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      • Father Johnson sees progress in racism among Catholics
        January 26
        - Catholic News Agency
        Father Johnson sees progress in racism among Catholics
        Father Josh Johnson, pastor at Sacred Heart  Church in Baton Rouge, said he has seen progress in terms of Catholics being willing to listen to the experiences of those who have experienced racism and an openness among many Catholics to acknowledge racism as a sin and as a continued problem in U.S. society.
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      • Thousands present in St. Peter’s Square for Pope Benedict’s funeral
        January 13
        - Catholic News Agency
        Thousands present in St. Peter’s Square for Pope Benedict’s funeral
        ROME – Tens of thousands of people were present in St. Peter’s Square for the funeral Jan. 5 of Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, a leading theologian of the 20th century and the first pope to resign from office in nearly 600 years.
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      • Pope says Advent is a special time
        December 15
        - Pope Francis
        Pope says Advent is a special time
        St. John the Baptist reminds us that Advent is a privileged time to turn back toward God — something it is never too late to do.
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      • Michigan church sues to retain hiring policy
        December 13
        - Catholic News Agency
        (CNA) — A Catholic parish in central Michigan is suing the state attorney general over the state Supreme Court’s recent redefinition of “sex” discrimination as encompassing sexual orientation and gender identity, arguing that the redefinition, among other things, threatens the parish’s ability to hire people who model the church’s teachings. 
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        Here’s a summary of key actions taken at the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ (USCCB) fall plenary assembly recently in Baltimore
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      • European court: Russia violated human rights by not legally recognizing gay unions
        The European Court of Human Rights in Strasbourg, Germany / CherryX|Wikipedia|CC BY-SA 3.0 Washington D.C., Feb 6, 2023 / 09:55 am (CNA). The European Court of Human Rights ruled Jan. 17 that...
      • Charges dropped, for now, against woman arrested for praying silently outside UK abortion clinic
        Isabel Vaughan-Spruce / ADF UK Denver, Colo., Feb 3, 2023 / 15:45 pm (CNA). Authorities in the U.K. have dropped charges against a woman arrested for silent prayer in a “buffer zone” that...
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      • Thousands mourn Cardinal Pell at Sydney funeral: ‘Be not afraid’ was his motto 
        Cardinal George Pell’s funeral Mass drew thousands of mourners to Sydney’s St. Mary’s Cathedral Feb. 2, 2023. / Credit: Giovanni Portelli/The Catholic Weekly Denver, Colo., Feb 2, 2023 ...
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      • Mexican court rules against pro-family leader who called a trans woman legislator a man
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      • Dictatorship in Nicaragua sentences priest critical of the regime to 10 years in prison
        Father Oscar Benavidez. / Credit: Parish of the Holy Spirit of Mulukukú, Nicaragua CNA Newsroom, Feb 6, 2023 / 12:30 pm (CNA). The dictatorship in Nicaragua, led by President Daniel Ortega...
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      • Pope Francis, Syriac Patriarch call for prayers after devastating earthquakes in Turkey and Syria
        A woman reacts as rescuers search for survivors through the rubble of collapsed buildings in Adana, Turkey, on Feb. 6, 2023, after a 7.8-magnitude earthquake struck the country’s southeast...
      • Pope at Mass in South Sudan: In the name of Jesus, lay down the weapons of hatred
        Pope Francis greets a young boy a Mass in Juba, South Sudan on Feb. 5, 2023. / Vatican Media Rome Newsroom, Feb 5, 2023 / 05:00 am (CNA). At a Mass in South Sudan on Sunday, Pope Francis...
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