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Caption: Staff Sgt. John Parks of Williamsburg, Va., carries U.S. flags as soldiers set them at the more than 220,000 graves in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia May 23. The 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment conducts the flag service each year ahead of Memorial Day. (CNS/Nancy Phelan Wiechec)
Staff Sgt. John Parks of Williamsburg, Va., carries U.S. flags as soldiers set them at the more than 220,000 graves in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia May 23. The 3rd U.S. Infantry Regiment conducts the flag service each year ahead of Memorial Day. (CNS/Nancy Phelan Wiechec)
Impact of sequestration felt outside of Washington political arena

By Chaz Muth
Catholic News Service

CHARLES TOWN, W.Va. (CNS) -- When Misael Santamaria thinks about how well the Head Start program at St. James Catholic Church prepared his older child for the West Virginia public school system, he thanks God it was available for his younger daughter before sequestration cuts eliminates spots for eligible preschoolers.

"It changes their lives to go through this program," said Santamaria, a Charles Town resident whose daughter Jasmine is currently enrolled in the St. James Head Start/Pre-Kindergarten class. "That's why I see that it would be a loss for the other kids who are not going to have that same chance."
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Editors: Contents of Origins CNS Documentary Service, Vol. 43, No. 3 (May 23, 2013):

-- The new evangelization requires a new apologetics, one that takes seriously contemporary challenges to Christianity and eschews polemics in favor of dialogue, says the former head of the Vatican doctrinal congregation, retired U.S. Cardinal William J. Levada.

-- Pope Francis commemorates 40 years of dialogue with the Coptic Orthodox Church at a meeting with its leader, Pope Tawadros II.

-- Mary is a mother who helps Christians to grow, to confront life and to be free, says Pope Francis.

-- Cardinal Thomas C. Collins of Toronto urges Catholics to weigh carefully a proposal to open a major new casino in the city, saying it is unhealthy for people, charitable organizations and government to be "enslaved by the lure of easy gambling revenue."

-- The 2013 farm bill offers the opportunity to address outdated agriculture policies and help hungry people at home and abroad, say the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Relief Service, Catholic Charities USA and the National Catholic Rural Life Conference.
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