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The main entrance of the Institute for the Works of Religion, known colloquially as the Vatican bank, is seen at the Vatican May 31. Ernst von Freyburg, president of the bank, said its operations are sound but "our biggest issue is our reputation."

Vatican bank head says reputation needs more work than operations do

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VATICAN CITY - In the popular imagination, the Vatican bank is so shady that even the German businessman appointed its president in February thought his task would be "cleaning out and dealing with improper deposits."

Father Andrew Greeley, American sociologist and prolific best-selling author, died May 29 at his home in Chicago. He was 85. Father Greeley is pictured in a 2003 file photo addressing a Catholic gathering in Chicago.

Fr. Andrew Greeley, sociologist and best-selling author, dies at 85

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CHICAGO - Father Andrew Greeley, a Chicago archdiocesan priest and well-known novelist, journalist and sociologist, died late May 29 at his home in Chicago's John Hancock Center. He was 85 years old.

Blessed Maria Teresa Tauscher

Carmelites commemorate their first century in Canada

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MISSISSAUGA, ONT. - The Carmelite Sisters of the Divine Heart of Jesus are celebrating a centenary of service in Canada.

Abortion Dr. Henry Morgentaler speaks to the media in Toronto July 2. Morgentaler was named a member of the Order of Canada, Canada's highest honor, after spending decades of his life advocating the legalization of abortion. Catholic bishops in Canada st rongly condemned the decision to give the award to Morgentaler.

CCCB offers condolences to Morgentaler family

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Every life is sacred and Catholics should pray that God is merciful to Henry Morgentaler, said a statement from Canada's bishops conference.

An overview of apartment buildings and a commercial center under construction in Rawabi, the first planned Palestinian city in the West Bank, April 23. Rawabi will provide some 6,000 contemporary housing units with different floor plans, spread across 23 neighborhoods.

On the hills of the West Bank, building the good life for Palestinians

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RAWABI, West Bank - About 20 minutes from the Palestinian economic hub of Ramallah, the new city of Rawabi is sprouting on a rocky hillside.

Professor James Elkins of the School of the Art Institute of Chicago delivers a May 23 lecture at the Art Gallery of Ontario.

Religious art on the decline due to phobia of secular institutions

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TORONTO - Religious artwork is too sentimental for the art world, James Elkins told a Toronto audience May 23.

Archbishop Silvano Tomasi, the Vatican's permanent observer to U.S. agencies in Geneva, told the Human Rights Council that more than 100,000 Christians are killed each year because of their faith, and millions more face bigotry, intolerance and marginalization because of their beliefs.

Vatican officials decry persecution of Christians around the world

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GENEVA - More than 100,000 Christians are killed each year because of their faith, and millions more face bigotry, intolerance and marginalization because of their beliefs, a Vatican official said.

Bomb experts from the military secure the scene of an explosion at St. Joseph Mfanyakazi Catholic Church in Arusha, Tanzania, dated May 5. The head of the Tanzanian bishops' conference, Bishop Tarcisius Ngalalekumtwa, warned of a growing threat from militant Ilamists.

Tanzanian bishops' head warns of growing threat from militant Islamists

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OXFORD, England - The head of the Tanzanian bishops' conference warned of a growing threat from militant Islamists and urged police and government to act more forcefully against violence and intimidation.

Father Scott Carroll, 46, lost his battle with cancer May 10, just two days after Bishop Leonard P. Blair of Toledo, Ohio, ordained him a priest at the family home in Maumee. Father Carroll is pictured in a 2012 photo.

Being priest was 'everything' to man ordained two days before he died

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MAUMEE, Ohio - Ordination "meant everything" to Fr. Scott R. Carroll.

Julia Mozheyko and Sivan Arbel, two Jewish students who designed a Catholic church for their architecture class at Toronto’s Ryerson University.

Young architects explore the sacred, secular

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TORONTO - Those who have come to believe secular universities are phobic about the sacred, allergic to transcendence, divorced from the spiritual, God-free zones have not encountered Ryerson University Associate Professor of Architecture Ed Wojs.

Fr. Alphonse de Valk

Rights league to honour Fr. de Valk

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Updated 05/27/13

TORONTO - The Catholic Civil Rights League has chosen pro-life activist, writer and editor Fr. Alphonse de Valk, CSB, as winner of this year’s Archbishop Adam Exner Award for Catholic Excellence in Public Life.

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