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Caption: Pope Francis blesses a member of the Missionaries of Charity during a visit to a soup kitchen and women's shelter at the Vatican May 21. The facility is inside the Vatican walls; it serves meals to about 60 people each day and offers accommodation to 25 women. (CNS/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)
Pope Francis blesses a member of the Missionaries of Charity during a visit to a soup kitchen and women's shelter at the Vatican May 21. The facility is inside the Vatican walls; it serves meals to about 60 people each day and offers accommodation to 25 women. (CNS/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)
Tornadoes exact deadly toll; region needs 'a lot of prayers right now'

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OKLAHOMA CITY (CNS) -- Even after the initial death toll was cut by more than half, the human and material devastation of a string of tornadoes that buffeted areas of the Archdiocese of Oklahoma City May 19-20 was incalculable.

"Our first concern is for the victims who have lost their lives or loved ones and suffered injury or loss of property," said a May 21 statement by Archbishop Paul S. Coakley of Oklahoma City.

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Caption: A couple renews their marriage vows during a special Mass of thanksgiving for marriage at Westminster Cathedral in London May 18. Archbishop Vincent Nichols presided over the service attended by more than 600 couples. (CNS/Marcin Mazur, Bishops' Conference of England and Wales)
A couple renews their marriage vows during a special Mass of thanksgiving for marriage at Westminster Cathedral in London May 18. Archbishop Vincent Nichols presided over the service attended by more than 600 couples. (CNS/Marcin Mazur, Bishops' Conference of England and Wales)
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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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