Catholic News Headlines / Links [1-29-10]

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U.S. bishops call for comprehensive, long-term aid to Haiti, including trade preferences, debt cancellation, long-term funding, and "dependable flows of international assistance that target all sectors of Haiti’s needs, including infrastructure, health care, education, psycho-social support, law enforcement, judiciary, and economic and agricultural development" [1/29]

Pope Benedict reminds officials of the Roman Rota that an annulment can never be granted to a Catholic whose marriage is valid according to Church law; Holy Father reminds that charity requires upholding justice and truth [1/29]

Unbelievable: Bishop of Albany approves Catholic Charities' proposal to distribute free needles to drug abusers; Catholic Charities' CEO considers the "tragically deceitful" cooperation in evil as "common sense" [1/29]

It's a baby when she wants it to be: Catholic League takes Gloria Allred to task over her duplicity concerning pro-life Super Bowl ad [1/29]

How sad: New "morning after pill" that may cause abortions up to 5 days afterward may soon be sold OTC [1/29]

British filmmakers think they have solved "archeological mystery" concerning aqueduct that supplied "the ancient city of Rome & the early Vatican"; Team member claims that "The water from this site would have supplied the early Vatican and would have been used to baptize some of the first Christians" [1/29]

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