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- Bishop Clark urges protest of HHS decision
- February 3, 2012
- By Mike Latona/Catholic Courier
Bishop Matthew H. Clark is among the many national Catholic leaders expressing outrage and dismay regarding the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) mandate that nearly all employers offer health-care plans that include coverage for sterilization, abortion-inducing drugs and contraception.
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- Creating cardinals: Ceremony features something old, new, borrowed, red
- February 3, 2012
- VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Something old, something new, something borrowed and something red will be part of the mix Feb. 18 when Pope Benedict Read More
- Redemptorist Father Vincent Paul Crotty, 88
- February 3, 2012
Redemptorist Father Vincent Paul Crotty, who served in parish and hospital ministry in Rochester, died on Dec. 16, 2011, in Timonium, Md. He was 88.
Father Crotty was born in Sayre, Pa. He professed his first vows on Aug. 2, 1944, and was ordained on June 19, 1949. For the first 13 years of his priesthood he
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- Sister Mary Elizabeth Ryan SSND, 91
- February 3, 2012
School Sister of Notre Dame Mary Elizabeth Ryan (formerly Sister Mary Leontia), who taught at Catholic schools in New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut and Florida, died Jan. 21, 2012, at Lourdes Health Care Center in Wilton, Conn. She was 91.
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- Faith cards ID English, Welsh Catholics in case of accident
- February 2, 2012
- MANCHESTER, England (CNS) -- English and Welsh bishops are producing a million "faith cards" to identify the holders as Catholics in the Read More
- Doctors wonder how federal mandate will affect practice of medicine
- February 2, 2012
- WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Whether they are just starting out or nearing the end of their careers, Catholics who want to practice medicine in Read More
- CMA nears $5 million; donations welcomed
- February 2, 2012
Catholics in the 12-county Diocese of Rochester have donated nearly $5 million toward the $5.7 million Catholic Ministries Appeal goal for 2011-12.
According to Dave Kelly, appeal coordinator, as of Jan. 25 the appeal had received commitments totaling $4,946,602 from 29,474 donors. Kelly said this represents
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