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Mar 07 2023
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Several Missouri boarding school students settle lawsuits
KANSAS CITY, Mo. (AP) — Sixteen former students at a now closed Christian boarding school in southwest Missouri have settled lawsuits alleging they were abused at the school. The settlement amounts for the lawsuits against the former Agape Baptist Church were not disclosed, The Kansas City Star reported Tuesday. The church ran the school near Stockton in Cedar County. The cases were dismissed
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Mar 09 2023
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Pope Francis discusses revising priestly celibacy in new interview
In a new interview, Pope Francis has discussed the possibility of revising the Western discipline of priestly celibacy.
“There is no contradiction for a priest to marry. Celibacy in the Western Church is a temporary prescription: I do not know if it is settled in one way or another, but it is temporary in this sense,” Pope Francis said in an interview published on March 10.
“It
Catholic News Agency
Mar 12 2023
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One dead, 3 injured in Brooklyn shooting, NYPD still searching for suspect
New York police are looking for a gunman who killed one person and shot three others on a Brooklyn street Saturday afternoon. The victims were at an apartment building at East 45th Street near Snyder Avenue in East Flatbush around 1:45 p/m./ when the gunman opened fire, police told FOX 5 New York. First responders found three of the four victims at the scene. Emmanuel Soray, 39, of Brooklyn
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Mar 12 2023
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Philly St. Patrick's Day Parade 2023 to kick off with mass
PHILADELPHIA (CBS) – Marching bands, Irish dancers and more will flood the streets of Center City for the annual Philadelphia Saint Patrick's Day Parade. This year's theme is "St. Patrick, let there be peace." All weekend, folks have been celebrating Saint Patrick's Day, but it's all leading up to the big parade and, for many, a family tradition mass at St. Patrick's Church. Throughout the
CBS News (Online)
Mar 11 2023
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Defrocked, ex-con priest who stole $300K heads NYC nonprofits with city contracts
A defrocked, ex-con priest who was a diocesan spin doctor at the height of the Catholic church’s sex abuse scandal now heads a pair of New York City nonprofits which have raked in millions in taxpayer cash. Edward Bolognini, who used to be a high-ranking New Hampshire holy man named Edward Arsenault, pled guilty in 2014 to stealing some $300,000 from a Catholic hospital, his diocese and a dead
New York Post (News)
Oct 13 2022
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Pastors Reveal Troubled US Economy Is Having Negative Impact on Churches
While some churches across the country are shaking off the financial effects of the COVID-19 pandemic, a new survey of pastors reveals the troubled economy is now having an adverse financial effect on their churches as well.
A Lifeway Research study of U.S. Protestant pastors found that 52% say the current economy is having a negative impact on their ability to operate. For 40%, the
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Mar 09 2023
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Slain Officer Andrés Vásquez Lasso Remembered At Funeral As Father, Husband Who Was Proud Of Work
ASHBURN — Snow began to fall Thursday morning as officers carried the flag-draped coffin of Officer Andrés Mauricio Vásquez Lasso outside a Far Southwest Side church after his funeral. Vásquez Lasso was killed in the line of duty March 1. Prosecutors have said an 18-year-old shot the officer in front of a playground full of children during a chase. The 18-year-old, Steven Montano, has been
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Mar 08 2023
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U.S. Attorney for New Jersey to hold town hall meeting in Jersey City
Philip R. Sellinger, the U.S. Attorney for New Jersey, and members of his staff will host a town hall meeting in Jersey City later this month. The 90-minute meeting with residents is scheduled for March 21 at 6 p.m. at the Temple Beth-El, 2419 Kennedy Blvd. It is the second in a series of town hall meetings. Sellinger’s first meeting was held at the Zion Hill Baptist Church in Newark in
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Mar 01 2023
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NYC Mayor Adams: Guns Came Into Schools When Prayer Removed
New York City Mayor Eric Adams dismissed the idea of church and state separation and drew a connection between the absence of faith and guns in schools, rankling some civil libertarians. "Don't tell me about no separation of church and state," Adams said Tuesday during an an annual interfaith breakfast of religious leaders in Manhattan. "State is the body. Church is the heart. You take the
Newsmax (News)
Mar 01 2023
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Free Inglewood Concert Celebrates Diversity in Music
The second of three concerts, featuring a wide range of musical styles, is on March 19 at Holy Trinity Lutheran Church in Inglewood. The final concert is on April 23 at Spirit of Our Savior Lutheran Church (formerly Lutheran Church of Our Savior) in San Bernardino. Each concert will feature live musical performances by New City Parish (Gospel and accompanying mime performers), Women Image (
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