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Still, in the end, the Pope has not budged on the issue. The 2005 Synod of Bishops on the Eucharist held firm to the total ban for remarried Catholics who have not obtained an annulment. And Sunday, following Berlusconi's public request to his bishop, Benedict spoke about Communion to a gathering in Canada by video hookup. Though he didn't specifically cite divorce, the Pope said: "We must do all in our power to receive it with a pure heart." Again he offered his empathy for "those who cannot have Communion due to their situation," and urged them...
Sullivan has not spoken publicly about the teen pregnancies since he told TIME earlier this month that several girls repeatedly requested pregnancy tests at the school clinic and that some had reacted to positive test results with high fives and plans for baby showers. Pathways for Children CEO Sue Todd, whose organization runs the school's on-site daycare center, told TIME on June 13 that its social worker had heard of the girls' plan to get pregnant as early as last fall. She noted that some of the girls involved had been identified as being at risk of becoming...
...accomplished," says Lieutenant Colonel Michael Getchell. "But I have no way of corroborating that politics were involved to the degree and in the way Rahman is alleging. What I do know, is that he now has a lot of pressure coming down on him, and my own request to the provincial police chief to let him stay has been denied, so there is no way he's going to be able to keep his job. All I can do is try to find a new place for him where he can continue to help the Iraqi people, while placating those...
...even as he spoke, he was worried about the impending end of Operation Jump Start. The two-year National Guard initiative expires on schedule this month, after Congress and the President turned down a request from the governors of California, Arizona and New Mexico to extend the program indefinitely. Homeland Security officials are hopeful that an aggressive recruiting program to increase the number of border-patrol agents will make up for the loss of the National Guard. But new agents don't arrive with their own choppers or bulldozer drivers. And it's risky to hire too many agents...
...juror, a 30-something black man, asked to be excused saying a cousin had died Monday, his aunt and uncle had been hospitalized with pneumonia-related complications and his niece been diagnosed with cancer. Also, he said, "my mom is freaking out." The judge swiftly denied the man's request to be excused, dismissed the three alternates and snapped, "We've reached the point of no return." He sent the jurors back to deliberation. Finally, after a total of about seven hours, jurors reached a unanimous not guilty vote...