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Gloria TV News. 1. The Next Church Sold USA The Diocese of Albany in upstate New York has sold the St. John the Baptist Church to the Schenectady Light Opera Company. The theater group, one of the …More
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1. The Next Church Sold

USA

The Diocese of Albany in upstate New York has sold the St. John the Baptist Church to the Schenectady Light Opera Company. The theater group, one of the oldest of its kind in the U.S., typically stages four to six musical theater shows from September to May.
The church founded in 1839 is one of 33 worship sites closed or merged by Bishop Howard Hubbard earlier this year.

2. Science World Agrees with the Pope

Italy

The director of Harvard's AIDS Prevention Research Project is affirming that Benedict XVI's position was right in the debate on AIDS and condoms. Edward Green stated this in an address at the 30th annual Meeting for Friendship Among Peoples in Rimini, Italy. Green, an expert on AIDS prevention, said that "as a scientist he was amazed to see the closeness between what the Pope said last March in Cameroon and the results of the most recent scientific discoveries."

3. Uruguay rather behind

Uruguay

Over the objections of the nation’s bishops, the lower house of Uruguay’s legislature approved the adoption of children by homosexual couples. If the bill passes in the nation’s senate - where similar legislation has already been approved - Uruguay will become the first Latin American nation to legalize such adoptions. 75% of the nation’s 3.3 million residents are Catholic.

4. Saint Monica, Family and Vocation

Vatican

In his talk before the Angelus Prayer the Pope gave Saint Monica, the mother of Saint Augustine as an example, a “model and matron for Christian mothers”, who was able to get her son Augustine to convert and develop his vocation. The Holy Father also stressed that Family education increases vocations. “Christian families may become small churches, and every vocation and every charism, given by the Holy Spirit, may be welcome and valued” - the Pontiff added