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    Appreciating Benedict after death
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Appreciating Benedict after death
    Jan 06, 2023
    Pope Francis, 1.3 billion Catholics and the rest of humanity say goodbye today to Joseph Ratzinger after 95 years on Earth. A young man who lived thro...
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    Hope in the new year
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Hope in the new year
    KATHRYN JEAN LOPEZ 
    Jan 03, 2023
    There is “no better place to find God, and to help others to find him, than in the hearts of the women and men” of our time. The assertion — sometimes...
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    Benedict XVI, first pope to resign in 600 years, dies at 95
    Online Features, World
    Benedict XVI, first pope to resign in 600 years, dies at 95
    NICOLE WINFIELD Associated Press 
    Dec 31, 2022
    VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Emeritus Benedict XVI, the shy German theologian who tried to reawaken Christianity in a secularized Europe but will forever ...
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    Pope’s lament: Icy winds of war buffet humanity at Christmas
    Online Features, World
    Pope’s lament: Icy winds of war buffet humanity at Christmas
    FRANCES D'EMILIO Associated Press 
    Dec 25, 2022
    VATICAN CITY (AP) — Pope Francis used his Christmas message Sunday to lament the "icy winds of war" buffeting humanity and to make an impassioned plea...
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    Pope Francis does the right thing
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Pope Francis does the right thing
    Jul 27, 2022
    In this era of reflexive counterpunching, where powerful people and institutions are often conditioned not to back down, public apologies are rare. Wh...
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    Father Ray will be honoring the Pope’s wishes at the 12:10  Mass Friday at St. Bernard’s
    News
    Father Ray will be honoring the Pope’s wishes at the 12:10 Mass Friday at St. Bernard’s
    Mar 24, 2022
    Pope Francis has sent a letter to all Catholic Bishops ahead of the Consecration of Russia and Ukraine to the Immaculate Heart of Mary, calling it a “...
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    Pope puts traditionalists in bind
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Pope puts traditionalists in bind
    MICHAEL McGOUGH Tribune News Service 
    Jul 23, 2021
    The news that Pope Francis will reimpose limits on the celebration of the traditional Latin Mass will disappoint and even enrage devotees of that ritu...
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    Preaching peace in places of war
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Preaching peace in places of war
    Mar 10, 2021
    On Friday, Pope Francis did something entirely new: he became the first leader of the Roman Catholic Church ever to visit Iraq. And he did so with a m...
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    Vaccine and a clear conscience
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Vaccine and a clear conscience
    Mar 06, 2021
    The Pennsylvania Catholic Conference took a major step forward Thursday toward easing the hearts and souls of the faithful. The conference issued a ne...
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    Birth announcement
    Births, Bradford, Lifestyles
    Birth announcement
    Apr 16, 2020
    A daughter, Wanda Stewart, was born April 7 to Rose Stewart Pessia and Dean Stewart of Bradford. The baby weighed 6 pounds and 5 ounces. She is the si...
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    Bishop Persico calls for a Day of Prayer, includes ecumenical element
    Bradford, Coronavirus, Local News, ...
    Bishop Persico calls for a Day of Prayer, includes ecumenical element
    Mar 25, 2020
    ERIE — In union with Pope Francis, the Most Rev. Lawrence T. Persico, bishop of Erie, has called for a day of prayer to take place today, the Solemnit...
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    100-year-old Franciscan Sister shares highlights of a life that began in Ireland
    Bradford, Local News, News, ...
    100-year-old Franciscan Sister shares highlights of a life that began in Ireland
    KATE DAY SAGER kdsager@bradfordera.com 
    Aug 24, 2019
    ALLEGANY, N.Y. — When Sister Therese Joyce came into the world 100 years ago this month, her birthplace, which was in a small, thatched house in Irela...
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    VanSickle remains hopeful after Vatican abuse summit
    Local News, News
    VanSickle remains hopeful after Vatican abuse summit
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Mar 01, 2019
    Hope. That’s what Bradford native Jim VanSickle took away from the Vatican’s clergy abuse summit he attended last week in Rome. “This trip has become ...
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    VanSickle delivers letter calling for justice to Vatican
    Local News, News, Online Features
    VanSickle delivers letter calling for justice to Vatican
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Feb 21, 2019
    A message in Italian on the front of an envelope. A man who traveled more than 4,500 miles to make a plea for transparency from the man considered to ...
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    VanSickle headed to Vatican, hopes to speak at summit
    Local News, News, Online Features
    VanSickle headed to Vatican, hopes to speak at summit
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Feb 15, 2019
    Clergy abuse survivor Jim VanSickle has a message to deliver, and he’s taking it to the Vatican next week. VanSickle, a Bradford native who suffered a...
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    VanSickle to speak in Bradford today
    Local News, News
    VanSickle to speak in Bradford today
    Marcie Schellhammer marcie@bradfordera.com 
    Aug 21, 2018
    In the public school system, the former practice of quietly relocating teachers accused of sexual misconduct was referred to as “passing the trash.” B...
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    When the state condemns a disabled child to death
    Opinion, Сolumns
    When the state condemns a disabled child to death
    MARC A. THIESSEN 
    May 03, 2018
    WASHINGTON — Imagine your own beloved child was lying in a hospital with a mysterious brain disease. Should you, as the parent, be allowed to decide w...
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    Basilica tour set for Tuesday
    Local News, News
    Basilica tour set for Tuesday
    Dec 22, 2017
    OLEAN, N.Y. — Basilica of St. Mary of the Angels will hold its first-ever Basilica Christmas Tour at 11 a.m. Tuesday. It’s a free guided tour that cov...
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    Good luck, Mr. President?
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Good luck, Mr. President?
    KATHLEEN PARKER 
    May 22, 2017
    ALM BEACH, Fla. — So the pope, the president, a Muslim and a Jew walk into a bar ... Surely, I'm not the only one to tighten the frame around Presiden...
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    Steve Bannon vs. Pope Francis?
    Opinion, Сolumns
    Steve Bannon vs. Pope Francis?
    E.J. DIONNE JR. 
    Feb 11, 2017
    Stephen K. Bannon disrupted American politics and helped elect Donald Trump as president. Will he disrupt the Roman Catholic Church by joining forces ...
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    Local oil purchasers increase prices
    Business, Local News
    Local oil purchasers increase prices
    July 31, 2025
    Two local oil purchasers have increased the price they will pay for Penn grade crude oil. Effective Wednesday, American Refining Group and Ergon Oil P...
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    State officers urge financial institutions to abandon ESG
    Business, Nation & World, PA State News
    State officers urge financial institutions to abandon ESG
    July 31, 2025
    HARRISBURG – A group of 26 financial officers from 21 states sent letters to 18 major financial institutions this week, warning them to abandon enviro...
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    Registration open for statewide fall Coyote, Crow Hunt
    Local Sports, Outdoors
    Registration open for statewide fall Coyote, Crow Hunt
    July 31, 2025
    JOHNSONBURG — Jim Pennington Jr., president of Rolfe Beagle Club, announced that Rolfe Beagle Club will once again offer its popular Coyote and Crow H...
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    ‘Round the Square: Bunked
    Round the Square
    ‘Round the Square: Bunked
    July 31, 2025
    LIFE AT CAMP: Remember being a kid, going to camp during the summer with a church group or scouts? We found a letter from Natalie Fesenmeyer reporting...
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    Read up on the U.S. government
    Lifestyles
    Read up on the U.S. government
    July 31, 2025
    Dear Heloise: Government and politics aren't the same thing. All the "bickering" you hear and read is people spewing political opinions, some of which...
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    Son’s parents want nothing to do with his girlfriend
    Lifestyles
    Son’s parents want nothing to do with his girlfriend
    July 31, 2025
    DEAR ABBY: My son is 20 and a senior in college. He's a baseball player and is about to ask the girl he's been dating for a year and a half to marry h...
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