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Catholic Charities and Gulf Oil Disaster
Catholic Charities set up five relief centers in Louisiana fishing villages to respond to the oil spill catastrophe with financial assistance and spiritual support, says Margaret Dubuisson of Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of New Orleans.
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May 17, 2013
The Boy Scouts of America vote on their longstanding gay ban; the city of Baltimore feels the effects of sequestration; a former White House press secretary graduates from a Methodist theological seminary and says he wants to fix Washington's broken politics; and a Sikh community in northern...
Air date: 05/17/2013
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Air date: 05/03/2013
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Air date: 04/26/2013
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Air date: 04/19/2013
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