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CURRENT ISSUE: November 23, 2009 • VOL. 47, NO. 20 • Oakland, California

Catholic Charities
housing program:
stimulus for hope
Catholic Charities of the East Bay has expanded its services in an effort to meet increasing need, taking advantage of a three-year, $1.4 million federal stimulus grant.

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Married priests still
exception to the rule
for the Vatican
A new papal document on Anglicans coming into the Catholic Church has raised the question of priestly celibacy, one that keeps bubbling to the surface at the Vatican, most often in the theoretical discussions of synods of bishops.

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Bishops approve directives on food, water withdrawal
Overwhelming approval for a revision clarifying that patients with chronic conditions who are not imminently dying should receive food and water by “medically assisted” means if they cannot take them normally.

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Awaiting Christmas
Advent, a season of joyful expectation before Christmas, begins this year on Nov. 29. The Advent wreath, a tradition traced to 16th century Germany, is made of four candles in a circle of evergreens. In the U.S., three candles are usually purple and one is rose. In Germany, however, the candles are often red. One candle is lit each week of the Advent season.

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