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Retired Cardinal Jozef Glemp of Warsaw, who served as primate of the Catholic Church in Poland during the final years of communism and during the restoration of democracy, died Jan. 23 in Warsaw at age 83. He is pictured celebrating Mass in 2009 at the K atyn Memorial Monument at St. Adalbert's Cemetery in Niles, Ill.

Retired Polish primate, Cardinal Glemp, dies at 83

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VATICAN CITY - Retired Cardinal Jozef Glemp of Warsaw, who served as primate of the Catholic Church in Poland during the final years of communism and during the restoration of democracy, died Jan. 23 at the age of 83.

Fr. Michael Brehl, C.Ss.R. (pictured) said he deeply regrets the actions of Fr. Tony Flannery, an Irish member of the Redemptorists. Fr. Flannery is under Vatican investigation for alleged ambiguities "regarding fundamental areas of Catholic doctrine, including the priesthood, the nature of the Church and the Eucharist."

Redemptorist superior says he regrets Irish priest's actions

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DUBLIN - The head of the Redemptorist fathers in Rome said he deeply regrets the actions of an Irish member of the order who accused the Vatican of subjecting him to "frightening procedures reminiscent of the Inquisition."

Kenya Wildlife Service officials in Nairobi Jan. 16 display recovered elephants tusks and illegally held firearms taken from poachers. The Catholic Church has never encouraged anyone to use ivory for religious devotional objects and, in fact, teaches tha t animals must be treated with respect, the Vatican spokesman said in a letter to "friends of the elephants."

Spokesman says church condemns ivory hunters' slaughter of elephants

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VATICAN CITY - The Catholic Church has never encouraged anyone to use ivory for religious devotional objects and, in fact, teaches that animals must be treated with respect, the Vatican spokesman said in a letter to "friends of the elephants."

Bishop Luigi Padovese of Anatolia, president of the Turkish bishops' conference, was stabbed to death June 3, 2010 at his home in Iskenderun, Turkey. Bishop Padovese is pictured in a 2007 photo in Trabzon, Turkey.

Turkish court sentences driver for 2010 murder of bishop

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VATICAN CITY - A Turkish court sentenced Murat Altun to 15 years in prison for the 2010 murder of Bishop Luigi Padovese, apostolic vicar of Anatolia.

This is a screen capture of "The Pope App," launched by the Vatican Jan. 23, the eve of Pope Benedict XVI's World Communications Day message. The app for the iPhone and iPad provides live streaming of papal events and video feeds from the Vatican's six w ebcams. An Android version is expected in February.

Pope Benedict has new App-titude, lets users follow live events

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VATICAN CITY - The Vatican launched a new "Pope App" on the eve of the release of the pope's World Communications Day message, which is dedicated to social networks as important spaces for evangelization.

St. Louis Cardinal baseball Hall of Famer Stan Musial tips his hat to the crowd before he throws out the ceremonial first pitch prior to the start of 2006 World Series in St Louis. Musial, a Catholic, died Jan. 19 at age 92. He was awarded the Medal of F reedom in 2011 by President Barack Obama and over the years was supportive of charities of the Archdiocese of St. Louis.

Catholic Hall of Famer Stan Musial dies at 92

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ST. LOUIS - A funeral Mass was scheduled for Jan. 26 at St. Louis Cathedral Basilica for Stan Musial, the Hall of Fame outfielder-first baseman for the St. Louis Cardinals.

U.S. President Barack Obama, first lady Michelle Obama, Jill Biden and her husband, Vice President Joe Biden, stand at the start of the Presidential Inaugural Prayer Service at the National Cathedral in Washington Jan. 22.

Multifaith prayer service starts Obama's first workday of new term

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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- President Barack Obama began the first work day of his second term Jan. 22 in prayer at a multi-faith service at the National Cathedral, where readings, prayers, songs and the sermon focused on the challenges of leadership and the need to face them with the bolstering of faith.

More than 25,000 people gather for a pro-life vigil outside the Irish parliament in Dublin Jan. 19. The massive turnout appeared to take politicians and the mainstream media by surprise.

After rally, Irish officials consider suicide threat as abortion reason

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DUBLIN - In the wake of the largest pro-life demonstration ever to have taken place in Ireland, cracks have begun to emerge in the coalition government over its plans to legislate for abortion.

Father Dario Edoardo Vigano replaces Jesuit Father Federico Lombardi (pictured) as director of the Vatican's television production center, CTV.

Pope names movie expert to head Vatican TV, streamlines accreditation

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VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI named a priest who is an expert in cinema and communications to head the Vatican's television production center, CTV.

Franciscan Brothers Richard Mcfeely and Robert Frazzetta read prayer requests on their mobile phones Jan. 3 at St. Anthony Friary in Butler, N.J. The largest group of Franciscan friars in the United States is offering the faithful a new way to pray in th e digital age by accepting prayer requests via text messages.

Franciscans offer ‘text-a-prayer-intention’ service

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NEW YORK - Often, prayer intentions are offered with hands folded, but a new service allows hands and fingers to move freely — provided a cellphone is handy.

This is a still from the video game Call of Duty: Modern Warfare 3.

Is ‘game over’ the Catholic response to violent video games?

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NEW YORK - Even as people across the United States continue to mourn the children and teachers who were killed in the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting, the question of what drove killer Adam Lanza to commit such a horrific crime is already being debated.

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