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Western culture 'lost God' through demise of family

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Date: May 24, 2013
Washington D.C., May 24, 2013 / 03:03 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Scholar Mary Eberstadt says most theories of secularization do not take into account the role of the family in religious practice, noting how its demise is critically linked to an increasingly secular West.
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Archbishop Chaput urges Americans to 'wake up' on religious freedom

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Date: May 24, 2013
Philadelphia, Pa., May 24, 2013 / 02:02 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Philadelphia says Americans need to awaken to threats against religious freedom given the new revelations about IRS targeting of religious groups and the continued burdens of the HHS mandate.
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Denver archbishop calls for end to Colo. death penalty

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Date: May 24, 2013
Denver, Colo., May 24, 2013 / 01:03 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Archbishop Samuel J. Aquila of Denver has called for the repeal of the death penalty following the Colorado governor's grant of a temporary reprieve to a death row inmate convicted of four murders.
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Boys Scouts of America lifts ban on openly gay members

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Date: May 23, 2013
Washington D.C., May 23, 2013 / 05:22 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The Boy Scouts of America have voted in favor of a resolution that lifts the ban on openly gay members but will not allow gay adult troop leaders.
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Jailed pastor in Iran no longer in solitary confinement

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Date: May 23, 2013
Washington D.C., May 23, 2013 / 05:02 am (EWTN News).- American citizen and pastor Saeed Abedini has been released from his solitary confinement in an Iranian prison, and sent a letter to his supporters in the U.S., thanking them for their prayers.
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US bishops praise immigration bill's advance in senate

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Date: May 23, 2013
Washington D.C., May 23, 2013 / 03:02 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- The U.S. bishops welcomed a U.S. Senate committee's passage of a major immigration bill as an "important step," urging the full senate to consider the bill as soon as possible.
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US bishops ask government to reassess drone policy

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Date: May 22, 2013
Washington D.C., May 22, 2013 / 06:03 pm (EWTN News/CNA).- In letters to top government officials, the U.S. bishops' conference urged a public discussion on the use of unmanned targeted killings, also known as drones, and their moral implications.
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Author finds Catholic themes in Shakespeare's 'Romeo and Juliet'

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Date: May 22, 2013
Greenville, S.C., May 22, 2013 / 05:03 am (EWTN News/CNA).- Editor and author Joseph Pearce's new work, "Shakespeare on Love," sees the Catholic presence in "Romeo and Juliet" and corrects popular interpretations of the play, which see the pair only as victims.
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Cardinal Wuerl prepares for D.C. archdiocesan synod

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Date: May 22, 2013
Washington D.C., May 22, 2013 / 03:09 am (EWTN News).- Cardinal Donald Wuerl of Washington, D.C. released a proclamation announced on Pentecost the start a year-long process of analyzing and addressing the challenges and goals the archdiocese faces.
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Supreme Court could give landmark ruling on public prayer

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Date: May 22, 2013
Washington D.C., May 22, 2013 / 01:05 am (EWTN News/CNA).- In a move that could have national consequences for prayer in public life, the U.S. Supreme Court has agreed to hear a federal case challenging the constitutionality of opening prayers at the town council meetings of Greece, New York.
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