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Official Newspaper of the Catholic Diocese of Green Bay, Wisconsin

 
Pavone: 'Truth of abortion' exposed in trial will bring end to abortion PDF Print E-mail
Written by Mary C. Uhler | Catholic News Service   
Friday, 17 May 2013 11:31

Priests for Life asked for infants’ remains after Gosnell trial

MADISON, Wis. — Fr. Frank Pavone, national director of Priests for Life, predicted "the end of abortion in our lifetime" in a recent talk he gave in Madison sponsored by Wisconsin Right to Life.

The trial of abortionist Dr. Kermit Gosnell in Philadelphia exposed the grisly truths about the abortion industry, the priest said.

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Church’s penal code being revised PDF Print E-mail
Written by Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service   
Friday, 17 May 2013 09:37

Vatican Legal: Church teaching doesn't change, but church laws can

VATICAN CITY — Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta has a special briefcase he uses exclusively to carry documentation for a project that would completely revise an entire section of the Catholic Church's basic law.

The black case contains a 40-page draft text for a new "Book VI: Sanctions in the Church" section of the Code of Canon Law, as well as the 800-page synthesis of recommended amendments and objections to the proposed changes.

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Fellowship's campus missionaries help college students find 'meaning' PDF Print E-mail
Written by Joseph Austin | Catholic News Service   
Friday, 17 May 2013 08:37

FOCUS members meet students where they are: on campus

FAIRFAX, Va. — A diverse group of young college women lounged on couches at the entrance of the George Mason University Student Union on a recent afternoon.

Ninoska Moratin, a campus missionary with the Fellowship of Catholic University Students, better known as FOCUS, entreated the students to review their week as she began the Bible study.

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