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Catholics join call for payday loan reform

By • Catholic Universe Bulletin • 3/10/2008

CLEVELAND, OH (Catholic Universe Bulletin) - The Catholic Conference of Ohio has joined the state�s religious leaders in a campaign for payday lending reform. Speaking at a February 26 Ohio Coalition Responsible Lending news conference, six religious leaders urged Ohio voters to support House Bill ...

R.E. Congress: Looking for the light

By • The Tidings • 3/9/2008

LOS ANGELES, Calif. (The Tidings) - More than 40,000 participants stepping over the threshold of this year�s Religious Education Congress in Anaheim Feb. 28-March 2 were encouraged in numerous workshops and multicultural liturgies to raise their sights and spirits toward envisioning a ...

�Definition of marriage� issue awaits opinion of California�s Supreme Court on gay �rights�

By • Catholic San Francisco • 3/7/2008

SAN FRANCISCO, CA (Catholic San Francisco) - The California Supreme Court�s upcoming opinion on the definition of marriage will mark a step in a national debate that remains far from settled, according to a law professor who audited the high court�s March 4 hearing in San Francisco on the ...

�Growing Up Catholic� in mid-20th century: Nuns in habits provided great formation

By • The Catholic Moment • 3/7/2008

LAFAYETTE, Ind. (The Catholic Moment) - Millions of middle-aged and older Catholics remember Sister Mary Margaret, their third-grade teacher. She told gory stories about the martyrs, lived and breathed The Baltimore Catechism, and made you hold your nose to the blackboard if you didn�t do your ...

AIDING RECOVERY - Sister Beth Davies stands at the New Beginnings residential treatment center in Dryden with Larry Lavendar, director of the center. She is on the staff with him in addition to running the Addiction Education Center in Pennington Gap.

Nun lives �on the margins� in Appalachia

By • The Catholic Virginian • 3/6/2008

RICHMOND, Va. (The Catholic Virginian) - The old man wistfully looked out from his front porch in St. Charles, Virginia, an Appalachian community eviscerated by decades of coal production. �You know, they came in here and they took our trees and they took our coal,� he said, �but I thought there ...

FAMILY - Yecica Robles and her son, Carlos, are looking ahead to a brighter future since their stay at St. Anne�s Bogen Family Center. (St. Anne�s Bogen)

Los Angeles home for unwed mothers now a family center to address �the bigger picture�

By • The Tidings • 3/6/2008

LOS ANGELES, CA (The Tidings) - A century ago, when the Ford Motor Company first introduced its classic Model T touring car and before women�s suffrage, St. Anne�s maternity home for unwed pregnant women was founded by Bishop Thomas Conaty in Los Angeles. From modest beginnings as a small, safe ...

Arguments mount for a nat'l healthcare system

By • The Christian Science Monitor • 3/5/2008

BOSTON, Mass. (The Christian Science Monitor) - As advocates of healthcare reform see it, change in the United States healthcare system has become an economic necessity � not just socially desirable or politically popular. �It has to happen,� says Regina Herzlinger, an expert at the Harvard ...

MEN OF FAITH - More than 700 Catholic men from across the Phoenix Diocese gathered for fellowship, adoration and to refocus on Christ with Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted Feb. 2 at the Men�s Conference at Xavier College Preparatory. (Catholic Sun/Rebecca Bostic)

Men abandon 'mediocre Catholicism'

By • • 3/5/2008

PHOENIX, Ariz. (The Catholic Sun) - While some guys were making Super Bowl party preparations, more than 700 Catholic men from across the Phoenix Diocese gathered for fellowship, adoration and to refocus on Christ. The men joined Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted Feb. 2 at the Men�s Conference at Xavier ...

Bishop invites priests who left voluntarily to return to ministry or seek laicization

By • The Catholic Virginian • 3/4/2008

RICHMOND, Va (The Catholic Virginian) - Bishop Francis X. DiLorenzo is extending an invitation to priests who have voluntarily left the active ministry to return to priestly ministry or take the first step in the process of laicization by which they would be made part of the laity. The Bishop is ...

How real men can be real Catholics

By • Catholic Herald • 3/4/2008

WEST ALLIS, WI (Milwaukee Catholic Herald) - A facility known for showcasing super knives and magic mops for potential consumers during the Wisconsin State Fair was, on Feb. 23, a place in which Catholicism was showcased for more than 3,000 men. The second annual Men of Christ conference attracted ...