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RNS VIEQUES CHURCHES

RNS Blog Editor | Oct 13, 1999

(RNS2-OCT13) Campers, displaying the flags of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican Indpendence Party, protesting the Navy's use of the Puerto Rican island of Vieques as a target for military exercises. Churches have joined the protest over the past five months. See RNS-VIEQUES- CHURCHES, transmitted Oct. 13. Photo by James Melchiorre.
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RNS VIEQUES CHURCHES

RNS Blog Editor | Oct 13, 1999

(RNS2-OCT13) Campers, displaying the flags of Puerto Rico and the Puerto Rican Indpendence Party, protesting the Navy's use of the Puerto Rican island of Vieques as a target for military exercises. Churches have joined the protest over the past five months. See RNS-VIEQUES- CHURCHES, transmitted Oct. 13. Photo by James Melchiorre.
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RNS FLYNN PROFILE

RNS Blog Editor | Oct 13, 1999

(RNS4-OCT13) Ray Flynn hosts his daily radio show on Catholic Family Radio from Boston. Flynn, former mayor of the Boston and U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, now heads the Catholic Alliance, which he hopes to turn into a potent political force for next year's election. See RNS- FLYNN-PROFILE, transmitted Oct. 12. Photo by Kevin Eckstrom.
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RNS FLYNN PROFILE

RNS Blog Editor | Oct 13, 1999

(RNS4-OCT13) Ray Flynn hosts his daily radio show on Catholic Family Radio from Boston. Flynn, former mayor of the Boston and U.S. Ambassador to the Holy See, now heads the Catholic Alliance, which he hopes to turn into a potent political force for next year's election. See RNS- FLYNN-PROFILE, transmitted Oct. 12. Photo by Kevin Eckstrom.
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RNS ALBAN ANNIVERSARY

RNS Blog Editor | Oct 13, 1999

(RNS1-OCT13) The Rev. James Wind, president of the Alban Institute. The Institute is celebrating 25 years of helping congregations deal with what Wind calls the most difficult, pressing issues facing local church life. See RNS-ALBAN-ANNIVERSARY, transmitted Oct. 13. Photo by Jason Miccolo Johnson
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RNS ALBAN ANNIVERSARY

RNS Blog Editor | Oct 13, 1999

(RNS1-OCT13) The Rev. James Wind, president of the Alban Institute. The Institute is celebrating 25 years of helping congregations deal with what Wind calls the most difficult, pressing issues facing local church life. See RNS-ALBAN-ANNIVERSARY, transmitted Oct. 13. Photo by Jason Miccolo Johnson
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RNS DREXEL SAINTHOOD

RNS Blog Editor | Oct 8, 1999

(RNS1-OCT8) Sister Katharine Drexel tends to children on the former campus of Drexel University in Pennsylvania in this 1920s photo. She founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in 1891 and is being considered for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church. SEE ``DREXEL- SAINTHOOD'' (Newhouse), transmitted Oct. 8.
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RNS DREXEL SAINTHOOD

RNS Blog Editor | Oct 8, 1999

(RNS1-OCT8) Sister Katharine Drexel tends to children on the former campus of Drexel University in Pennsylvania in this 1920s photo. She founded the Sisters of the Blessed Sacrament in 1891 and is being considered for sainthood by the Roman Catholic Church. SEE ``DREXEL- SAINTHOOD'' (Newhouse), transmitted Oct. 8.
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RNS POPULATION WORLD3

RNS Blog Editor | Oct 7, 1999

(RNS4-OCT7) Kadiatu Samu, who had no prenatal care and whose child was stillborn, is examined by a maternity ward nurse in Bo, Sierra Leone. Sierra Leone has one of the highest maternal mortality rates and, as the world reaches the 6 billion population mark, there has been little progress in reducing the risk of childbirth in poor countries. See RNS-POPULATION-WORLD, transmitted Oct. 7. (photo courtesy of the UNFPA)
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RNS POPULATION WORLD2

RNS Blog Editor | Oct 7, 1999

(RNS3-OCT7) A young mother in Brazilian slum. More than 14 million adolescent girls give birth each year and a large percentage are unwanted. The world will hit the 6 billion population mark on Oct. 12. See RNS-POPULATION-WORLD, transmitted Oct. 12. (photo courtesy of the UNFPA)
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