Beatification Approved for Hawaii Nun
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The Vatican cleared the way Monday for the beatification of Mother Marianne Cope, a nun who worked for more than 30 years with leprosy patients at Molokai's Kalaupapa settlement in Hawaii.
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Pope John Paul II yesterday honored two figures linked to controversy, beatifying a German mystic whose violent visions of Christ's suffering helped inspire Mel Gibson's movie ''The Passion of the Christ,&quot; and an Austrian emperor whose troops used poison gas. Before 30,000 people, including royalty and government representatives from Latin America and Europe, the pontiff also beatified an Italian nun ...
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An elderly American nun killed in the struggle to protect the Amazon rain forest from loggers and ranchers was buried in her adopted homeland after a funeral attended by thousands who remembered her courage and dedication.
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road to sainthood, including the 19th century German mystic nun who inspired Mel Gibson&#39;s film on Christ&#39;s passion. At the same ceremony in St Peter&#39;s Square on Sunday, he beatified Austria&#39;s last emperor, Karl I. Some of.
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NAIROBI, Kenya -- Sister Leonella, a nun who devoted her life to helping the sick in Africa, used to joke that there was a bullet with her name engraved on it in Somalia. When the bullet came, she used her last breaths to forgive those responsible.
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Greg McMackin has been hired as the head coach at Hawaii, school officials said Wednesday.
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Loreto, Sep. 06  - Pope John Paul II (bio - news) traveled to the Marian shrine at Loreto, Italy, on September 5, where he presided at the beatification of three members of Catholic Action.
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The Pope has praised an Italian nun who forgave her killers as she lay dying after an attack in Somalia.
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A life-size statue of Elvis Presley is to be erected in Hawaii marking the 30th anniversary of the singer's death.
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VIENNA, Austria An influential Roman Catholic lay organization in Austria says it's relieved that a bishop is resigning.
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The Holy See on Sunday gave an unprecedented stamp of approval to an American studio film.
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Pope John Paul II is moving five Catholics closer to sainthood. Those who were beatified include Austria's last reigning emperor and a German nun whose visions of Christ's suffering helped inspire Mel Gibson's ...
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By Robert D. Davila, The Sacramento Bee, Calif.  Dec. 10--Monsignor Patrick Michael Nolan, who served Northern California Catholics for more than half a century as a parish priest, chaplain, marriage counselor and diocesan official, died Thursday. He was 82.
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The Vatican held the biggest mass  beatification in history on Sunday, putting nearly 500  Catholics killed during the Spanish civil war on the path to  possible sainthood.
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CALIFORNIAN Catholic leaders have struck what could be a record deal to settle claims of sex abuse. The Catholic diocese of Orange reached an out-of-court settlement in Los Angeles on Friday with 87 alleged
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The Episcopal Church has named a woman as bishop in Cuba, the first such appointment by the church in the developing world, church officials said Tuesday.
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A SPECIAL mass has been held to celebrate the 100th birthday of Portsmouth's oldest nun.