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Q&A Tuesdays With Bishop David Zubik – Aug. 2, 2011
PITTSBURGH (NewsRadio 2010 KDKA) – Mike Pintek was joined in the studio today by Bishop David Zubik for Q&A Tuesday. Bishop Zubik answered questions from callers and Mike about the Pittsburgh...
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Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese Announces Closures, Changes
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Declining enrollment and high operating costs are forcing the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh to make more tough decisions. Two Catholic schools in the East Hills, Word of God in...
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Priest Facing Child Pornography Charges Pleads Guilty
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A local priest indicted on child pornography charges is facing prison time after pleading guilty Wednesday in federal court. Fr. Bartley Sorensen was arrested in December 2011 after...
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Preservationists Upset As St. Nicholas Church Dismantling Begins
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The dismantling of St. Nicholas Church along Route 28 has begun, but preservationists are not pleased at the way the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh is going about it. “If you’ve...
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Bishop Zubik To Kick Off Major Fundraising Campaign
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – It is first capital campaign in the history of the Pittsburgh Diocese and it’s a big one. This weekend Bishop David Zubik will kick off a campaign to raise $125 million over the...
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Priest Sentenced On Child Pornography Charges
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A suspended Pittsburgh priest who was caught with child porn on his computer was sentenced in federal court Wednesday. Fr. Bartley Sorensen told the federal judge he was sorry just...
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Downtown Protest Held Over Alleged Predator Priest
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – A priest who once served in the Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh is accused in the alleged molestation of a boy in New Hampshire in the 1980s. Fr. Michael Ledoux was a principal at...
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Pipe Organ Stolen From Recently Closed Mt. Washington Church
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Less than a month ago, St. Justin Roman Catholic Church on Boggs Avenue on Mount Washington, celebrated its final mass before merging with St. Mary of the Mount. Now, Pittsburgh...
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Late Wilkinsburg Priest Accused Of Abuse
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh has sent out a letter to parishioners at a church in Wilkinsburg about an accusation of sexual abuse. In this case, both the accused priest and...
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Pittsburgh Diocese Leading Roman Tour For Canonizations Of Popes
The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh is leading a pilgrimage to Rome in April for the canonizations of Pope John XXIII and Pope John Paul II. Officials with the Diocese says anyone — Catholic or...
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Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese Challenging Affordable Care Act
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) – The Affordable Care Act has caused an uproar of late and now the Roman Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh is heading to court to fight against the law. There were strong words today...
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Pittsburgh Diocese Wins Delay Against Affordable Care Act
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — A federal judge in western Pennsylvania says Catholic groups don’t immediately have to comply with mandates in the federal health care overhaul law. The Diocese is challenging its...
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Pittsburgh, Erie Catholic Groups Win Health Care Act Ruling
PITTSBURGH (AP) — Catholic groups in western Pennsylvania received another favorable legal ruling in their fight over mandates in the federal health care overhaul law. District Judge Arthur J. Schwab...
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Supreme Court Justice Stays Implementation Of Controversial Obamacare Provision
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — U.S. Supreme Court Justice Sonya Sotomayor has temporarily blocked a controversial part of Obamacare that affects the availability of contraceptives to women who work for...
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Demonic Possession: Real Or Mental Illness?
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — Is demonic possession real or the manifestation of mental illness? In assisting priests in nearly 100 exorcisms, Adam Blai has become a true believer in good and evil, God and the...
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Catholics Reflect Lack Of Knowledge, Differences In Survey
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — At the behest of Pope Francis, the Pittsburgh Catholic Diocese embraced the chance to survey Catholic families on challenges faced in today’s more liberal American culture. Through...
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1 Killed After Car Pinned Under School Bus In Gibsonia
HAMPTON TOWNSHIP (KDKA) – Police are investigating a crash where a school bus drove over a car, smashing it and killing the driver. It happened just before 8 a.m. Friday near East Hardies Road and...
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St. Anthony’s Church In Monongahela Closing
MONONGAHELA (KDKA) — Declining numbers has claimed another Catholic church in our area. Bishop David Zubik on Saturday announced that Saint Anthony’s Roman Catholic Church on Park Avenue in Monongahela...
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Clergyman Charged In Australia Faces “Credible” Allegations From Time At...
PITTSBURGH (KDKA/AP) – The Catholic Diocese of Pittsburgh says a clergyman awaiting trial on charges he molested four students 30 years ago at a school in Australia is the subject of a “credible”...
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NCEA Convention Draws Cardinal Wuerl, Thousands Of Educators To Town
PITTSBURGH (KDKA) — The National Catholic Educational Association Convention and Expo is expected to draw thousands of Catholic educators from across the county to Pittsburgh. It also brought a very...
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