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August 7, 2015 issue
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Local stories:
- Finding God, embracing joy: Youth minister and religion teacher uses his life story to teach young people about faith, friendship
- Indiana cities join in national rally calling for investigation, defunding of Planned Parenthood
- Seminarian, priests honored at joint black Catholic conference
- Black Catholic religious organizations release statement on death penalty
- Four Benedictine sisters celebrate 50-year jubilees
- What was in the news on August 6, 1965? Pope urges Catholics to trust in the Church, and laity’s role in the civil rights fight
- Photos: Teachers’ Supply Day (print edition only)
- Official Appointments
Regular local features:
- Rejoice in the Lord: Health care is a basic human right, not a privilege
- Alégrense en el Señor: La atención médica es un derecho humano fundamental, no un privilegio
- Editorial: Wise leaders needed now more than ever
- From the Editor Emeritus: Early Church - Why Pope Gregory I was called ‘the Great’
- It's All Good: Even in circus mode, a family shows its true colors
- Faith, Hope and Charity: To fulfill Jesus’ hope for humankind, make love the basis of what you say and do
- Be our Guest: Pax Christi Indianapolis is eager to make living and just wage a priority in Indiana
- Letters to the Editor
- No letters were printed this week
- Events Calendar
- Artists sought for SS. Francis and Clare festival in Greenwood on Sept. 25-26
- Fatima Retreat House hosts annual Day of Prayer with theme ‘Prayer through Mary’s Eyes’ on Aug. 24
- All Saints Parish to hold two vocation events for girls and women on Aug. 22 in Dearborn County
- Franciscan priest offers day of reflection in Sellersburg on Aug. 15
- Bishop Luers High School gathering for Indianapolis alumni set for Aug. 13
- Obituaries
- General listing
- My Journey to God: In God’s Eyes
Catholic News Service:
- Cardinal urges senators to back measure to defund Planned Parenthood
- Serra canonization should be call to respect cultures, Franciscan superior says
- Ethical issues arise from California center’s ‘undercover’ videos
- Those in prison ministry offer moral, spiritual support to inmates
- Polish bishop suggests World Youth Day 2016 should be ‘open to all’
- Ambassador expects pope to challenge Americans to live nation’s ideals
- With violence on rise, Milwaukee churches look for answers
- Despite successes, Older Americans Act faces uncertain future in Congress
- Don’t be afraid or ashamed to go to confession, pope says
- Missionaries of Charity care for the dying in Nepal’s holiest temple
- Column: Marriage is a vocation to the service of life
- Column: Moving to a better mental space after facing a challenge
- The Sunday Readings: Eighteenth Sunday in Ordinary Time
- Question Corner: Mass is not required by the Church for the validity of an exchange of marriage vows
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Indiana cities join in national rally calling for investigation, defunding of Planned Parenthood
Oppressive heat could not suppress the voices of the nearly 200 people who came to the Indianapolis Planned Parenthood facility on July 28 to rally for the national investigation and defunding of the country’s largest abortion provider. The rally was one of 60 held across the nation on that day, including one in Bloomington that also drew more than 200 people. The rallies were the result of the #WomenBetrayed campaign led by Students for Life of America in response to videos recently released in which prominent doctors of the Planned Parenthood organization discussed selling body parts of aborted children. (Page 3)
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Seminarian, priests honored at joint black Catholic conference
At a recent annual joint conference for black Catholic priests, sisters, deacons and seminarians, two priests from the archdiocese—Father Kenneth Taylor and the recently deceased Benedictine Father Cyprian Davis—and transitional deacon Douglas Hunter, an archdiocesan seminarian, received special honors. The recognition was given at the joint conference on July 27-30 in Charleston, S.C., of four black Catholic organizations. (Page 7)
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Web-only features
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National and world news you may have missed...
Here's a sampling of some news stories that ran on our website this past week or so that you may have missed.
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- Divorced and remarried are not excommunicated, pope says at audience
- Milwaukee Archdiocese reaches $21 million settlement with abuse survivors
- Diocesan social action directors take time to focus on ‘Laudato Si’
- After small explosion, bishop urges 'increased vigilance' at parishes
- First Chinese bishop ordained publicly since 2012
- Despite successes, Older Americans Act faces uncertain future in Congress
- New study shows link between TV viewing and Alzheimer’s
- Ukrainian bishop warns of mass starvation, flight of millions
- House limits number allowed in chamber to hear papal address to Congress
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