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 The National Gallery of Art in Washington owns two of the best-preserved pictures by the Estonian artist Michel Sittow. One is the tiny “Assumption of the Virgin” set in a landscape evocative of Castile in Spain. The other is a portrait of the much-traveled diplomat Diego de Guevara. Both can be seen in a new light, as works of art and statements of faith, in an exhibit at the National Gallery marking the 100th anniversary of the founding of Estonia. 

The Catholic Church's care for the sick, especially through Catholic-run hospitals, is an antidote to "the business mentality that is seeking worldwide to turn health care into a profit-making enterprise," Pope Francis said.

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The norms for the United States, established by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in November 1966 and reiterated in November 1973, may be summarized as follows:

 

Few things were more repugnant in Jesus’ day than leprosy. 
For the first time, the International Olympic Committee has invited a Vatican delegation not only to take part in the opening ceremony of the Winter Games, but also to attend its general meeting as an official observer.

The late Germain Grisez, an influential Catholic philosopher, ethicist and moral theologian, was "a remarkable man" and a "very firm believer" whose faith "was unswervingly orthodox," Jesuit Father Peter Ryan said Feb. 6.

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