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Crowd comes to march for different reasons but same message: Defend life
On: 1/18/2019, Kurt Jensen , In: Nation
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The ritual sights of the annual March for Life never seem to change. Tens of thousands congregate on the National Mall on a brisk winter morning. Many of them have arrived after hours on the road as part of bus caravans. They listen ...

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Crowd comes to march for different reasons but same message: Defend life
On: 1/18/2019, Kurt Jensen , In: Nation
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The ritual sights of the annual March for Life never seem to change. Tens of thousands congregate on the National Mall on a brisk winter morning. Many of them have arrived after hours on the road as part of bus caravans. They listen ...

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Marchers urged to stand strong, fight for life with 'compassion, hope'
On: 1/18/2019, Julie Asher , In: Nation
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Those who stand up for the dignity of life in all its stages and want to see this respect for all life enshrined once again in U.S. law have a friend in the Pence family and the Trump administration, Vice President Mike Pence told ...

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'Every life is worth protecting,' VP Pence tell March for Life
On: 1/18/2019, CNA Staff , In: Nation
Washington D.C., Jan 18, 2019 CNA.- The March for Life again gathered myriad pro-life advocates to mark the anniversary of legalized abortion in America, and in a surprise appearance Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence introduced a ...

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Youth at Mass for Life thanked for offering sign of hope for the future
On: 1/18/2019, Mark Zimmermann , In: Nation
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- They came from near and far, and even from Down Under, united in prayer and in standing together for life at the Archdiocese of Washington's annual Youth Rally and Mass for Life, held Jan. 18 at the Capital One Arena in Washington. The ...

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New book by St. John Paul shows early political, social philosophy
On: 1/18/2019, Jonathan Luxmoore , In: World
WARSAW, Poland (CNS) -- A new two-volume manuscript on political and social philosophy, authored by St. John Paul II in the 1950s, will dispel views of him as "an intellectual cut off from social concerns" and clarify his lifelong stance on political ...

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Obituary: Father Albert Sylvia, missionary, pastor

A Philadelphia native, born in the City of Brotherly Love on June 21, 1940, he was the son of the late Albert and Mary (Goncalo) Sylvia. The family moved to Winthrop when he was three years old and he attended St. John the Evangelist School and the parish high school at Immaculate Conception, Revere, before entering St. John Seminary as a member of the class of 1966.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The ritual sights of the annual March for Life never seem to change. Tens of thousands congregate on the National Mall on a brisk winter morning. Many of them have arrived after hours on the road as part of bus caravans.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Those who stand up for the dignity of life in all its stages and want to see this respect for all life enshrined once again in U.S. law have a friend in the Pence family and the Trump administration, Vice President Mike Pence told the March for Life crowd on the National Mall Jan. 18.

Washington D.C., Jan 18, 2019 CNA.- The March for Life again gathered myriad pro-life advocates to mark the anniversary of legalized abortion in America, and in a surprise appearance Vice President Mike Pence and Second Lady Karen Pence introduced a pre-recorded message from President Donald Trump.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- They came from near and far, and even from Down Under, united in prayer and in standing together for life at the Archdiocese of Washington's annual Youth Rally and Mass for Life, held Jan. 18 at the Capital One Arena in Washington.

WARSAW, Poland (CNS) -- A new two-volume manuscript on political and social philosophy, authored by St. John Paul II in the 1950s, will dispel views of him as "an intellectual cut off from social concerns" and clarify his lifelong stance on political and ideological issues, said the book's editor.