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Today's Lead Story
Nigerian archbishop says conflict is economic, cultural, not religious
VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Cultural, economic and tribal differences are feeding the bloody conflict between Nigerian farmers and herders that has left hundreds of people dead, an archbishop from the African country said.
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Archbishop: Letter doesn't imply support for Waihopai action
WELLINGTON - Archbishop of Wellington John Dew says a letter from an archdiocesan officer inviting solidarity with three men charged with damaging a spy base does not imply that he backs their actions.
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Seminarians make south-north pilgrimage
AUCKLAND - An historic pilgrimage of Holy Cross Seminary students and staff travelled through each of New Zealand's six Catholic dioceses in February at the start of the seminary year.
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New payroll scheme is expected to help Church
AUCKLAND - Diocesan managers are welcoming a new voluntary payroll giving scheme that enables employees to "give as they earn" to charities.
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US Archbishop: Kennedy's 1960 speech damaged believers' role in public life
WASHINGTON (CNS) - Although John F. Kennedy's famous speech in Houston nearly 50 years ago could be seen as "a passionate appeal for tolerance", the candidate's remarks about how his Catholicism would affect his presidency "profoundly undermined the place ... of all religious believers in America's public life", said Archbishop Charles Chaput of Denver.
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Irish Church works with government to close schools in 10 urban areas
DUBLIN, Ireland (CNS) - Plans are underway to close Catholic primary schools in 10 urban areas in a joint effort involving the Church and the Irish government.
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Vatican urges generous contributions to Holy Land collection
VATICAN CITY (CNS) - As Catholics remember the death of Jesus on Good Friday, they also are asked to remember the Christians who still live in the land where Jesus lived and rose from the dead.
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