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■ Continued from page 4 K. Kelley, president of the International Catholic Stewardship Council. Noting that giving increased during eight of the 10 years of the Great Depression, Kelley said “offertory collections should not be down at this time” as long as churches are welcoming and community-building places.

Archbishop Gomez visits Lakers practice LOS ANGELES — Lima, Peru, Cardinal Juan Luis Cipriani — a former player on the Peruvian national basketball team — and Archbishop Jose Gomez visited the Los Angeles Lakers’ practice session March 30, meeting with the team and talking basketball with the players, Catholic News Agency reported. The two prelates witnessed a full-court scrimmage and also had one-on-one conversations with Lakers shooting guard Kobe Bryant, forward Pau Gasol and coach Phil Jackson.

county started registering same-sex couples as domestic partners last year, according to university spokeswoman Kate Venne, who told Catholic News Service that there are 13 other Jesuit colleges and universities that offer health benefits to same-sex partners.

LAHORE, India — Lahore Archbishop Lawrence Saldanha condemned the March 20 burning of the Quran by Florida pastor Terry Jones and said “the U.S. government should detain the pastor for some time.” “In view of the effects his actions have had all over the world, he should be controlled and understand the harm that has been done,” the archbishop told charity Aid to the Church in Need, according to a report by the Scottish Catholic Observer. Protests have been held in many parts of the Muslim world since the Quran burning took place. An attack on a U.N. base April 1 in Mazar-e-Sharif, Afghanistan, killed 14 people and an attack the following day in Kandahar killed at least 10.

Marquette U: Health benefits for same-sex domestic partners MILWAUKEE — Marquette University will extend health benefits to same-sex domestic partners starting next year. The extension is contingent upon domestic partners registering their status with the Milwaukee County clerk’s office. The

Bishop Justice leads Lenten youth retreat

Reconciliation for woman in ordination clash with church SAN DIEGO — A former advocate of women’s ordination, who later renounced her 2007 attempt to be ordained as a deacon and declared her adherence to church teaching, announced March 25 that she has been fully reconciled with the church following a decree from the Vatican, Catholic News Agency reported. “The Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith has lifted any canonical sanctions that I incurred by attempting ordination as a deacon,” wrote Norma Jean Coon, in an online update to an earlier letter in which she acknowledged that her actions had resulted in excommunication.

Hitchens on illness, belief

Quran-burning pastor ‘should be controlled’

WASHINGTON — Outspoken atheist intellectual Christopher Hitchens says he has rejected attempts by several Christians to make him reconsider his non-belief in light of his cancer battle. To the contrary, Hitchens, who is undergoing treatment for cancer of the esophagus, told the U.K.’s Telegraph magazine that he is thinking of proposing that he and fellow atheists Richard Dawkins and Sam Harris advocate for secular hospital visitors. “It’s considered acceptable in our culture to approach perfect strangers, as often or not who may be in extremis, and evangelize,” he told the magazine. “I don’t see why that’s considered a normal thing.” Hitchens said he has become good friends with Dr. Francis Collins, an evangelical Christian and former director of the National Human Genome Research Institute. “It is a rather wonderful relationship,” he said. “I won’t say he doesn’t pray for me, because I think he probably does; but he doesn’t discuss it with me.”

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Close to 150 high school students attended the Shadows to Light Lenten retreat March 27 led by Auxiliary Bishop William Justice at St. Thomas More School in San Francisco. The two-hour retreat invited youth to reflect on Lenten themes of grace and forgiveness via youth-led activities that told the Gospel stories of the Woman at the Well, the Man Born Blind and Lazarus. At least 16 parishes and nine high schools participated.

lauded as a major victory for parental choice in education, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled April 4 that Arizona residents have a right to claim tax credit for donations to non-profit groups that provide scholarships to religious schools, Catholic News Agency reported. “Parents should be able to choose what’s

best for their own children,” attorney David Cortman of the Alliance Defense Fund said. “This ruling empowers parents to do just that.” The high court ruled 5-4 to dismiss a lawsuit backed by the American Civil Liberties Union against an Arizona program that sought to promote school choice.

Holy Family Day Home hosting program on emotional development in children San Francisco’s Holy Family Day Home is offering a free presentation on “Reflective Compassionate Work: Developing Social Emotional Competence in Young Children” April 14 at 299 Dolores St. in San Francisco. Registration and refreshments will be from 5:30 – 6 p.m. with the presentation at 7. Guest speaker Dianna J. Ballesteros has more than 30 years experience in the corporate and nonprofit world and teaches courses in child and human development. Call Donna Cahill at (415) 565-0504, ext. 207.

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