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Vandals Damage Statue At Historic Dallas Church
DALLAS (CBS 11 NEWS) - Vandals struck at the core of a historic Dallas Church over the weekend. A five-foot statue of St. Peter the Apostle adorned the front of its namesake church for more than 50...
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Debate Growing Over Religious Freedom & Birth Control
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The volatile mix of religion, reproductive rights and politics has a new flash point. Federal rules requiring most employer health plans to cover contraceptives will exempt most...
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Worshippers Flock To Century-Old Black Catholic Church
A parishioner worships at Our Mother of Mercy Church in Fort Worth. (Credit: Joel Thomas/KTVT) FORT WORTH (CBSDFW.COM) – The neighborhoods off Terrell Avenue just south of downtown are rebuilding...
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Father And Son Become Father and Father Together
KELLER (CBSDFW.COM) - It is safe to say many boys grow up wanting to follow in their fathers’ footsteps. Not unusual unless your father is a Catholic priest. “I couldn’t be more happy and couldn’t be...
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Father And Son Join Catholic Priesthood Together
KELLER (CBSDFW.COM) - You could say Chuck Hough the IV is following in the footsteps of his father–Chuck Hough III. Both are former Episcopal priests and today they officially became priests in the...
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Opinion: Churches Shouldn’t Be The Next Super PACs
It is time to end the tax exempt status of religious organizations that advocated for a partisan candidate. Churches are free to exercise their First Amendment guaranteed right to free speech. But...
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More Young Men Choosing Priesthood
FORT WORTH (CBS 11) - No sex, no money, and complete obedience. Not what you think the average 20-year-old guy would go for. But according to the Catholic Church, the number of men joining the...
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Mass Of Ordination For New Fort Worth Bishop
FORT WORTH (CBS 11 NEWS) – The Catholic Diocese of Fort Worth prepared the Fort Worth Convention Center to receive up to 15,000 people, all attending the ordination of its new bishop, Michael Olson....
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Dallas Bishop Among Crowds On Historic Day Of 4 Popes
VATICAN CITY (CBSDFW.COM/AP) - Bishop Kevin Farrell of the Catholic Diocese of Dallas was among an estimated 800,000 people who watched as two 20th-century popes were elevated to sainthood Sunday...
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Estimated 3,000 People Gathered To Watch Pope Live Stream
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter DALLAS (CBS11) — An estimated 3,000 people watched a live broadcast of Pope Francis’ final Mass on his U.S. visit from Klyde Warren Park in downtown Dallas. “The...
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Ex-Priest Arrested For Killing Of Texas Schoolteacher In 1960
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter MCALLEN (CBSDFW.COM) — A former priest has been arrested in Arizona in the 1960 slaying of a 25-year-old Texas schoolteacher and beauty queen. The Maricopa County...
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Diocese Investigates Texas Priest For Aborted Fetus Video
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter AMARILLO (AP) — The Roman Catholic Diocese of Amarillo says it’s investigating a priest who placed an aborted fetus on his altar and posted a video of it on two...
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U.S. Catholic Bishops Elect Texas Cardinal To Top Post
Follow CBSDFW.COM: Facebook | Twitter BALTIMORE (AP) — The nation’s Roman Catholic bishops elected a Texas cardinal Tuesday as their new president, choosing him to guide their relationship with the new...
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Cardinal Law, Central Figure In Church Abuse Scandal, Dies
VATICAN CITY (AP) — Cardinal Bernard Law, the disgraced former archbishop of Boston whose failures to stop child molesters in the priesthood sparked what would become the worst crisis in American...
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LGBTQ Community Cheers Pope’s Reported ‘God Made You Like This’ Remark
VATICAN CITY (CBSDFW.COM/AP) – Pope Francis’ reported comments to a gay man that “God made you like this” have been embraced by the LGBTQ community as another sign of Francis’ desire to make gays feel...
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Pope Accepts Resignation Of McCarrick After Sex Abuse Claims
VATICAN CITY (AP) — In a move seen as unprecedented, Pope Francis has effectively stripped U.S. prelate Theodore McCarrick of his cardinal’s title following allegations of sexual abuse, including one...
View ArticleReport Reveals More Than 1,000 Child Victims Of Priest Abuse In Pennsylvania
HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — More than 1,000 children — and possibly many more — were molested by hundreds of Roman Catholic priests in six Pennsylvania dioceses, while senior church officials took steps to...
View ArticleCatholic School Counselor May Lose Job Over Her Same-Sex Marriage
INDIANAPOLIS, Ind. (CBS Local) – An Indiana catholic school guidance counselor may lose her job of 15 years after officials learned she was married to another woman. Shelly Fitzgerald has been placed...
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Dallas Pastor Suspended By Church Amid Sexual Abuse Allegations
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – The Catholic Diocese of Dallas has suspended a priest after allegations of sexual abuse, the bishop announced Sunday. Bishop Edward J. Burns said Rev. Edmundo Paredes is no longer...
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Catholic Diocese Of Dallas Makes Revelation Regarding Investigation Into Priests
DALLAS (CBSDFW.COM) – Demands of accountability and transparency continue to come from parishioners at a Catholic church where a priest is accused of sexually abusing boys in Dallas. The Catholic...
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