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Both sides question health bill's abortion compromise

Bishops Oppose Senate abortion restrictions

In Belleville, some kneel, some stand

Mexico City legalises same-sex marriage

Shakespeare was a 'secret Catholic' new exhibition shows

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NGC 602, a young star cluster in the Small Magellanic Cloud in an image from NASA's James Webb Space Telescope (Flickr/ESA/Webb)

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