Catholics face crisis over retired nuns
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With tens of thousands of U.S. nuns over age 70, the Roman Catholic Church is facing a massive financial shortfall for the care of retirees in religious orders &#151; a gap that over the long term dwarfs costs from the clergy abuse crisis.
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Experts fear chaos will ensue for nursing home residents under new rules because many of them aren&#39;t capable of choosing from the myriad of plans.
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LOURDES, France -- A sick man among the sick, Pope John Paul II struggled yesterday through Sunday Mass at a French shrine that draws desperate people seeking miracle cures. The 84-year-old pontiff gasped, trembled, and asked aides for help during the 2-hour service in the sizzling heat.
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In their simple convent, where rows of chairs are arranged in front of a television and a crucifix, the 23 nuns of the Salesian Sisters of Mary Immaculate Province put aside their pleas for the sick and the poor to pray for the San Antonio Spurs.
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A VALLETTA, Malta, DEC. 2, 2004 .- This island nation's Catholic bishops are protesting against the pressures exerted by a U.N. Commission on Malta to legalize abortion in certain circumstances.
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Clergymen struggling to comfort the afflicted in New Orleans are finding they, too, need someone to listen to their troubles.
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News that the largest nonprofit hospital chain in the United States plans to absorb six hospitals operated by the Archdiocese of Boston triggered a debate yesterday about the future of Catholic healthcare in the region.
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A dwindling, aging army of parishioners gathered in the sanctuary of St. Vincent de Paul Catholic Church yesterday, eager to give Bishop Leonard Blair a piece of their mind.
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DUNCAN, BC (CP) - A woman who attended a former nun&#39;s suicide described Thursday how she took the woman&#39;s cat out of the room because the animal seemed to know her owner was going to die.
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The issue of women bishops being allowed in the Church of England has been debated by the general synod.
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CHICAGO _ Sister Julie Vieira took a vow of poverty, chastity and obedience but not a vow against celebrity, which is fortunate, given the popularity of her blog, A Nun's Life (nuns2day.wordpress.com).
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Â·  Church landlords accused of speculative frenzy Â·  Conduct 'not in line' with papal stance on housing
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A terminally ill woman's religious fast unto death in northern India causes controversy.
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Hundreds of people face losing their retirement homes in Spain due to shady property dealings.
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The Vatican has issued tough new rules making the route to sainthood more difficult.
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Catholic leaders try to regain trust amid continuing lawsuits and financial challenges.
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Some are Catholics who see their church as stuck in the past. Others are believers who happen to be divorced, pregnant before marriage or gay. A few just can't find a priest when they need one.