Photo & Video
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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
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- 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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