WASHINGTON (CNS) -- When a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit ruled in Verizon's favor Jan. 14 on its suit against the Federal Communications Commission, observers in the tech field suggested this could signal the end of the Internet as we know it. T...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Few probably know it outside the ranks of the craft, but February is Catholic Press Month, when the church in the United States and Canada recognizes the importance of Catholic media and members of the Catholic media reflect in a special way on their service to the church. The...
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A young woman prays during a pro-life youth rally at the Verizon Center in Washington Jan. 22. Thousands of young people gathered at the arena to rally and pray before taking part in the annual March for Life, which this year marked the 41st anniversary of the Supreme Court's Roe v. Wade decision t...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- The divisions that exist among Christians are a source of pain and scandal, and damage the credibility and work of spreading the Gospel, Pope Francis said. "Christ's name creates communion and unity, not division. He came to create communion among us, not to divide us!" the po...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Having a holy son or daughter formally recognized as a saint by the universal church could easily cost a quarter of a million dollars. But experts say the church isn't selling halos; it's compensating professionals doing serious research, so that a pope can solemnly declare hi...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- It wasn't all that long ago that Michael Gordon was wondering where his life was headed. He had served time in prison on illegal drug charges and this time after his release at 35 years old, life on the streets was not very appealing. He made his way to the Healing Place in Rich...
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WASHINGTON—Over 10,000 pilgrims, many of them youth from schools around the nation, are expected to gather in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception to pray for an end to abortion at the Opening Mass of the National Prayer Vigil for Life. The Mass will be celebrated...
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WASHINGTON—The 2014 Catholic Social Ministry Gathering will focus on the message and vision of Pope Francis: “Becoming ‘a Poor Church for the Poor.’” The gathering will be in Washington, February 2-5, 2014. In his first audience, March 16, 2013 Pope Francis told m...
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VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- On the morning of Jan. 25, 2013, participants in the Washington, D.C., March for Life received an unexpected boost in the form of a Twitter message from Pope Benedict XVI. "I join all those marching for life from afar, and pray that political leaders will protect the unborn an...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Much has been said about the sheer enormity of the humanitarian crisis created by Syria's brutal civil war -- 100,000 are dead, 6.5 million people are displaced inside Syria and nearly 2.5 million have fled the country -- but in other ways as well, the situation presents atypica...
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