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Contributions
to Annual Catholic Appeal are tallied as donors ‘Share God’s
Gifts’

SPRINGFIELD
– With one-time gifts and pledges received by the Diocese
of Springfield as of May 7 totaling $504,567.24 the first week of
the active phase of the Annual Catholic Appeal (ACA) was completed.
WORLD
Vatican
makes Latin-language documents available online

(CNS photo from Vatican Web site)
VATICAN
CITY (CNS) – Latin is online at the Vatican. Without fanfare,
the Vatican's www.vatican.va site has made hundreds of papal and
other documents available in a new Latin-language section.
WORLD
Brazilian
court acquits rancher accused of ordering U.S. nun's murder
SAO
PAULO, Brazil (CNS) – A Brazilian jury acquitted one of the
ranchers accused of ordering the assassination of U.S. Sister Dorothy
Stang in 2005.
NATIONAL
Tight
finances lead to reduced subsidies for Miami parishes, schools
WASHINGTON
(CNS) – In a budgetary move meant to maintain ministries and
meet the needs of a growing Catholic population, the Archdiocese
of Miami will reduce funding for financially strapped parishes and
schools.
REGIONAL
Mediation
in insurance lawsuit not yet successful, say lawyers

(Photo by Mark Heck)
PITTSFIELD
– An effort to reach a mediated settlement in a complex lawsuit
brought by the Diocese of Springfield against its insurance carriers
have not yet succeeded, attorneys told a Superior Court judge here
April 30.
NATIONAL
Bishops
weigh in on immigration; others call legal efforts 'theater'
WASHINGTON
(CNS) – Bishops in Connecticut and Seattle marked the feast
of St. Joseph the Worker May 1 with calls to welcome immigrants
and encourage broad immigration law and policy reforms.
NATIONAL
Vatican
theologians see miracle in Hawaiian woman's cancer cure

(CNS photo by Anna Weaver, Hawaii Catholic Herald)
HONOLULU
(CNS) – Theological consultors to the Vatican Congregation
for Saints' Causes have ruled that the cancer cure of a Hawaiian
woman was due to Blessed Damien de Veuster's intercession, Honolulu
Bishop Larry Silva announced April 29.
NATIONAL
Catholic
agencies assess humanitarian situation in Myanmar
WASHINGTON
(CNS) – Catholic aid agencies were assessing the humanitarian
situation in Myanmar after a cyclone hit the Southeast Asian country
and killed thousands.
NATIONAL
Wisconsin
bishops release pastoral letter on stem-cell research

(CNS photo from Reuters)
LA
CROSSE, Wis. (CNS) – Wisconsin's bishops are calling for "reasonable
standards for the protection of human life and dignity" in
an April 29 pastoral letter addressing embryonic stem-cell research.
MOVIE
REVIEW
'Son
of Rambow'

(CNS photo from Paramount Vantage)
NEW
YORK (CNS) – "Son of Rambow" (Paramount Vantage)
is a rollicking but also touching chronicle of boyhood friendship
set in 1980s Britain.
NATIONAL
Second-oldest
U.S. Catholic college marks 200th with new postal card

(CNS photo courtesy of U.S. Postal Service)
WASHINGTON
(CNS) – More than 1,000 stamp collectors, alumni, faculty
and students flocked to Mount St. Mary's University in Emmitsburg,
Md., April 26 to celebrate as the U.S. Postal Service issued a new
27-cent stamped postal card that pays tribute to the bicentennial
of the second-oldest Catholic university in the country.
WORLD
Pope
says trip to U.S. was opportunity to give, receive hope, faith
(CNS photo by Giampero Sposito, Reuters)
VATICAN CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict
XVI said his April 15-20 visit to the United Nations and the United
States was an opportunity to give -- and to receive -- a witness
to the power of hope and faith.
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Pope
Benedict moved in meeting with abuse victims, cardinal says

(CNS photo courtesy of Barbara Thorp)
BOSTON
(CNS) – Meeting victims of clergy sexual abuse at the papal
nunciature in the nation's capital during his six-day U.S. visit
was a moving experience for Pope Benedict XVI, said Cardinal Sean
P. O'Malley of Boston.
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Diocesan
pilgrims prepare for journey to eucharistic congress

(Photo by David Martin)
SPRINGFIELD
– Pilgrims from the Diocese of Springfield gathered April
24 in the Holy Spirit Chapel adjacent to St. Michael’s Cathedral
to prepare for their trip to the 49th Annual International Eucharistic
Congress to be celebrated next month in Quebec City, Canada.
NATIONAL
Aid
agencies accept donations for victims of Myanmar cyclone
WASHINGTON (CNS) – International aid agencies are accepting
donations for victims of the May 3 cyclone that hit Myanmar.
MOVIE
REVIEW
'Speed
Racer'

(CNS photo from Warner Bros.)
QUEBEC
CITY (CNS) - Organizers of the 2008 International Eucharistic Congress
are keeping a spiritual focus while planning all the programming,
accommodation, food and logistics for thousands of pilgrims.
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Illinois
bill would allow detainees access to religious counselors
CHICAGO
(CNS) – Mercy Sisters JoAnn Persch and Pat Murphy didn't know
too much about the system faced by immigrants who are about to be
deported when they started praying outside the Broadview detention
center last year.
REGIONAL
St.
Patrick School in Chicopee to close in June

(Photo courtesy of Diocesan Schools Office)
CHICOPEE
– St. Patrick School, here, the first Catholic school in the
diocese to be staffed by the Sisters of St. Joseph, will not reopen
in September because of low enrollment.
WORLD
Pope
appeals for mercy, generosity for suffering cyclone victims

(CNS photo by Eduard Berga Luque, Reuters)
VATICAN
CITY (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI appealed to the world community
to be merciful and generous by offering aid and working to relieve
the suffering caused by Cyclone Nargis, which killed tens of thousands
in Myanmar.
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International
Eucharistic Congress organizers keep spiritual focus

(CNS photo by Art Babych)
QUEBEC
CITY (CNS) - Organizers of the 2008 International Eucharistic Congress
are keeping a spiritual focus while planning all the programming,
accommodation, food and logistics for thousands of pilgrims.
NATIONAL
L.A.
Archdiocese puts schools up as collateral to settle abuse cases
WASHINGTON
(CNS) – Seven high schools owned and operated by the Archdiocese
of Los Angeles were used as collateral to secure loans to help the
archdiocese pay its share of the $720 million settlements with victims
of clergy sexual abuse.
WORLD
Brazilian
court acquits rancher accused of ordering U.S. nun's murder
SAO
PAULO, Brazil (CNS) – A Brazilian jury acquitted one of the
ranchers accused of ordering the assassination of U.S. Sister Dorothy
Stang in 2005.
NATIONAL
Archbishop
Flynn resigns; Archbishop Nienstedt succeeds him

(CNS photo by Dianne Towalski, Catholic Spirit)
WASHINGTON
(CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Archbishop
Harry J. Flynn of St. Paul and Minneapolis May 2.
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Glendon:
U.N. rights document shows recognition of common principles

(CNS photo by Giancarlo Giuliani, Catholic Press
Photo)
ROME
(CNS) – The drafting of the Universal Declaration of Human
Rights 60 years ago and its adoption by almost every country in
the world demonstrate that all peoples can recognize some basic
common principles, said the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican.
NATIONAL
Poll
shows pope's visit influenced attitudes toward church, faith
NEW
HAVEN, Conn. (CNS) – Pope Benedict XVI's U.S. visit impacted
public attitudes toward the pope, the church and people's willingness
to live their faith more fully, according to a poll commissioned
by the Knights of Columbus.
WORLD
Chinese
Catholics pray for Olympics as torch arrives in Hong Kong

(CNS photo by Reinhard Krause, Reuters)
BEIJING
(CNS) – Catholics in China prayed for God's blessing on the
Olympic Games as the Olympic torch arrived in Hong Kong en route
to the capital Beijing.
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