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WASHINGTON (CNS)—A small Carmelite monastery in Clark, Wyo., has
seen its coffee sales take off in the last couple of years, and the
growing awareness of its coffee business has brought an added benefit
to the community—more members.
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Monks' Thriving Coffee Business Attract Young Men to Monastery
Sunday, November 22, 2009
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VATICAN CITY (CNS)—In an effort to understand how the church can
make better use of the Internet and its search engines and popular
social networking tools, European bishops met with representatives from
Facebook, Google, YouTube and Wikipedia.
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Bishops Meet Google, Facebook Reps to Boost Web Role
Sunday, November 22, 2009
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BOCA CHICA, Dominican Republic (CNS)—Sixteen-year-old Doralin
Pulio Valerio knows she could easily be working on the beach, but she
also knows prostitution would not be the kind of work she or her
parents could brag about.
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Dominican Town Unites to End Exploitation of Children
Saturday, November 21, 2009
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BALTIMORE (CNS)—When Brigitte Gynther took a spring break trip to
Florida while a student at the University of Notre Dame, little did she
imagine it would put her on a career track, working for farmworkers'
rights.
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Spring Break Trip Led to a Career Seeking Justice in Fields
Friday, November 20, 2009
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WASHINGTON (CNS)—Recent news reports have mistakenly claimed that
the Archdiocese of Washington and its social service arm, Catholic
Charities, are threatening to stop providing social services if the
District of Columbia City Council's proposed same-sex marriage bill
passes, said Auxiliary Bishop Barry C. Knestout of Washington.
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D.C. Same-Sex Marriage Bill Could Limit Church Agencies
Friday, November 20, 2009
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BALTIMORE (CNS)—An ongoing study of the causes and contexts of
sexual abuse by priests delves into a broad assortment of factors,
including societal trends, treatment approaches over the decades, the
character of seminaries in different generations and even comparisons
of when abusive behavior began in relation to ordination.
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Study: Social Trends, Seminary Character Among Abuse Causes
Friday, November 20, 2009
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BALTIMORE (CNS)—The U.S. bishops overwhelmingly approved a revision to the
directives that guide Catholic health care facilities, clarifying that
patients with chronic conditions who are not imminently dying should
receive food and water by "medically assisted" means if they cannot
take them normally.
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Bishops Approve New Directives on Withdrawal of Food, Water
Thursday, November 19, 2009
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BALTIMORE (CNS)—Although the Catholic Church shares the pain of
married couples facing infertility problems, some reproductive
technologies "are not morally legitimate ways to solve those problems,"
the U.S. bishops say in a new document.
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Bishops OK Document Criticizing Some Reproductive Technologies
Thursday, November 19, 2009
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