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Pope picks Boston priest to oversee sex abuse cases
Pope Benedict XVI on Saturday appointed as the Vatican's new sex crimes prosecutor a priest who handled clergy sexual abuse cases in the Roman Catholic Church in Boston at the height of the scandal and...
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Rancho Cordova living nativity scene puts faith into action
Under a hazy sliver of moon, after a cold day of rain and wind, Mary and Joseph and the Three Wise Men gathered Saturday on Zinfandel Drive. Martha Haas, second from left, daughter of pageant founder...
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Marcos Breton: For Catholicism or baseball, human flaws test devotion
It's not easy being a Catholic and a lover of major league baseball, two institutions that have lifted me up as they've fallen from grace. Marcos Breton
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Anne Frank's 'posthumous' stepsister to speak in Rocklin
When the Anne Frank exhibit came to London for the first time in 1986, Holocaust survivor Eva Schloss was unexpectedly asked to speak. Eva Schloss was Anne Frank's childhood playmate. Both were...
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Baseball mystery -- How did bible with players' signatures end up in library...
Joanne Murphy knew something was unusual when she opened up an old Bible last week. The holy book turned up among the tens of thousands of materials donated to the Friends of the Sacramento Public...
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The Interfaith Council of Greater Sacramento, a group dedicated to fostering understanding and cooperation among people of different religious backgrounds, will mark its 100th anniversary Monday with a...
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Revered Fatima statue comes to West Sacramento church
Hundreds of Catholic faithful made their way before a traveling statue of Our Lady of Fatima on Thursday to offer up personal prayers, but also some for the world. The Rev. Miguel Betancourt, a retired...
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Pope draws tears, applause
VATICAN CITY Pope Benedict XVI presided over Ash Wednesday services, his final public Mass, at St. Peter's Basilica, thanking the faithful for their support during his nearly eight-year pontificate,...
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Many cultures celebrate Lunar New Year
More than 115,000 people in the Sacramento area can trace their ancestry to one of the cultures Chinese, Vietnamese, Iu Mien and others that celebrate the Lunar New Year. Trina Tran sculpts...
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Papal candidates quietly emerge
There is no formal nominating process for choosing the man to succeed Pope Benedict XVI, and campaigning for oneself is counterproductive. Robert Cohen St. Louis Post Dispatch Archbishop Timothy Dolan...
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Reports swirl, clouding papal conclave
As cardinals from around the world begin arriving in Rome for a conclave to elect a successor to Pope Benedict XVI, new shadows have fallen over the delicate transition, which the Vatican fears might...
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130-year-old Roseville church's founding to be commemorated this week
When the First Methodist Church in Roseville opened 130 years ago, even the bars stopped serving to pay their respects. The dedication of the Methodist house of worship on March 4, 1883, was marked by...
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Past haunts cardinals before vote
The sudden resignation of the most senior Catholic cardinal in Britain, who stepped aside Monday in the face of accusations that he made unwanted sexual advances toward priests years ago, showed that...
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Pope holds final general audience before his retirement
They packed St. Peter's Square when he was named the new pope, and they came again by the thousands to see him off. Pope Benedict XVI speaks to tens of thousands of pilgrims and well-wishers during his...
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Obituary: Rev. Colin Macdonald, former vice principal of Christian Brothers...
The Rev. Colin Macdonald, a Catholic priest who led a fast-growing Roseville parish and oversaw construction of one of the biggest churches in the Sacramento Diocese, died Feb. 22 at 75. The Rev. Colin...
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Roseville church celebrates 130th birthday
When the First United Methodist Church in Roseville opened 130 years ago, even the bars stopped serving to pay their respects. Weston Hulse, a member of the First United Methodist Church in Roseville,...
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Benedict move may reshape papacy
VATICAN CITY The resignation of Pope Benedict XVI, who last week renounced what for nearly 600 years has been a lifelong office, will reverberate for years to come and could change the nature of the...
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Sacramento clergy leaders seek tax funds to battle gangs
Despite his good grades, his athletic prowess and what his mother described as his "good spirit," DeAndre Ellison couldn't resist the magnetic pull of south Sacramento's gang life. Clergy leaders from...
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Analysis: Papal vote pits power blocs
VATICAN CITY The cardinals who enter the papal conclave on Tuesday will troop into the Sistine Chapel in single file, but beneath the orderly display, they are split into competing lineups and power...
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Christian evangelical university in Rocklin to offer biology degree
Continuing its push to add secular degrees to its theological offerings, Rocklin's William Jessup University will make its first foray into the sciences by offering a biology degree this spring....
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