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<title>Church officials say priest shortage will worsen</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 8, 2012) Church officials in Ogdensburg say Roman Catholic parishes across the North Country will lose roughly a third of their priests over the next decade.The Diocese has expanded efforts to recruit new seminarians willing to serve as priests.  But the rapid decline is forcing big changes in the way Catholic churches operate.  Brian Mann spoke recently with Bishop Terry LaValley and has this update. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19453/20120308/church-officials-say-priest-shortage-will-worsen">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Thu, 08 Mar 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>As social issues shape 2012 campaign, North Country bishop speaks out</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 28, 2012) After the long recession, most pundits expected the 2012 political campaign to revolve around economic issues. But politicians on the right and left have instead been reviving some surprising social questions, ranging from contraception to prenatal testing to the role of religion in politics and public life.In an interview with Newsweek magazine, New York Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, a Democrat, argued that opposition to insurance coverage for those services amounts to &quot;an attack on women.&quot;&quot;Many of us are outraged, really outraged,&quot; Sen. Gillibrand told the magazine. &quot;In the year 2012, we should not be debating access to birth control. No boss should be making a decision about what health care their employees should be eligible to take.&quot;Polls show that the vast majority of American families use contraception and think contraception should be widely available. Surveys also suggest that a smaller majority of Americans think religious groups should provide full insurance benefits to employees.But Bishop Terry Lavalley, who heads the Diocese of Ogdensburg, sees this very differently.  He argues that Federal changes to healthcare laws proposed by the Obama administration threaten the religious freedom of groups like the Roman Catholic Church. Bishop LaValley met recently with Brian Mann to talk about the Church’s prominent role in this year’s political campaign and about the difficulties of teaching Catholic doctrine in an age when even many Roman Catholics are making very different moral choices. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/19386/20120228/as-social-issues-shape-2012-campaign-north-country-bishop-speaks-out">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 28 Feb 2012 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Press-Republican:  Another Catholic school may have to close</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 28, 2011) The Plattsburgh Press-Republican is reporting that another of the region’s Catholic schools may be forced to close.  St. Mary’s Academy in the town of Champlain is facing $80,000 in debts and declining enrollments.  Brian Mann has details. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/17225/20110228/press-republican-another-catholic-school-may-have-to-close">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 28 Feb 2011 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Reporter&apos;s Notebook: In Plattsburgh, wrestling with the moralities of abortion and choice</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 24, 2008) On Friday, roughly 200 Roman Catholic protestors held a vigil outside the Planned Parenthood clinic in Plattsburgh.  They prayed for an end to legal abortion in America.  They were met by some 60 pro-choice demonstrators.  The supporters of Planned Parenthood called for the protection of full reproductive rights for women.  The confrontation was peaceful, even dignified.  The Good Friday vigil has been a tradition for 14 years.  But abortion represents one of the deepest fault-lines in American society, with the two sides embracing starkly different moral visions.  Brian Mann attended Friday&apos;s vigil and he sent this reporter&apos;s notebook. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/11107/20080324/reporter-apos-s-notebook-in-plattsburgh-wrestling-with-the-moralities-of-abortion-and-choice">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 24 Mar 2008 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Ogdensburg Diocese Reassigns Priests</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 26, 2003) The Diocese of Ogdensburg has announced reassignemnts of priests. As Jody Tosti reports the changes will affect numerous churches in Franklin and Clinton Counties. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/2839/20030526/ogdensburg-diocese-reassigns-priests">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Mon, 26 May 2003 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Diocese of Ogdensburg Settles Priest Abuse Case</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Jan 31, 2003) The Diocese of Ogdensburg will pay a total of 180 thousand dollars to four women, who accused a Roman Catholic Priest of sexually abusing them as children.  The settlement follows a 17 million dollar lawsuit filed against the Diocese last year.  Brian Mann has details. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/2361/20030131/diocese-of-ogdensburg-settles-priest-abuse-case">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 31 Jan 2003 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>New Plans For Wadhams Hall</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (May 7, 2002) The Catholic Diocese of Ogdensburg has new plans for its seminary-college on Route 37 in Ogdensburg.  Starting this summer, Wadhams Hall will host retreats and conferences for people both inside and outside the Church.  David Sommerstein has more. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/859/20020507/new-plans-for-wadhams-hall">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 07 May 2002 00:00:00 -0400</pubDate>
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<title>Ogdensburg Bishop Responds to Sexual Abuse Scandal in Church</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Mar 22, 2002) David Sommerstein talks with Gerald Barbarito, bishop of Ogdensburg, about how the local diocese responds to allegations of sexual abuse by its priests and what impact the cascade of difficult news has had on priests and parishioners.	 [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/490/20020322/ogdensburg-bishop-responds-to-sexual-abuse-scandal-in-church">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Fri, 22 Mar 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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<title>Wadhams Hall Seminary College to Close</title>
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<description><![CDATA[ (Feb 19, 2002) Wadhams Hall Seminary College in Ogdensburg will close in May, the victim of a long decline in enrollment, and lack of prospects for the future.  Martha Foley reports. [<strong><a href="http://www.northcountrypublicradio.org/news/story/369/20020219/wadhams-hall-seminary-college-to-close">full story</a></strong>]]]></description>
<pubDate>Tue, 19 Feb 2002 00:00:00 -0500</pubDate>
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