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INDIA BOMBINGS
Relatives cry during the funeral of a bomb blast victim in the western Indian city of Jaipur May 14. Authorities imposed a dawn-to-dusk curfew in parts of Jaipur May 14, a day after seven bombs killed at least 80 people. India's Catholic bishops have condemned the bombings. (CNS/Reuters)
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Statue of St. Mother Theodore Guerin dedicated at national shrine
By Meredith Black
Catholic News Service
WASHINGTON (CNS) -- Hundreds of pilgrims from across the country joined the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., for the dedication of a life-size sculpture of their foundress, St. Mother Theodore Guerin, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington May 10.
St. Mother Theodore is the newest U.S. saint, the eighth from this country and the first saint from Indiana. She was canonized by Pope Benedict XVI Oct. 15, 2006.
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