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Somerville recognizes polyamorous 'civil partnerships'
On: 7/3/2020, Christine Rousselle , In: Local
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 2, 2020 CNA.- The city of Somerville, Massachusetts, has broadened its definition of domestic partnership to give polyamorous relationships the same rights as a married couple. Someone who is polyamorous is in a relationship ...

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Somerville recognizes polyamorous 'civil partnerships'
On: 7/3/2020, Christine Rousselle , In: Local
Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 2, 2020 CNA.- The city of Somerville, Massachusetts, has broadened its definition of domestic partnership to give polyamorous relationships the same rights as a married couple. Someone who is polyamorous is in a relationship ...

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Cardinal Dolan: Broad criticism of NYPD unfairly tarnishes police officers
On: 7/2/2020, , In: Nation
NEW YORK (CNS) -- Utilizing personal stories from his interactions with the New York Police Department, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said in a newspaper column that the city's police officers deserve better treatment and broad support on the job. Writing ...

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Judge blocks law requiring 24-hour waiting period before getting abortion
On: 7/2/2020, Barb Arland-Fye , In: Nation
DAVENPORT, Iowa (CNS) -- A Johnson County district court judge has temporarily blocked the enforcement of the state's new law requiring women to wait 24 hours before having an abortion, the Iowa Catholic Conference reported July 1. Gov. Kim Reynolds ...

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Concert honoring St. John Paul II centenary available online
On: 7/2/2020, , In: Nation
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- An concert honoring the centennial of St. John Paul II's birth is now available online. The concert, featuring some of the United States and Poland's top classical music artists, was held June 21. St. John Paul's birth was May 28. The ...

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Providence College cemetery reconsecrated after vandalism attack
On: 7/2/2020, Rick Snizek , In: Nation
PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CNS) -- Two days after a vandal defaced some of the gravestones and a central cross with swastikas at the Dominican Cemetery at Providence College, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence reconsecrated and rededicated the sacred grounds ...

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Somerville recognizes polyamorous 'civil partnerships'

Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Jul 2, 2020 CNA.- The city of Somerville, Massachusetts, has broadened its definition of domestic partnership to give polyamorous relationships the same rights as a married couple.

NEW YORK (CNS) -- Utilizing personal stories from his interactions with the New York Police Department, Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan said in a newspaper column that the city's police officers deserve better treatment and broad support on the job.

DAVENPORT, Iowa (CNS) -- A Johnson County district court judge has temporarily blocked the enforcement of the state's new law requiring women to wait 24 hours before having an abortion, the Iowa Catholic Conference reported July 1.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- An concert honoring the centennial of St. John Paul II's birth is now available online. The concert, featuring some of the United States and Poland's top classical music artists, was held June 21. St. John Paul's birth was May 28.

PROVIDENCE, R.I. (CNS) -- Two days after a vandal defaced some of the gravestones and a central cross with swastikas at the Dominican Cemetery at Providence College, Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence reconsecrated and rededicated the sacred grounds where Dominican friars have been buried since the college's founding in 1917.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Concern and frustration with delayed and failed responses to abuse scandals in Poland culminated in a desperate appeal to Pope Francis to help "rebuild our church." More than 600 Polish lay Catholics pooled together enough money to buy an ad in an Italian newspaper at the end of June in a last-ditch effort to make sure the pope would hear their plea.