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Black or White smoke? Website to text or email users when new Pope is chosen
A Catholic organisation has set up a website, www.popealarm.com, that lets people register to receive a text or email notification when a pope has been selected. #NewsTracker #Pope #Papal conclave #Roman Catholic Church
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At times it seemed like the Lord was sleeping, says Pope in emotional farewell
Pope Benedict bid an emotional farewell at his last general audience on Wednesday, saying he understood the gravity of his decision to become the first pontiff to resign in 600 years but that he had done it for the good of the Roman Catholic Church. #NewsTracker #Vatican City #Pope Benedict XVI #Roman Catholic Church #Holy See #St Peter's Basilica
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Campus ProgressBeing Gay and Catholic
When Joe Pietrus’ son told him he was gay, Pietrus found himself in the position his son had been for years: in the closet. “I am gay, and God doesn’t love me anymore,” Pietrus’ son told him. Pietrus, a devout Catholic, didn’t know how to react, and didn #University of North Carolina #Roman Catholic Church #Raleigh, NC
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Kennebec JournalPortland Catholic church closing its doors
PORTLAND — At the end of the final song at Sunday afternoon’s special Mass as St. Patrick Church, parishioners standing in the pews and in the aisles broke into a sudden, long round of applause. It was an unusual ending for a somber Sunday Mass, but the #Portland, Maine #Saint Patrick
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NBC WCSH6 Portland, MaineTwo lawsuits filed against Maine Catholic church
PORTLAND, Maine (AP) - Two brothers are suing the Roman Catholic Diocese of Portland, saying church officials knew a priest was sexually abusing them and other children but did nothing to stop it. In complaints filed in Cumberland County Superior Court, #Portland, Maine #Jeffrey Conroy #Massachusetts