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Michael O'Connor, Tracey Aiello and Jeff Holowka, members of the 140th New York Volunteer Infantry Living History Organization, take part in a memorial dedication for Civil War hero Col. Patrick O'Rorke at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Rochester, N.Y., July 2. O'Rorke, who died July 2, 1863, during the the Battle of Gettysburg, Pa., grew up in Rochester and is buried at Holy Sepulchre.

Catholic presence at Battle of Gettysburg still evident 150 years later

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PHILADELPHIA - They were Poles, Austrians, Germans, Czechs, Italians, Irish — especially Irish — and they had one thing in common. They were Catholics, many of them new immigrants but loyal Americans.

Arthur Peters

ShareLife needs $1.2 million to put it over the top

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TORONTO - As ShareLife's 2013 parish campaign rounds the final bend, parishioners are being asked to dig as deep as they can to help reach the $12.3 million goal.

Archbishop Sviatoslav Shevchuk of Kiev-Halych, head of the Ukrainian Catholic Church (pictured), and Archbishop Jozef Michalik of Przemysl, president of the Polish bishops' conference, pledged mutual forgiveness for the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians during World War II.

Polish, Ukrainian church leaders mark anniversary of WWII massacres

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WARSAW, Poland - Catholic leaders in Poland and Ukraine pledged mutual forgiveness for the deaths of tens of thousands of civilians during World War II.

The Register chosen North America’s top Catholic newspaper

The Register chosen North America’s top Catholic newspaper

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DENVER - The Catholic Register has won the prestigious John P. Foley Award for excellence in Catholic journalism.

Firefighters move away from the Yarnell Hill Fire near the town of Yarnell, Ariz., June 30. The Arizona blaze has killed 19 firefighters, who belonged to an elite response team, and destroyed hundreds of homes across 2,000 acres.

Catholic parish mourns loss of one of its own in Arizona fire

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PHOENIX - In Tualatin, Ore., members of Resurrection Parish and Our Lady of the Lake School in Lake Oswego were remembering John Percin Jr., one of 19 firefighters who perished June 30 in an Arizona wildfire.

Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore, chairman of the U.S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee for Religious Liberty, talks with Russell D. Moore, president of the Southern Baptist Convention's Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission, during a news conference at the National Press Club in Washington July 2. The two are part of a diverse group of religious leaders urging the U.S. government to "expand conscience protections" in its Health and Human Services mandate that requires almost all employers to provide c overage of contraceptives, sterilization and some abortion-inducing drugs free of charge.

U.S. bishops, religious leaders call for religious liberty protections

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WASHINGTON - A diverse group of religious leaders, including Catholics, Protestants, evangelicals and a representative from the International Society for Krishna Consciousness, issued an open letter July 2 urging the U.S. government to "expand conscience protections" in its Health and Human Services contraceptive mandate.

Foreign Affairs Minister John Baird, in a July 1 statement, has condemned recent sectarian violence targeting Christians in Syria.

Canada denounces slaying of Catholic priest in Syria

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OTTAWA - The Canadian government has condemned recent sectarian violence targeting Christians in Syria.

Hamilton Bishop Crosby standis in front of the ombrellino, a historic piece of papal regalia that would shield the Pope from the sun should he visit the church — at the Cathedral Basilica of Christ the King in Hamilton. The church was formally recognized as a minor basilica with a celebration June 23.

Hamilton cathedral recognized as minor basilica — eight decades later

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HAMILTON, ONT. - Although the wheels of administration are known to often turn slowly at the Vatican, all involved acknowledge that it was a particularly long process when, more than 80 years after the subject was first broached, the Cathedral of Christ the King in Hamilton finally received its designation as a minor basilica on Feb. 25 this year.

MP Brian Storseth

Bill to axe Section 13 of Canadian Human Rights Act has received royal assent

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OTTAWA - After languishing a year in the Senate and a last ditch effort by prominent Liberal Senators to kill it, a bill to axe Section 13 from the Canadian Human Rights Act has received royal assent.

Pope Francis' first encyclical, Lumen fidei (The Light of Faith), will be published July 5.

Pope Francis' first encyclical to be published July 5

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Francis' first encyclical, which he has said is largely the work of retired Pope Benedict XVI, will be published July 5.

Ernst von Freyberg, who has assumed the function of interim general director of the Vatican bank, poses in his office at the Vatican June 10. A statement from the Vatican press office said the bank's director, Paolo Cipriani, and its deputy director, Mas simo Tulli, offered their resignations July 1 "in the best interest of the institute and the Holy See."

Director, deputy director of Vatican bank resign

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VATICAN CITY - The director and the deputy director of the Vatican bank, which is being investigated by a special papal commission, resigned July 1.

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