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Planned Parenthood to close four Iowa clinics

By Catholic News Service
DAVENPORT, Iowa — Planned Parenthood of the Heartland, based in Des Moines, has announced plans to close four of its 12 clinics in Iowa — three in the Diocese of Davenport and one in the Diocese of Sioux City.   The clinics in Burlington, Keokuk and Sioux City will close effective June 30. The fourth […]
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President Trump visits Church of the Holy Sepulcher, Western Wall

By Judith Sudilovsky
JERUSALEM — Following his official welcome to Jerusalem by Israeli President Reuven Rivlin, U.S. President Donald Trump began his two-day visit to Israel and the Palestinian territories with a private visit to the Church of the Holy Sepulcher and Western Wall.   Details of the visits to the holy sites had been a carefully guarded […]
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Pope Francis and church leaders offer prayers after Manchester attack

By Simon Caldwell
MANCHESTER, England — Pope Francis decried the “barbaric attack” on concertgoers in Manchester, adding his voice to Catholic leaders dismayed at what British officials said was the deadliest case of terrorism since 2005.   In a telegram sent to English church officials on Pope Francis’ behalf, Cardinal Pietro Parolin, Vatican secretary of state, said the […]
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Convocation is ‘great opportunity’ for U.S. church, says religious sister

By Carol Zimmermann
WASHINGTON — Dominican Sister Marie Bernadette Thompson can’t help but see things through a teacher’s eyes after spending eight years teaching elementary and high school students and belonging to an order whose charism is education and the faith formation of young people.   But the 42-year-old sister, who has been council coordinator for the Council […]
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Pope will create five new cardinals

By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis announced he will create five new cardinals June 28; the new cardinals-designate come from Mali, Spain, Sweden, Laos and El Salvador.   Unusually, the group of prelates announced by the pope May 21 includes an auxiliary bishop whose archbishop is not a cardinal; he is Cardinal-designate Gregorio Rosa Chavez, 74, […]

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