Jaime Brace of Most Holy Name of Jesus Parish in Pittsburgh’s Troy Hill neighborhood adds a little black and gold to the red, white and blue prior to the opening Mass of the World Youth Day 2008 celebration July 15 in Sydney, Australia. Photo by John Franko

World Youth Day 2008 begins
By: John Franko, Staff Writer

SYDNEY, Australia — The World Youth Day 2008 celebration got off to a rousing spiritual start July 15 with a Mass in the shadow of the Sydney Harbor Bridge.

Hundreds of young people from the Dioce ...
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Legislature expands business tax credit program
By: Chuck Moody, Staff Writer

The Pennsylvania General Assembly in May 2001 passed the Educational Improvement Tax Credit program, which provides that certain corporations and businesses qualify for state tax credits when contribu ...
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Church promotes awareness of natural family planning
By: William Cone, Editor

“Freely, Totally, Faithfully.” Those three words are on a poster produced by the U.S. bishops’ Natural Family Planning program, expressing the essence of NFP. July 20-26 is being recognized nationall ...
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New book by Chopra pushes old heresies
By: Christopher Chapman

Deepak Chopra’s latest best-selling book carries the wrong title. Instead of “The Third Jesus” it should be called “The 1,000th or 10,000th Jesus.” Why? Because that is just about how many times a boo ...
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Papal honorees hailed as outstanding examples
By: Patricia Bartos, Senior Staff Writer

“They’re just extraordinary women who made a real impact on the city of Pittsburgh and on the church,” Father Donald Breier said of the two women who led the successful capital campaign for renovation ...
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