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This princess saint was not Harry Potter's owl: St. Hedwig of Silesia
On: 10/18/2019, Hannah Brockhaus , In: World
Wroc?aw, Poland, Oct 16, 2019 CNA.- Readers who find this story through a search engine probably were looking for information about Hedwig, Harry Potter’s snowy owl. St. Hedwig of Silesia was not an owl. But read on anyway: she was a princess, ...

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This princess saint was not Harry Potter's owl: St. Hedwig of Silesia
On: 10/18/2019, Hannah Brockhaus , In: World
Wroc?aw, Poland, Oct 16, 2019 CNA.- Readers who find this story through a search engine probably were looking for information about Hedwig, Harry Potter’s snowy owl. St. Hedwig of Silesia was not an owl. But read on anyway: she was a princess, ...

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World faces difficult task in seeking lasting peace in Syrian conflict
On: 10/18/2019, Dennis Sadowski , In: Nation
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Turkey's long-threatened incursion into northeast Syria after the sudden pullout of U.S. military forces from the country in early October raises serious moral questions on the responsibility to protect civilians caught in the middle ...

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March theme pays tribute to pro-life view of early feminists
On: 10/18/2019, Kurt Jensen , In: Nation
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Organizers of the March for Life have chosen "Life Empowered: Pro-Life Is Pro-Woman" for the 2020 rally and march in Washington. In embracing the theme, Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life Education Fund, cited the coming ...

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Forming the Future: St. Joseph School students help bring clean water to South Sudan
On: 10/18/2019, Jacqueline TetraultPilot Staff , In: Local
WAKEFIELD -- Raising money for charities is not a new activity at St. Joseph School, but its campaign to support Water for South Sudan was markedly different from any previous fundraising effort in that it was initiated and led by students. St. Joseph ...

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St. Tarcisius, Framingham parish welcomes Filipino ministry
On: 10/18/2019, Jacqueline TetraultPilot Staff , In: Local
FRAMINGHAM -- In 2014, Joseph Kutzko filled out a survey from his parish, St. Anne in Southborough, part of the Diocese of Worcester. In "a silly mood," he crossed off the usual options for ways to serve, and half-jokingly wrote in, "Filipino apostolate." The ...

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This princess saint was not Harry Potter's owl: St. Hedwig of Silesia

Wroc?aw, Poland, Oct 16, 2019 CNA.- Readers who find this story through a search engine probably were looking for information about Hedwig, Harry Potter’s snowy owl. St. Hedwig of Silesia was not an owl. But read on anyway: she was a princess, a wife, a mother, and a builder of bridges between the German and Polish people. And her husband’s name was “Henry the Bearded.”

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Turkey's long-threatened incursion into northeast Syria after the sudden pullout of U.S. military forces from the country in early October raises serious moral questions on the responsibility to protect civilians caught in the middle of a new conflict.

French bishops plan to open plenary meetings to lay participation

OXFORD, England (CNS) -- France's Catholic bishops plan to open their plenary assembly for the first time to lay participation following the passage of a controversial bioethics law despite mass church-backed opposition.

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Organizers of the March for Life have chosen "Life Empowered: Pro-Life Is Pro-Woman" for the 2020 rally and march in Washington. In embracing the theme, Jeanne Mancini, president of the March for Life Education Fund, cited the coming centennial of the 19th Amendment, which gave women the right to vote, and the views of early suffragists, including the best-known figure of the movement, Susan B. Anthony.

WAKEFIELD -- Raising money for charities is not a new activity at St. Joseph School, but its campaign to support Water for South Sudan was markedly different from any previous fundraising effort in that it was initiated and led by students.

FRAMINGHAM -- In 2014, Joseph Kutzko filled out a survey from his parish, St. Anne in Southborough, part of the Diocese of Worcester. In "a silly mood," he crossed off the usual options for ways to serve, and half-jokingly wrote in, "Filipino apostolate."