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Caption: Nine-year-old Dylan Austin, a member of Boy Scouts of America Troop 195 of Greece, N.Y., hands a U.S. flag to assistant Scoutmaster Mike Nier May 23 at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Rochester, N.Y. The two were among dozens of Scouts and volunteers who placed American flags at the more than 5,000 Holy Sepulchre graves belonging to military veterans. Their efforts were dedicated to a former assistant Scoutmaster who started the flag project before being killed in a car accident in 2006. (CNS/Mike Crupi, Catholic Courier)
Nine-year-old Dylan Austin, a member of Boy Scouts of America Troop 195 of Greece, N.Y., hands a U.S. flag to assistant Scoutmaster Mike Nier May 23 at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Rochester, N.Y. The two were among dozens of Scouts and volunteers who placed American flags at the more than 5,000 Holy Sepulchre graves belonging to military veterans. Their efforts were dedicated to a former assistant Scoutmaster who started the flag project before being killed in a car accident in 2006. (CNS/Mike Crupi, Catholic Courier)
Gauchos and God: Pope draws life lessons from Argentine cowboy culture

By Carol Glatz
Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Dressed in a woolen poncho, leather boots and silver spurs, the traditional gaucho was the cowboy of Argentina's immense plains, herding cattle and living a simple, hard life far from family and close to nature.

Though a little rough around the edges, gauchos were generally known to be respectful, loyal, honest and proud, rooted to a code of ethics that valued work and solidarity.

"The gaucho culture is an attitude toward life, and I believe Pope Francis is highlighting precisely this aspect in his current mission," said Roberto Vega Anderson, an Argentine gold- and silversmith who is the curator of a newly opened exhibit at the Vatican.
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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)
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Editors: Contents of Origins CNS Documentary Service, Vol. 43, No. 4 (May 30, 2013):

-- The diversity of charisms and gifts in the church manifest by its many lay movements and groups is a blessing so long as Catholics recognize and follow church teaching under the guidance of their pastors, Pope Francis says.

-- Pope Francis calls for global financial reforms that respect human dignity, help the poor, promote the common good and allow states to regulate markets.

-- The church needs women religious, and women religious need to be in harmony with the church's faith and teachings, Pope Francis says.

-- Pope Francis canonizes two new saints from Latin America along with 800 Italians martyred by Ottoman Turks in the 15th century.

-- While there will always be exceptional, tragic situations in pregnancy, Bishop Brendan Leahy of Limerick tells an Irish pro-life vigil that abortion is never the solution to problems in pregnancy.

-- Being able to listen lies at the core of ministry and offers the only antidote to the narcissism so prevalent today, says Msgr. Stephen Rossetti, a Catholic University of America professor of pastoral studies.

-- Bishop Richard E. Pates of Des Moines, Iowa, says the U.S. use of drones to hunt down suspected terrorists raises serious moral questions.
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