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Pope’s partial lung shouldn’t affect duties
LONDON — The new pope has daunting challenges ahead ranging from the church sex abuse scandal to reinvigorating the flock. And the 76-year-old Francis will have to do it all with just one whole...

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Memories bring back both the good, bad days
Dearest Jocelyn, There are a lot of people missing you and thinking of you as we come today to the anniversary of your passing. You were not a shrinking wallflower, so your absence is a huge pre...

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McClatchy-Tribune News Service
Sister Mary of the Sacred Heart (left) and Sister Mary Peter, cloistered Dominican sisters at Blessed Sacrament Monastery, speak to a reporter Monday in Farmington Hills, Michigan. The nuns discussed cloistered nuns worldwide dedicating their prayers for guidance on a new pope.

‘Hidden’ nuns live in a bygone era, pray for new pope
DETROIT — At the Monastery of the Blessed Sacrament, 32 cloistered Dominican sisters pray around the clock. Each hour finds at least one of them in silent prayer in the chapel. They were praying...

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Associated Press
Pope Francis waves at the crowd Wednesday from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican. Francis is bringing a more common touch to the appointment with his humility.

Pope Francis stops by hotel to pay his bill
VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis put his humility on display during his first day as pontiff Thursday, stopping by his hotel to pick up his luggage and pay the bill himself in a decidedly different sty...

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‘God moments’ help reassure us of his ever watchful eye
My youngest daughter was 10 years old when she became very worried about the end of the world. TV commercials and posters for a movie released around the time were depicting global demise and we...

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Associated Press
Sister Elizabeth plays with a Palestinian orphan child at La Creche in the West Bank town of Bethlehem. In the cradle of Christianity, the Roman Catholic Church is facing a crisis as an aging population of nuns and monks dwindles away. Preserving the Catholic presence in the Holy Land will be a major challenge for the next pope.

Catholic orders fade as monks, nuns age
BETHLEHEM, West Bank — The nuns of “Le Creche,” the only orphanage in Bethlehem, have raised generations of children in this biblical town. But only four aging nuns remain, down from a dozen 30 ...

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Church calendar
Special services “Teaching on the Spiritual Gifts” will be conducted at The King’s House Ministries, 1119 Martin Luther King Jr. Drive, each Friday at 6 p.m. through March 26. John Fitzgerald is...

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The case for, and against, telecommuting
NEW YORK — Yahoo’s leaked edict under CEO Marissa Mayer that calls remote workers back to the office lit the Twitterverse on fire, angering advocates of telecommuting and other programs intended to...

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Associated Press
A cardinal holds his zucchetto as he walks past a nun as he arrives for a meeting at the Vatican on Thursday. The last cardinal who will participate in the conclave to elect the next pope arrived in Rome on Thursday, meaning a date can now be set for the election.

All Cardinals arrive at Vatican for conclave
VATICAN CITY — The last cardinal who will participate in the conclave to elect the next pope arrived in Rome on Thursday, meaning a date can now be set for the election. One U.S. cardinal said a de...

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Benedicts bids farewell, vows to obey successor
CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy — Pope Benedict XVI left the Catholic Church in unprecedented limbo Thursday as he became the first pope in 600 years to resign, capping a tearful day of farewells that inclu...

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