Jackson rails against abortion at NYPLC convention
Rev. Jesse Jackson tells the National Youth Pro-Life Coalition that women cannot destroy babies and urges addressing fathers. He says abortion harms youths lacking sacred absolutes and stresses life legacy in a civil rights context.
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People United To Save Humanity
Native-born American saint? Seton advances toward canonization
Elizabeth Ann Bayley Seton, American foundress of the Sisters of Charity, moved closer to sainthood as cures attributed to her intercession were ruled beyond natural explanation by the Congregation of the Saints on December 9. Canonization could occur during the 1975 Holy Year. Seton was beatified by Pope John XXIII in 1963.
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Advent Reading on Isaiah and Johns Baptism Vision
Fr. Eugene Mary GOSPEL for the Third Sunday of Advent discusses Isaiah 35 and Matthew 11. It frames Israel’s exile as a foreshadowing of deliverance through Jesus, a saving Messiah bringing good news to the poor, with James urging patience for the final fulfillment at Christ’s return.
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Papal plea for wider adherence to nuclear nonproliferation treaty
Papal representative Father John Lucas urged broader government commitment to the nuclear nonproliferation treaty, framing Earth’s future as at stake and noting the Vatican’s constructive stance as a treaty party. In Rome, two American Jesuits were elected to key Jesuit congregational committees.
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Extraordinary General Congregation of the Society of Jesus
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Gregorian University
Robert Mitchell
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New York
Argentine Bishops condemn terrorism amid moral crisis
The Argentine Bishops Conference says terrorism harms society and will not yield a political order, amid a two year crisis with leftist guerrillas, rightist groups, and government forces causing up to 200 deaths this year. Bishop Broderick opposes capital punishment as contrary to life and rehabilitation.
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N.Y
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