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What does the church teach about immigration and deportation?
The Catechism of the Catholic Church instructs, "The more prosperous nations are obliged, to the extent they are able, to welcome the foreigner in search of the security and the means of livelihood which he cannot find in his country of origin."
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Forming the Future: Brother Timothy Paul's 50 years of dedication to St. John's Prep
DANVERS -- Xaverian Brother Timothy Paul, the ninth-grade biology teacher at St. John's Prep in Danvers, has the remarkable ability to say words like "cytoplasm" and "mitochondria" with a gentle, fatherly air. On the afternoon of Dec. 12, when The Pilot visited St. John's, Brother Tim was hunched over with hypnotic zeal during his lecture.
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Cheverus profiles: Alden and Kelly Thatcher of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross
BOSTON -- Knowing the layout of the Cathedral of the Holy Cross has served Kelly Thatcher well. At the height of the clergy abuse scandal, the cathedral's lesser-known entrances and exits allowed her to go to and from Mass without confronting the throngs of angry protesters who gathered at its main doors. Most of the faithful who came to the cathedral each Sunday were not as familiar with the building. Thatcher and other parishioners served as escorts, leading and protecting worshipers heading to Mass every Sunday. Thatcher remembered that the protesters could be "very, very angry and sometimes abusive."
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