Catholicism
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D.C. welcomes six new Catholic priests
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The Catholic Church has six new priests who will serve in the Washington area.
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Ohio archdiocese fires teacher over artificial insemination
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A jury found an Ohio archdiocese discriminated against a teacher fired after becoming pregnant via artificial insemination, leaving legal experts expecting an appeal they say could have a much wider legal impact.
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Boston College condom controversy: School gets support from D.C. universities
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Both of Washington's prominent Catholic universities are backing Boston College in their attempt to stop a student group on the Massachusetts campus from passing out condoms to their peers.
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Conclave 2013: How will a new Pope be chosen?
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Thursday marked the final day of Pope Benedict's XVI reign as the head of the Catholic church, and soon, the traditional conclave will gather to select a new Pope.
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Pope Benedict XVI changes conclave rules
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A day after speaking from his apartment window for the last time, Pope Benedict XVI changed the rules for the upcoming conclave, allowing cardinals to move up the start date if they're all in Rome before the usual 15-day transition period.
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Walter Sullivan, former Richmond bishop, dies
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The Catholic Virginian assistant editor Judy Lindfors says Former Bishop Walter F. Sullivan died in Richmond on Tuesday. He had been diagnosed with liver cancer.
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Pope Benedict XVI to take to Twitter
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Benedict XVI, the pope known for his hefty volumes of theology, is now trying brevity - spreading the faith through his own Twitter account.
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Catholic condom ad makes morning circulation
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“Abstinence has a high failure rate,” is the message splashed on the front page a four-page ad taken out in today's Express newspaper.
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Paolo Gabriele, Pope Benedict XVI's butler, arrested for leaks
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The detention of Pope Benedict XVI's butler, Paolo Gabriele, capped one of the most convulsive weeks in recent Vatican history and threw the Holy See into chaos as it enters a critical phase in its efforts to show the world it's serious about complying with international norms on financial transparency.
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Archdiocese of Washington takes legal action against birth control mandate
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The Archdiocese of Washington on Monday is taking legal action to challenge the administration’s mandate that requires religious organizations to provide coverage for birth control.
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Terry Specht, Arlington priest, accused of sexually abusing young man
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Rev. Terry Specht, a priest with the Diocese of Arlington and a former assistant principal at Paul IV Catholic High School, stands accused of sexually abusing a young boy in the late 1990s.
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Pope denounces priests that question stance on celibacy, ordaining women
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Pope Benedict XVI denounced priests who have questioned church teaching on celibacy and ordaining women, saying Thursday they were disobeying his authority to try to impose their own ideas on the church.
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DC says same-sex dorms aren't discriminatory
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A District of Columbia government agency says Catholic University does not discriminate against its students by forcing them to live in single-sex dorms.
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Crystal Cathedral sale upsets many
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Crystal Cathedral, best known for the telecast The Hour of Power, was sold to the Catholic Church forcing the original congregation to find a new place of worship in three years.
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Catholic cultural center to be sold to Knights of Columbus
CommentFor years, the building in northeast D.C. near Catholic University has struggled to recoup millions in investments. Now a group called the Knights of Columbus plans to purchase it.
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Study says social upheaval of 1960s to blame for clergy sex abuse
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Researchers hired by the U.S. Roman Catholic bishops write the sex abuse crisis of the church was not caused by priests' celibacy or homosexuality. Instead, they point to poor preparation of priests for social changes in the 60s.
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Faithful brave the weather during Good Friday
CommentA couple hundred local Catholics took part in one of more than half a dozen holy processions during a cold and wet Good Friday
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