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Bishops Urge US to Help in Gaza
January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace is calling for a high-level U.S. representative to be sent to the Middle East to help negotiate peace between Israel and Hamas.
This appeal came in a letter Tuesday from Bishop Howard Hubbard of Albany, New York, to U.S. Secretary of [...]
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Cardinal: Youth Day Brought Conversions, Vocations
January 2, 2009 | Leave a Comment
The archbishop of Sydney, the host city for July’s World Youth Day, says the event brought conversions and vocations to the priesthood.
Cardinal George Pell affirmed this to the Italian bishops’ SIR news agency, saying that “we are registering an increase in conversions [to Catholicism.]“
“A few days ago,” he explained, “one parish priest [...]



