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The casket of Jessica Rekos is placed in a hearse following her funeral Mass at St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 18. Mourners packed back-to-back services at the church that day for Jessica and James Mattioli, two of the 20 young victims o f the Newtown shooting massacre.

Newtown pastor tells mourners child victims were gift from the start

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RYE, N.Y. - Addressing mourners at the first two funerals for young victims of the Dec. 14 school shooting in Connecticut, Msgr. Robert Weiss, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown asked, "Where else but the church could we bring this unspeakable act?"

The Irish government has announced plans to legalize abortion in limited circumstances

Irish government announces plans to legalize abortion, with limits 

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DUBLIN - The Irish government has announced plans to legalize abortion in limited circumstances, but Minister for Health James Reilly insisted his plans will take "full account of the equal right to life of the unborn child."

Women look at a printout of text messages Dec. 18 at a memorial site in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 18. The events of Dec. 14 that resulted in 28 shooting deaths in Newtown has prompted a fresh debate on U.S. gun control.

CCCB president sends letter of condolence on Connecticut shootings

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OTTAWA - The Canadian Conference of Catholic Bishops president has sent a condolence letter concerning the Dec. 14 school shootings to his American counterpart.

Msgr. Robert Weiss speaks to young women inside St. Rose of Lima Church during a vigil service the evening the day's tragic events unfolded Dec. 14 in Newtown, Conn. At least eight of the children killed in the shooting rampage at nearby Sandy Hook Eleme ntary were to be buried from St. Rose, a parish of 3,200 families and the only Catholic church in Newtown.

'Sacramental sense' of priest's response after shooting called powerful

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RYE, N.Y. - The "sacramental sense" of a Catholic pastor's outreach after the horrific violence

Mothers with their newborns wait for checkups at Jose Fabella Memorial Hospital in Manila, Philippines, in August. Legislation that would promote artificial contraception as a family planning method in the nation passed in the country's House of Represen tatives Dec. 13. The reproductive health bill faced fierce opposition from Catholic bishops and religious groups.

Philippine bishops consider Supreme Court appeal for reproductive law

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MANILA, Philippines - Philippine Catholic leaders said they would appeal to the Supreme Court

Undated photos from various memorial websites show the victims of the Dec. 14 Sandy Hook Elementary School shootings in Newton, Conn. Pictured, starting on the top row, from left to right, are Ana Marquez-Greene, Caroline Previdi, Jessica Rekos, Emilie Parker, and Noah Pozner; Jesse Lewis, Olivia Engel, Josephine Gay, Charlotte Bacon and Chase Kowalski; Daniel Barden, Jack Pinto, Catherine Hubbard, Dylan Hockley and Benjamin Wheeler; Grace McDonnell, James Mattioli, Avielle Richman, Rachel Davino and Anne Marie Murphy; Lauren Rousseau, Mary Sherlach, Victoria Soto, Dawn Hochsprung and Nancy Lanza.

'No words' can describe shock, sadness after shooting, says priest

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NEWTOWN, Conn. - Msgr. Robert Weiss, pastor of St. Rose of Lima Church in Newtown, was at Sandy Hook Elementary School

Pope Benedict XVI celebrates the Eucharist during Mass at St. Patrick Parish in the eastern suburbs of Rome Dec. 16. Upon returning to the Vatican for the noon Angelus, the pope offered his condolences and prayers to those affected by the Dec. 14 shootin g massacre at a Newtown, Conn., elementary school.

Pope expresses grief over Newtown shooting, calls for acts of peace

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VATICAN CITY - After 20 children and six adults were shot dead in Connecticut, Pope Benedict XVI offered

People react outside Sandy Hook Elementary School following a shooting in Newtown, Conn., Dec. 14. A gunman opened fire at the elementary school killing several people including children.

Priests near school shooting quick to offer assistance

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NEWTOWN, Conn. - As law enforcement officers tried to piece together the Dec. 14 shooting

A woman puts flowers on the coffin of Jacintha Saldanha at Our Lady of Health Church in Shirva, India, Dec. 17.The body of Saldanha, the nurse who committed suicide in London after falling for a hoax by Australian radio announcers, was buried in her hus band's native village.

Thousands gather in India for funeral of nurse hoaxed in Britain

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MANGALORE, India - Thousands gathered at Our Lady of Health Church in Shirva, just outside Mangalore, for the funeral of Jacintha Saldanha, the nurse who killed herself after falling for a hoax from Australian radio announcers.

Pope Benedict XVI exchanges gifts with Palestine's President Mahmoud Abbas during a private audience in the pontiff's library at the Vatican Dec. 17. A statement from the Vatican press office said the two leaders discussed the need to restart talks betwe en the Israelis and Palestinians.

Solution to Israeli-Palestinian conflict requires talks, pope says

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VATICAN CITY - Just weeks after the Vatican praised Palestine’s boosted status as a non-member observer state

Conservative MP Mark Warawa faced a media gauntlet at a Dec. 5 news conference announcing a social media launch to support his Motion-408 condemning gendercide.

Gendercide motion not aimed at recriminalizing abortion, Warawa says

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OTTAWA - Conservative MP Mark Warawa insists his gendercide Motion-408 is about discrimination

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