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Parishioners Mobilize after Tornado in Northern Texas Sunday, May 19, 2013 GRANBURY, Texas (CNS) — "Overwhelmed." That's how relief volunteer Julie Lyssy described the families who sought shelter inside St. Frances Cabrini's Family Life Center after a tornado ravaged their neighborhoods May 15.

Campus Missionaries Help College Students Find 'Meaning' Saturday, May 18, 2013 FAIRFAX, Va. (CNS) — A diverse group of young college women lounged on couches at the entrance of the George Mason University Student Union on a recent afternoon.

Vatican Legal: Project Underway to Update Sections of Canon Law Friday, May 17, 2013 VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta has a special briefcase he uses exclusively to carry documentation for a project that would completely revise an entire section of the Catholic Church's basic law.

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WASHINGTON (CNS) — As Oregon scientists announced May 15 that they had successfully converted human skin cells into embryonic stem cells, the chairman of the U.S. bishops' Committee on Pro-Life Activities warned that the technique is morally troubling on many levels. Thursday, May 16, 2013 Embryonic Stem-Cell Advance Decried as Morally Troubling Thursday, May 16, 2013	VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Pope Francis warned against "gentrification of the heart" as a consequence of comfortable living, and called on the faithful to "touch the flesh of Christ" by caring for the needy. Monday, May 13, 2013 Pope Canonizes More Than 800 Saints Monday, May 13, 2013
WASHINGTON (CNS) — Human trafficking is so widespread that congregations of women religious are uniting in a nationwide effort to limit its reach. Wednesday, May 15, 2013 Women Religious Unite in Effort to End Human Trafficking Wednesday, May 15, 2013	WASHINGTON (CNS) — One of Mary's titles is "Christ's First Disciple," and some of Christ's earliest followers were women, two of whom he appeared to first after his resurrection. Sunday, May 12, 2013 Catholic Moms Share Their Faith as 'Digital Disciples' Sunday, May 12, 2013
VATICAN CITY (CNS) — U.S. Cardinal Raymond L. Burke and U.S. pro-life leaders joined tens of thousands of demonstrators in Italy's third annual March for Life May 12, which ended with a personal greeting from Pope Francis. Tuesday, May 14, 2013 Tens of Thousands March for Life in Rome Tuesday, May 14, 2013	KNOXVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) — An 83-year-old woman religious and two other peace activists were found guilty May 8 in a federal court in Knoxville of "intending to harm national security" by breaking into the nuclear weapon-producing facility and defacing its walls last summer. Saturday, May 11, 2013 Nun Found Guilty of 'Intending to Harm' U.S. Security Saturday, May 11, 2013

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