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Her `holy obedience' mixed with pluck, determination; after 150 years, founder of U.S. Benedictine nuns a model for those who stay - Nation - Benedict Riepp, Christine Vladimiroff and Joan Chittister

Some who watched the struggle last summer between the Vatican and Sr. Christine Vladimiroff, prioress of Mount St. Benedict Monastery in Erie, Pa.,...
National Catholic Reporter, 09/20/02 by Patricia Lefevre · More from publication
Bishop pushes religious freedom in China

NEWARK, N.J., -- Archbishop Theodore McCarrick of Newark returned this month from a sensitive three-week visit to China that included opportunities...
National Catholic Reporter, 03/20/98 by Patricia Lefevre · More from publication
Newark has 'no sweat' policy on uniforms - along with an anti-sweatshop curriculum, Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Newark, New Jersey will no longer buy school uniforms from vendors who produce goods under sweatshop conditions - Brief Article

As much as some middle and high school pupils hate donning a uniform, they don't have to sweat "what to wear" each morning. That was until last...
National Catholic Reporter, 10/31/97 by Patricia Lefevre · More from publication
Critics, sponsors size up 'critical mass,' event brought questions, kudos, hope - public mass led by Catholic women, Oct. 5, 1997 in Oakland, CA

Criticism of the women's mass included that it was an act of disobedience lacking in validity since no ordained priest officiated, and it used the...
National Catholic Reporter, 10/31/97 by Patricia Lefevre · More from publication
Theatre workshop aids the handicapped - National Theatre Workshop for the Handicapped - Cover Story

More than 1,000 handicapped people have taken the three-year course at the National Theatre Workshop for the Handicapped since Jesuit brother Rick...
National Catholic Reporter, 08/15/97 by Patricia Lefevre · More from publication
Slain Maryknoll nuns inspire women's center

Maura Clarke-Ita Ford Center in Brooklyn, NY, was founded in the name of two Maryknoll nuns murdered in El Salvador in 1980. The center provides...
National Catholic Reporter, 12/13/96 by Patricia Lefevre · More from publication

Vatican revokes UNICEF gift in reproductive rights dispute

The Catholic Church suspended a $2,000 donation to UNICEF because the organization is distributing a United Nations manual advocating distribution...
National Catholic Reporter, 11/22/96 by Patricia Lefevre · More from publication
For Muslims and Christians, survival depends on dialogue

Nigeria's serious economic and social problems have caused civil unrest that has spilled over to affect the religious community. The population is...
National Catholic Reporter, 05/10/96 by Patricia Lefevre · More from publication

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