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Alabama governor praised for signing bill to ban dismemberment abortions

May 16, 2016
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Pope’s calendar: From jubilee for priests to canonization of Blessed Teresa

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Economy of exclusion, inequality caused growth of poverty, pope says

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Laity are called to bridge church and the world, Cardinal Pell says

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