt, the Vatican will open a pavilion at the 2013 Venice Bienniale, a major international contemporary art exhibition.</p> <p>Cardinal Gianfranco Ravasi, president of the Pontifical Council for Culture, told reporters May 14 the pavilion 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field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">By Catholic News Service</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>PHILADELPHIA (CNS) -- Dr. Kermit Gosnell may have been convicted May 13 of murder at his Philadelphia abortion clinic, but "nothing can bring back the innocent children he killed, or make up for the vulnerable women he exploited," said Archbishop Charles J. Chaput.</p> <p>And, he added, "the repugnance of his clinic conditions" must be remembered.</p> <p>In a May 14 statement, the Philadelphia archbishop said, "Gosnell is not an exception. Others just like him run abortion mills throughout our country."</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/philadelphia-abortionist-convicted-murder-manslaughter-27317" st_title="Philadelphia abortionist convicted of murder, manslaughter" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/philadelphia-abortionist-convicted-murder-manslaughter-27317" st_title="Philadelphia abortionist convicted of murder, manslaughter" class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/philadelphia-abortionist-convicted-murder-manslaughter-27317" st_title="Philadelphia abortionist convicted of murder, manslaughter" class="st_sharethis_button" displaytext="sharethis"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/philadelphia-abortionist-convicted-murder-manslaughter-27317" 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href="http://worldnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2013/05/12/18210322-a-saint-making-record-is-also-a-diplomatic-headache-for-pope-francis?lite">canononization of almost 800 Italian men who were massacred in 1480 </a>by Ottoman invaders has created a delicate diplomatic situation for Pope Francis.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/canonization-conundrum-martyrs-otranto-27314" st_title="Canonization conundrum: The martyrs of Otranto" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/canonization-conundrum-martyrs-otranto-27314" st_title="Canonization conundrum: The martyrs of Otranto" class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/canonization-conundrum-martyrs-otranto-27314" st_title="Canonization conundrum: The martyrs of Otranto" class="st_sharethis_button" 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class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/authors/michael-peppard-27252">Michael Peppard</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>If Catholics know anything at all about the Bible, we know that there are four gospels. But every so often, a newly discovered ancient text hits the headlines, such as the Gospel of Thomas (1945), the Gospel of Judas (2006), or the papyrus fragment last year that included a phrase about Jesus’ “wife.”</p> <p>What are Catholics supposed to make of texts not included in the canon of the New Testament?</p> <p>In short, be not afraid. While the fourfold gospel canon holds a mine of inexhaustible spiritual riches, there is also much to be learned from noncanonical sources.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Site Section: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/site-section/church" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Church</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/site-section/church/scripture-and-theology" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Scripture and Theology</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/site-section/glad-you-asked" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Glad You Asked</a></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201304/what-should-we-make-other-gospels-27253" st_title="What should we make of the other gospels?" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201304/what-should-we-make-other-gospels-27253" st_title="What should we make of the other gospels?" class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201304/what-should-we-make-other-gospels-27253" st_title="What should we make of the other gospels?" class="st_sharethis_button" displaytext="sharethis"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201304/what-should-we-make-other-gospels-27253" st_title="What should we make of the other gospels?" class="st_plusone_button" displaytext="plusone"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201304/what-should-we-make-other-gospels-27253" st_title="What should we make of the other gospels?" class="st_fblike_button" displaytext="fblike"></span> <script type='text/javascript'>var switchTo5x = true;</script><script type='text/javascript' src='http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>stLight.options({"publisher":""});</script></div></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=TWMOlF_a4Tc:41cv9Ybt3fY:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=TWMOlF_a4Tc:41cv9Ybt3fY:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=TWMOlF_a4Tc:41cv9Ybt3fY:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=TWMOlF_a4Tc:41cv9Ybt3fY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=TWMOlF_a4Tc:41cv9Ybt3fY:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=TWMOlF_a4Tc:41cv9Ybt3fY:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=TWMOlF_a4Tc:41cv9Ybt3fY:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=TWMOlF_a4Tc:41cv9Ybt3fY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=TWMOlF_a4Tc:41cv9Ybt3fY:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Pope warns comfortable living causes 'gentrification of the heart'</h1> <p>Kira Dault — Mon, 13 May 2013 18:23:39 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> By Francis X. Rocca Catholic News Service </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image-caption field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image caption: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis warned against "gentrification of the heart" as a consequence of comfortable living, and called on the faithful to "touch the flesh of Christ" by caring for the needy.</p> <p>The pope's words came in a homily during Mass in St. Peter's Square May 12, when he canonized the first Colombian saint, as well as a Mexican nun and some 800 Italians martyred by Ottoman Turks in the 15th century.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/pope-warns-comfortable-living-causes-gentrification-heart-27312" st_title=" Pope warns comfortable living causes 'gentrification of the heart' " class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/pope-warns-comfortable-living-causes-gentrification-heart-27312" st_title=" Pope warns comfortable living causes 'gentrification of the heart' " class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/pope-warns-comfortable-living-causes-gentrification-heart-27312" st_title=" Pope warns comfortable living causes 'gentrification of the heart' " class="st_sharethis_button" displaytext="sharethis"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/pope-warns-comfortable-living-causes-gentrification-heart-27312" st_title=" Pope warns comfortable living causes 'gentrification of the heart' " class="st_plusone_button" displaytext="plusone"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/pope-warns-comfortable-living-causes-gentrification-heart-27312" st_title=" Pope warns comfortable living causes 'gentrification of the heart' " class="st_fblike_button" displaytext="fblike"></span> <script type='text/javascript'>var switchTo5x = true;</script><script type='text/javascript' src='http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>stLight.options({"publisher":""});</script></div></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=wydgNVPCasA:y1_7HdblWlQ:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=wydgNVPCasA:y1_7HdblWlQ:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=wydgNVPCasA:y1_7HdblWlQ:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=wydgNVPCasA:y1_7HdblWlQ:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=wydgNVPCasA:y1_7HdblWlQ:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=wydgNVPCasA:y1_7HdblWlQ:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=wydgNVPCasA:y1_7HdblWlQ:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=wydgNVPCasA:y1_7HdblWlQ:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=wydgNVPCasA:y1_7HdblWlQ:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>What the earth needs now is an ethic of life</h1> <p>Caitlyn Schmid — Mon, 13 May 2013 05:23:47 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-field-article-author field-type-node-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Article Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/authors/john-e-phelan-27248">John E. Phelan</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h4> Care for all human life begins with protecting our planet.</h4> <div style="clear:both;"></div></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Site Section: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/site-section/culture" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Culture</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/site-section/culture/environment" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Environment</a></div><div 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href="http://latino.foxnews.com/latino/lifestyle/2013/05/10/switching-sides-latinos-ditching-catholicism-for-evangelical-churches/">a story Catholic journalists have long covered</a>--the continuing departure of Latino Catholics throughout the world from the Roman Catholic Church to evangelical and Pentecostal churches.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/will-pope-francis-check-latino-exodus-out-catholic-church-27310" st_title="Will Pope Francis check the Latino exodus out of the Catholic Church?" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/will-pope-francis-check-latino-exodus-out-catholic-church-27310" st_title="Will Pope Francis check the Latino exodus out of the Catholic Church?" class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span 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Dirty Hands, and Dennis Rodman</h1> <p>Kira Dault — Fri, 10 May 2013 18:47:34 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>This week in the news:</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/weekly-roundup-spinster-nuns-dirty-hands-and-dennis-rodman-27309" st_title="Weekly Roundup: Spinster Nuns, Dirty Hands, and Dennis Rodman" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/weekly-roundup-spinster-nuns-dirty-hands-and-dennis-rodman-27309" st_title="Weekly Roundup: Spinster Nuns, Dirty Hands, and Dennis Rodman" 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book.</p> <p>The first issue of "Wage Theft: Crime & Justice," published by Chicago-based Interfaith Worker Justice, may not be coveted by comic book collectors, but clients at worker centers around the country are poring over the bilingual book to learn how best to regain wages owed to them by deceitful employers.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/comic-book-tackles-wage-theft-goal-empowering-aggrieved-workers-27307" st_title=" Comic book tackles wage theft with goal of empowering aggrieved workers " class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/comic-book-tackles-wage-theft-goal-empowering-aggrieved-workers-27307" st_title=" Comic book tackles wage theft with goal of empowering aggrieved workers " class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span 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First, there was the back and forth between prefect of the Congregation for Institutes of Consecrated Life and Societies of Apostolic Life Brazilian <a href="/news/201305/cardinal-says-dialogue-was-missing-vaticans-look-lcwr-27290">Cardinal Joao Braz de Aviz</a> and <a href="http://www.philly.com/philly/wires/ap/news/nation_world/20130507_ap_vaticandeniesinternalsplitonusnuncrackdown.html?c=r">the Vatican</a> over who knew what about the crackdown on the Leadership Conference of Women Religious.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/lets-stop-defining-women-fertility-and-motherhood-27303" st_title="Let's stop defining women by fertility and motherhood" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/lets-stop-defining-women-fertility-and-motherhood-27303" st_title="Let's stop defining women by fertility and motherhood" class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/lets-stop-defining-women-fertility-and-motherhood-27303" st_title="Let's stop defining women by fertility and motherhood" class="st_sharethis_button" displaytext="sharethis"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/lets-stop-defining-women-fertility-and-motherhood-27303" st_title="Let's stop defining women by fertility and motherhood" class="st_plusone_button" displaytext="plusone"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/lets-stop-defining-women-fertility-and-motherhood-27303" st_title="Let's stop defining women by fertility and motherhood" class="st_fblike_button" displaytext="fblike"></span> <script type='text/javascript'>var switchTo5x = true;</script><script type='text/javascript' src='http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>stLight.options({"publisher":""});</script></div></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=Z6zp5WUbfoI:ogz6knUwQT4:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=Z6zp5WUbfoI:ogz6knUwQT4:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=Z6zp5WUbfoI:ogz6knUwQT4:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=Z6zp5WUbfoI:ogz6knUwQT4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=Z6zp5WUbfoI:ogz6knUwQT4:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=Z6zp5WUbfoI:ogz6knUwQT4:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=Z6zp5WUbfoI:ogz6knUwQT4:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=Z6zp5WUbfoI:ogz6knUwQT4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=Z6zp5WUbfoI:ogz6knUwQT4:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Can a global pact control the world's lethal weapons trade?</h1> <p>Caitlyn Schmid — Thu, 09 May 2013 05:21:36 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-field-article-author field-type-node-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Article Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/authors/kevin-clarke">Kevin Clarke</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Perhaps only the global drug trade has been less scrutinized than the $70 billion annual market in conventional weapons. The world community took a significant step toward changing that situation in April when it approved the historic global Arms Trade Treaty (ATT) that will for the first time attempt to set limits on arms transfers between states and non-state actors.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Site Section: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/site-section/culture" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Culture</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/site-section/culture/environment" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Environment</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/site-section/culture/social-justice" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Social Justice</a></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201304/disarming-deal-27245" st_title="Can a global pact control the world's lethal weapons trade?" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201304/disarming-deal-27245" st_title="Can a global pact control the world's lethal weapons trade?" class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201304/disarming-deal-27245" st_title="Can a global pact control the world's lethal weapons trade?" class="st_sharethis_button" displaytext="sharethis"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201304/disarming-deal-27245" st_title="Can a global pact control the world's lethal weapons trade?" class="st_plusone_button" displaytext="plusone"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201304/disarming-deal-27245" st_title="Can a global pact control the world's lethal weapons trade?" class="st_fblike_button" displaytext="fblike"></span> <script type='text/javascript'>var switchTo5x = true;</script><script type='text/javascript' src='http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>stLight.options({"publisher":""});</script></div></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=EI2SmNqCwiU:QIBwlvJjE6I:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=EI2SmNqCwiU:QIBwlvJjE6I:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=EI2SmNqCwiU:QIBwlvJjE6I:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=EI2SmNqCwiU:QIBwlvJjE6I:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=EI2SmNqCwiU:QIBwlvJjE6I:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=EI2SmNqCwiU:QIBwlvJjE6I:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=EI2SmNqCwiU:QIBwlvJjE6I:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=EI2SmNqCwiU:QIBwlvJjE6I:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=EI2SmNqCwiU:QIBwlvJjE6I:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>A terrorist's burial and our common humanity</h1> <p>Caitlyn Schmid — Wed, 08 May 2013 21:16:10 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In the national conversation about whether and where to bury Boston marathon bomber Tamerlan Tsarnaev, leave it to the poet undertaker Thomas Lynch to remind us why we bury even criminals and terrorists—because the burial of the dead “is sort of Humanity 101.” Here’s his<a href="http://www.npr.org/2013/05/06/181678185/undertaker-slain-boston-bombing-suspect-should-be-tended-to"> interview on NPR</a>. And here is <a href="/articles/201305/what-makes-good-funeral-27301#overlay-context=users/scott-alessi-0"><em>U.S. Catholic’s</em> interview with Lynch</a> from 2002.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/terrorists-burial-and-our-common-humanity-27302" st_title="A terrorist's burial and our common humanity" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/terrorists-burial-and-our-common-humanity-27302" st_title="A terrorist's burial and our common humanity" class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/terrorists-burial-and-our-common-humanity-27302" st_title="A terrorist's burial and our common humanity" class="st_sharethis_button" displaytext="sharethis"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/terrorists-burial-and-our-common-humanity-27302" st_title="A terrorist's burial and our common humanity" class="st_plusone_button" displaytext="plusone"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/terrorists-burial-and-our-common-humanity-27302" st_title="A terrorist's burial and our common humanity" class="st_fblike_button" displaytext="fblike"></span> <script type='text/javascript'>var switchTo5x = true;</script><script type='text/javascript' src='http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>stLight.options({"publisher":""});</script></div></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=nrmzClIWMP4:kt6PgQceZaA:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=nrmzClIWMP4:kt6PgQceZaA:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=nrmzClIWMP4:kt6PgQceZaA:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=nrmzClIWMP4:kt6PgQceZaA:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=nrmzClIWMP4:kt6PgQceZaA:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=nrmzClIWMP4:kt6PgQceZaA:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=nrmzClIWMP4:kt6PgQceZaA:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=nrmzClIWMP4:kt6PgQceZaA:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=nrmzClIWMP4:kt6PgQceZaA:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Foster care seen as crucial to helping unaccompanied minors flourish</h1> <p>Kira Dault — Wed, 08 May 2013 18:24:57 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"> By J.D. Long-Garcia Catholic News Service </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image-caption field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image caption: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>GLENDALE, Ariz. (CNS) -- As a child, Johnson Toe spent 12 hours a day farming okra, rice, tomatoes and peppers on his grandmother's farm in Liberia.</p> <p>The Glendale Community College sophomore came to Arizona as a refugee eight years ago, when he was 12. He's still figuring things out with the help of Catholic Charities' unaccompanied minors program.</p> <p>"There are so many options," Toe said, noting that when he arrived he didn't speak the language. It was hard to get through sixth grade, he said.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/foster-care-seen-crucial-helping-unaccompanied-minors-flourish-27299" st_title=" Foster care seen as crucial to helping unaccompanied minors flourish " class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/foster-care-seen-crucial-helping-unaccompanied-minors-flourish-27299" st_title=" Foster care seen as crucial to helping unaccompanied minors flourish " class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/foster-care-seen-crucial-helping-unaccompanied-minors-flourish-27299" st_title=" Foster care seen as crucial to helping unaccompanied minors flourish " class="st_sharethis_button" displaytext="sharethis"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/foster-care-seen-crucial-helping-unaccompanied-minors-flourish-27299" st_title=" Foster care seen as crucial to helping unaccompanied minors flourish " class="st_plusone_button" displaytext="plusone"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/foster-care-seen-crucial-helping-unaccompanied-minors-flourish-27299" st_title=" Foster care seen as crucial to helping unaccompanied minors flourish " class="st_fblike_button" displaytext="fblike"></span> <script type='text/javascript'>var switchTo5x = true;</script><script type='text/javascript' src='http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>stLight.options({"publisher":""});</script></div></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=kyfQGyf9-eE:HmJ-SoepY7A:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=kyfQGyf9-eE:HmJ-SoepY7A:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=kyfQGyf9-eE:HmJ-SoepY7A:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=kyfQGyf9-eE:HmJ-SoepY7A:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=kyfQGyf9-eE:HmJ-SoepY7A:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=kyfQGyf9-eE:HmJ-SoepY7A:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=kyfQGyf9-eE:HmJ-SoepY7A:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=kyfQGyf9-eE:HmJ-SoepY7A:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=kyfQGyf9-eE:HmJ-SoepY7A:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Pope tells sisters the church needs them, they need the church</h1> <p>Kira Dault — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:22:10 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image-caption field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image caption: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis told 800 superiors of women's orders from around the world that the Catholic Church needs religious women and that religious women need to be in harmony with the faith and teachings of the church.</p> <p>"What would the church be without you?" the pope told the women May 8. "It would be missing maternity, affection, tenderness and a mother's intuition."</p> <p>Religious superiors, Pope Francis said, need to ensure their members are educated in the doctrine of the church, "in love for the church and in an ecclesial spirit."</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/pope-tells-sisters-church-needs-them-they-need-church-27298" st_title=" Pope tells sisters the church needs them, they need the church " class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/pope-tells-sisters-church-needs-them-they-need-church-27298" st_title=" Pope tells sisters the church needs them, they need the church " class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/pope-tells-sisters-church-needs-them-they-need-church-27298" st_title=" Pope tells sisters the church needs them, they need the church " class="st_sharethis_button" displaytext="sharethis"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/pope-tells-sisters-church-needs-them-they-need-church-27298" st_title=" Pope tells sisters the church needs them, they need the church " class="st_plusone_button" displaytext="plusone"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/pope-tells-sisters-church-needs-them-they-need-church-27298" st_title=" Pope tells sisters the church needs them, they need the church " class="st_fblike_button" displaytext="fblike"></span> <script type='text/javascript'>var switchTo5x = true;</script><script type='text/javascript' src='http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>stLight.options({"publisher":""});</script></div></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=LqShp7EJ-kg:P9FYeuvmmbo:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=LqShp7EJ-kg:P9FYeuvmmbo:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=LqShp7EJ-kg:P9FYeuvmmbo:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=LqShp7EJ-kg:P9FYeuvmmbo:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=LqShp7EJ-kg:P9FYeuvmmbo:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=LqShp7EJ-kg:P9FYeuvmmbo:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=LqShp7EJ-kg:P9FYeuvmmbo:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=LqShp7EJ-kg:P9FYeuvmmbo:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=LqShp7EJ-kg:P9FYeuvmmbo:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Let's not use the Eucharist as a weapon</h1> <p>Kira Dault — Wed, 08 May 2013 16:15:51 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>A piece of news came across my desk late yesterday afternoon. It was a press release from the<a href="http://www.all.org/"> American Life League (ALL).</a></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/lets-not-use-eucharist-weapon-27297" st_title="Let's not use the Eucharist as a weapon" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/lets-not-use-eucharist-weapon-27297" st_title="Let's not use the Eucharist as a weapon" class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/lets-not-use-eucharist-weapon-27297" st_title="Let's not use the Eucharist as a weapon" class="st_sharethis_button" displaytext="sharethis"></span> <span 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class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><h4> By Anne Lamott (Riverhead Books, 2012)</h4></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201304/read-help-thanks-wow-27244" st_title="Read: Help, Thanks, Wow" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201304/read-help-thanks-wow-27244" st_title="Read: Help, Thanks, Wow" class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201304/read-help-thanks-wow-27244" st_title="Read: Help, Thanks, Wow" class="st_sharethis_button" displaytext="sharethis"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/articles/201304/read-help-thanks-wow-27244" st_title="Read: Help, Thanks, Wow" class="st_plusone_button" displaytext="plusone"></span> <span 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But now that my nine-month-old daughter attends Mass with me on Sunday mornings, I am much more aware of the sounds that children add to the liturgy, especially when they're coming from my own pew.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/crying-out-loud-what-should-we-do-noisy-children-mass-27295" st_title="For crying out loud: What should we do with noisy children at Mass?" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/crying-out-loud-what-should-we-do-noisy-children-mass-27295" st_title="For crying out loud: What should we do with noisy children at Mass?" class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/crying-out-loud-what-should-we-do-noisy-children-mass-27295" st_title="For crying out loud: What should we do with noisy children at Mass?" class="st_sharethis_button" displaytext="sharethis"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/crying-out-loud-what-should-we-do-noisy-children-mass-27295" st_title="For crying out loud: What should we do with noisy children at Mass?" class="st_plusone_button" displaytext="plusone"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/crying-out-loud-what-should-we-do-noisy-children-mass-27295" st_title="For crying out loud: What should we do with noisy children at Mass?" class="st_fblike_button" displaytext="fblike"></span> <script type='text/javascript'>var switchTo5x = true;</script><script type='text/javascript' src='http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>stLight.options({"publisher":""});</script></div></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=uv0uogrGOgE:g5KN35r4hko:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=uv0uogrGOgE:g5KN35r4hko:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=uv0uogrGOgE:g5KN35r4hko:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=uv0uogrGOgE:g5KN35r4hko:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=uv0uogrGOgE:g5KN35r4hko:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=uv0uogrGOgE:g5KN35r4hko:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=uv0uogrGOgE:g5KN35r4hko:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=uv0uogrGOgE:g5KN35r4hko:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=uv0uogrGOgE:g5KN35r4hko:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Is Wal-Mart number one? Maybe when it comes to mistreating workers</h1> <p>Caitlyn Schmid — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:32:56 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p><em>Fortune</em> magazine <a href="http://money.cnn.com/magazines/fortune/fortune500/2013/snapshots/2255.html?iid=F500_lp_arrow2">announced its Fortune 500 rankings</a> yesterday. The big name corporations that made the Top 10 this year, including Exxon, Chevron, and Apple to name a few, are not surprising. But the king of all the companies this year was Wal-Mart Stores, Inc., ranking first once again after its fall to second place last year.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/wal-mart-number-one-maybe-when-it-comes-mistreating-workers-27292" st_title="Is Wal-Mart number one? Maybe when it comes to mistreating workers" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/wal-mart-number-one-maybe-when-it-comes-mistreating-workers-27292" st_title="Is Wal-Mart number one? 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(CNS) -- Msgr. Edward J. Arsenault, president and CEO of St. Luke Institute in Silver Spring, has resigned in the wake of an investigation into an alleged inappropriate adult relationship and the uncovering of possible illegal financial dealings in the Diocese of Manchester, N.H.</p> <p>The resignation of Msgr. Arsenault, a priest of the Manchester Diocese, was effective May 3. It was announced in statements issued by the institute and the diocese.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/st-luke-institute-president-resigns-investigation-continues-nh-27294" st_title="St. Luke Institute president resigns as investigation continues in N.H." class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/st-luke-institute-president-resigns-investigation-continues-nh-27294" st_title="St. Luke Institute president resigns as investigation continues in N.H." class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/st-luke-institute-president-resigns-investigation-continues-nh-27294" st_title="St. Luke Institute president resigns as investigation continues in N.H." class="st_sharethis_button" displaytext="sharethis"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/st-luke-institute-president-resigns-investigation-continues-nh-27294" st_title="St. Luke Institute president resigns as investigation continues in N.H." class="st_plusone_button" displaytext="plusone"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/st-luke-institute-president-resigns-investigation-continues-nh-27294" st_title="St. Luke Institute president resigns as investigation continues in N.H." class="st_fblike_button" displaytext="fblike"></span> <script type='text/javascript'>var switchTo5x = true;</script><script type='text/javascript' src='http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>stLight.options({"publisher":""});</script></div></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=ez_fOY100aw:5gWh1Mfia_s:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=ez_fOY100aw:5gWh1Mfia_s:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=ez_fOY100aw:5gWh1Mfia_s:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=ez_fOY100aw:5gWh1Mfia_s:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=ez_fOY100aw:5gWh1Mfia_s:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=ez_fOY100aw:5gWh1Mfia_s:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=ez_fOY100aw:5gWh1Mfia_s:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=ez_fOY100aw:5gWh1Mfia_s:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=ez_fOY100aw:5gWh1Mfia_s:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Bishop arrested for driving under influence apologizes for 'error'</h1> <p>Catholic News Service — Tue, 07 May 2013 19:25:51 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">By Catholic News Service</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image-caption field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image caption: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>WORCESTER, Mass. (CNS) -- Bishop Robert J. McManus of Worcester pleaded not guilty May 7 at a Wakefield, R.I., courthouse to charges of drunken driving and leaving the scene of an accident.</p> <p>According to the Boston Globe, the bishop was released on personal recognizance after his attorney, Bill Murphy, told 4th Division District Court Judge Walter Gorman that the bishop waived his right to an extradition hearing. Bishop McManus is due back in court May 28.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/bishop-arrested-driving-under-influence-apologizes-error-27293" st_title="Bishop arrested for driving under influence apologizes for 'error'" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/bishop-arrested-driving-under-influence-apologizes-error-27293" st_title="Bishop arrested for driving under influence apologizes for 'error'" class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/bishop-arrested-driving-under-influence-apologizes-error-27293" st_title="Bishop arrested for driving under influence apologizes for 'error'" class="st_sharethis_button" displaytext="sharethis"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/bishop-arrested-driving-under-influence-apologizes-error-27293" st_title="Bishop arrested for driving under influence apologizes for 'error'" class="st_plusone_button" displaytext="plusone"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/bishop-arrested-driving-under-influence-apologizes-error-27293" st_title="Bishop arrested for driving under influence apologizes for 'error'" class="st_fblike_button" displaytext="fblike"></span> <script type='text/javascript'>var switchTo5x = true;</script><script type='text/javascript' src='http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>stLight.options({"publisher":""});</script></div></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=kpFAqFrSE6o:XCn0I21KNpY:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=kpFAqFrSE6o:XCn0I21KNpY:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=kpFAqFrSE6o:XCn0I21KNpY:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=kpFAqFrSE6o:XCn0I21KNpY:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=kpFAqFrSE6o:XCn0I21KNpY:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=kpFAqFrSE6o:XCn0I21KNpY:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=kpFAqFrSE6o:XCn0I21KNpY:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=kpFAqFrSE6o:XCn0I21KNpY:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=kpFAqFrSE6o:XCn0I21KNpY:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Read: Sin: The Early History of an Idea</h1> <p>Caitlyn Schmid — Tue, 07 May 2013 05:14:33 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-field-article-author field-type-node-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Article Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/authors/james-p-cahill-26747">James P. 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Rocca Catholic News Service</div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image-caption field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image caption: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis celebrated popular piety as a means of transmitting the faith and cultivating it in ordinary Catholics but said such piety must be practiced in communion with the hierarchy in order to maintain the church's unity.</p> <p>"Popular piety is a road which leads to what is essential, if it is lived in the church in profound communion with your pastors," the pope said May 5 to an overflow crowd in St. Peter's Square, including some 50,000 members of traditional confraternities from various European countries.</p></div></div></div><div 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is still generating headlines.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/uphill-battle-ohio-fired-lesbian-catholic-school-teacher-gym-teacher-minister-27285" st_title="Uphill battle for Ohio fired lesbian Catholic school teacher: Is a gym teacher a "minister"?" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/uphill-battle-ohio-fired-lesbian-catholic-school-teacher-gym-teacher-minister-27285" st_title="Uphill battle for Ohio fired lesbian Catholic school teacher: Is a gym teacher a "minister"?" class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/uphill-battle-ohio-fired-lesbian-catholic-school-teacher-gym-teacher-minister-27285" st_title="Uphill battle for Ohio fired lesbian Catholic school teacher: Is a gym teacher a "minister"?" class="st_sharethis_button" 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field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">By Cindy Wooden Catholic News Service </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image-caption field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image caption: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Meeting at the Vatican May 3, Pope Francis and Lebanese President Michel Sleiman called on the international community to offer concrete aid to Lebanon and other countries hosting hundreds of thousands of refugees from Syria.</p> <p>Aides to Sleiman told reporters the president was unable to come to the Vatican for Pope Francis' installation Mass March 19, but wanted to congratulate and speak with 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class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>WASHINGTON (CNS) -- One U.S. Catholic bishop hailed the repeal of the death penalty in Maryland as "a courageous step toward a culture of life."</p> <p>The comment, by Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, Calif., chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Domestic Justice and Human Development, was issued May 2, the day Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley, a Democrat, signed the bill that repeals capital punishment.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/bishops-hail-repeal-capital-punishment-maryland-27280" st_title="Bishops hail repeal of capital punishment in Maryland " class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/bishops-hail-repeal-capital-punishment-maryland-27280" st_title="Bishops hail repeal of capital punishment in Maryland " class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/bishops-hail-repeal-capital-punishment-maryland-27280" st_title="Bishops hail repeal of capital punishment in Maryland " class="st_sharethis_button" displaytext="sharethis"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/bishops-hail-repeal-capital-punishment-maryland-27280" st_title="Bishops hail repeal of 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class="field field-name-field-article-author field-type-node-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Article Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/authors/caitlyn-schmid-26697">Caitlyn Schmid</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>Here are some interesting new book releases for May:</p> <h6> May 2013</h6> <h5> Fleeing Herod: A Journey Through Coptic Egypt with the Holy Family</h5> <p><em>By James Cowan</em></p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Site Section: </div><div 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class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Catholics and Buddhists share "a profound reverence for life," which should motivate them to work together to protect human life, including the life of the unborn, said Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran, president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.</p> <p>"It is urgent for both Buddhists and Christians, on the basis of the genuine patrimony of our religious traditions, to create a climate of peace to love, defend and promote human life," the cardinal said a message marking the Buddhist celebration of Vesakh.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/catholics-buddhists-must-work-together-defend-life-cardinal-says-27276" st_title="Catholics, Buddhists must work together to defend life, cardinal says " 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predecessor, retired Pope Benedict XVI, to the Vatican May 2 outside the convent remodeled for the 86-year-old retired pontiff and five aides. Pope Francis and Pope Benedict entered the convent's chapel together "for a brief moment of prayer," said Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi, Vatican spokesman.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/pope-francis-welcomes-retired-pope-benedict-back-vatican-updated-may-2-27275" st_title="Pope Francis welcomes retired Pope Benedict back to Vatican (UPDATED May 2)" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/pope-francis-welcomes-retired-pope-benedict-back-vatican-updated-may-2-27275" st_title="Pope Francis welcomes retired Pope Benedict back to Vatican (UPDATED May 2)" class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/pope-francis-welcomes-retired-pope-benedict-back-vatican-updated-may-2-27275" st_title="Pope Francis welcomes retired Pope Benedict back to Vatican (UPDATED May 2)" class="st_sharethis_button" displaytext="sharethis"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/pope-francis-welcomes-retired-pope-benedict-back-vatican-updated-may-2-27275" st_title="Pope Francis welcomes retired Pope Benedict back to Vatican (UPDATED May 2)" class="st_plusone_button" displaytext="plusone"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/pope-francis-welcomes-retired-pope-benedict-back-vatican-updated-may-2-27275" st_title="Pope Francis welcomes retired Pope Benedict back to Vatican (UPDATED May 2)" class="st_fblike_button" displaytext="fblike"></span> <script type='text/javascript'>var switchTo5x = true;</script><script type='text/javascript' src='http://w.sharethis.com/button/buttons.js'></script><script type='text/javascript'>stLight.options({"publisher":""});</script></div></div><div class="feedflare"> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=dec4IszqXiI:VRvR0NE78G4:yIl2AUoC8zA"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=dec4IszqXiI:VRvR0NE78G4:-BTjWOF_DHI"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=dec4IszqXiI:VRvR0NE78G4:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=dec4IszqXiI:VRvR0NE78G4:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=dec4IszqXiI:VRvR0NE78G4:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=dec4IszqXiI:VRvR0NE78G4:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=dec4IszqXiI:VRvR0NE78G4:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=dec4IszqXiI:VRvR0NE78G4:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=dec4IszqXiI:VRvR0NE78G4:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Work should provide dignity, not death</h1> <p>Kira Dault — Thu, 02 May 2013 13:22:35 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>In his homily this morning, Pope Francis <a href="http://www.salon.com/2013/05/01/pope_condemns_slave_labor_conditions_in_bangladesh_partner/">spoke about the clothing</a> <a href="/news/201305/pope-unemployment-slave-labor-go-against-gods-plan-human-dignity-27266">factory that collapsed in Bangladesh last week</a>. The Holy Father expressed outrage - not only that more than 400 Bangladeshi workers died in the accident - but also that those workers were earning somewhere around 38 Euro, (about $50) a month for their labor in dangerous conditions.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/work-should-provide-dignity-not-death-27274" st_title="Work should provide dignity, not death" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/work-should-provide-dignity-not-death-27274" st_title="Work should provide dignity, not death" class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/work-should-provide-dignity-not-death-27274" st_title="Work should provide dignity, not death" class="st_sharethis_button" displaytext="sharethis"></span> <span 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class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Food and Drug Administration "acted irresponsibly" with its decision to lower the age limit from 17 to 15 for purchasing an over-the-counter emergency contraceptive, said an official of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.</p> <p>"No public health consideration justifies the unsupervised sale of such drugs to young teens," said Deirdre McQuade, spokeswoman for the USCCB's Secretariat for Pro Life Activities.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/fda-acted-irresponsibly-lowering-age-emergency-contraceptives-27269" st_title="FDA 'acted irresponsibly' in lowering age for emergency contraceptives " class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span 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However, <a href="http://www.langerresearch.com/uploads/1144a18TheBostonBombingTrial.pdf">a poll</a> released this morning indicates that 7 in 10 people would support the death penalty for Tsarnaev, should he be convicted.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/troubling-poll-7-10-support-death-penalty-boston-marathon-bomber-27267" st_title="A troubling poll: 7 in 10 support death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/troubling-poll-7-10-support-death-penalty-boston-marathon-bomber-27267" st_title="A troubling poll: 7 in 10 support death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber" class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/blog/201305/troubling-poll-7-10-support-death-penalty-boston-marathon-bomber-27267" st_title="A troubling poll: 7 in 10 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field-name-field-author field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even">By Carol Glatz Catholic News Service </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image-caption field-type-text field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image caption: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p> VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Pope Francis called for an end to slave labor and human trafficking as well as greater efforts to create dignified work for more people.</p> <p>The problem of unemployment is "very often caused by a purely economic view of society, which seeks self-centered profit, outside the bounds of social justice," he said, marking the May 1 feast of St. Joseph the Worker during his weekly general audience.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/pope-unemployment-slave-labor-go-against-gods-plan-human-dignity-27266" st_title="Pope: Unemployment, slave labor go against God's plan, human dignity " class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/pope-unemployment-slave-labor-go-against-gods-plan-human-dignity-27266" st_title="Pope: Unemployment, slave labor go against God's plan, human dignity " class="st_facebook_button" displaytext="facebook"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201305/pope-unemployment-slave-labor-go-against-gods-plan-human-dignity-27266" st_title="Pope: Unemployment, slave labor go against God's plan, human dignity " class="st_sharethis_button" displaytext="sharethis"></span> <span 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href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=sqVFU-kG-I0:R6DmYR-9B4Q:dnMXMwOfBR0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=sqVFU-kG-I0:R6DmYR-9B4Q:F7zBnMyn0Lo"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=sqVFU-kG-I0:R6DmYR-9B4Q:V_sGLiPBpWU"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=sqVFU-kG-I0:R6DmYR-9B4Q:qj6IDK7rITs"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=sqVFU-kG-I0:R6DmYR-9B4Q:l6gmwiTKsz0"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=sqVFU-kG-I0:R6DmYR-9B4Q:gIN9vFwOqvQ"></img></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/~ff/Uscatholic?a=sqVFU-kG-I0:R6DmYR-9B4Q:TzevzKxY174"></img></a> </div> </article> <article> <h1>Practical resources for fighting wage theft</h1> <p>Caitlyn Schmid — Wed, 01 May 2013 14:47:27 +0000</p> <div class="field field-name-field-article-author field-type-node-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Article Author: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/authors/a-us-catholic-interview">A U.S. Catholic interview</a></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>The best resource on wage theft is Kim Bobo’s outstanding book <a href="http://iwjnational.miiduu.com/Books--Print-Materials/Wage-Theft-in-America"><em>Wage Theft in America: Why Millions of Working Americans Are Not Getting Paid—and What We Can Do About It</em></a> (The New Press). Originally published in 2009 and updated in 2011, it includes a wealth of information about the problem as well as tons of practical tips on what both individuals and religious congregations can do about it.</p></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-field-image field-type-image field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Image: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"></div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-4 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Site Section: </div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/category/site-section/culture" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Culture</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/category/site-section/culture/social-justice" typeof="skos:Concept" property="rdfs:label skos:prefLabel">Social Justice</a></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span 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class="field-items"><div class="field-item even" property="content:encoded"><p>VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Israeli President Shimon Peres officially invited Pope Francis to Israel, telling the pope "the sooner you visit the better, as in these days a new opportunity is being created for peace, and your arrival could contribute significantly to increasing the trust and belief in peace."</p> <p>The Israeli president's remarks were reported in a statement released by the Israeli Embassy to the Vatican after Peres met Pope Francis April 30.</p></div></div></div><div class="sharethis-buttons"><div class="sharethis-wrapper"><span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201304/israeli-president-invites-pope-visit-israel-sooner-better-27259" st_title=" Israeli president invites pope to visit Israel, 'the sooner the better'" class="st_twitter_button" displaytext="twitter"></span> <span st_url="http://www.uscatholic.org/news/201304/israeli-president-invites-pope-visit-israel-sooner-better-27259" 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