Church of the Nativity gets large Vatican donation

January 31, 2013 By

Jerusalem, Israel, Jan 31, 2013 / 07:51 am (CNA/EWTN News).- The Vatican has promised to donate $135,490 U.S. dollars (100,000 Euros) to the Church of the Nativity in Bethlehem during a recent visit by Church officials to the Holy Land.  

The V…

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Changes in abortion language, laws seen as pro-life progress

January 31, 2013 By

Washington D.C., Jan 31, 2013 / 04:19 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Amid changing abortion rhetoric and significant legislative advances, a group of legal experts in the nation’s capital said that they are confident in the future of the pro-life movement….

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Catholic thinkers debate government’s role in helping poor

January 31, 2013 By

Boulder, Colo., Jan 31, 2013 / 02:02 am (CNA).- In a recent debate, two Catholic commentators disagreed over how large a role government should play in exercising society's responsibility to assist the impoverished.

Father Robert Sirico, a pries…

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