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All-night service kicks off Lent
All-night service kicks off Lent
February 22, 2012
Courier photos by Mike Crupi

Rochester's St. Monica Church opened its doors at midnight Feb. 22 to give community members a chance to receive ashes and the sacrament of reconciliation throughout the night and the following day.

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Seton students learn to fence
Seton students learn to fence
February 21, 2012
Courier photos by Mike Crupi

On Feb. 17 Colin Clinton of Fencing Fundamentals paid a visit to Seton Catholic School in Brighton, where he gave students a hands-on lesson in fencing.

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Red weekend at the Vatican
Red weekend at the Vatican
February 21, 2012
Catholic News Service

CNS presents a two-minute montage of video images from the consistory this weekend, where Pope Benedict XVI created 22 new cardinals, including USCCB president and Archbishop of New York, Timothy M. Dolan.

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How Lent got ashes
How Lent got ashes
February 21, 2012
Catholic News Service

Ashes as a symbol of penitence date back to the Old Testament, but the imposition of ashes on Ash Wednesday only became popular in the second millennium of Christianity.

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Abp. Dolan discusses contraceptive mandate
Abp. Dolan discusses contraceptive mandate
February 14, 2012
Catholic News Service

In an interview Monday evening in Rome with Catholic News Service, Cardinal-designate Timothy M. Dolan discusses why the U.S. bishops oppose the revised contraceptive mandate announced by President Obama three days earlier. Major excerpts here.

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