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Mailbag: Another side of the man killed in explosion
Re. "Records: Man killed in bomb blast had lab equipment," (May 1): Get the facts right! The white powder was flour. He was upset with Pillsbury. We found notes he had written to them complaining about the packaging, etc. The liquid was water. He had...Tags: Social Issues, Abortion, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Hospitals and Clinics, Christianity
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Commentary: Hoag abortion ban is a step backward
Earlier this month, Hoag Hospital in Newport Beach announced to its staff that its physicians would no longer be able to perform elective abortions at the hospital ("Hoag: no more elective abortions," May 8). This came as a surprise to some of its...Tags: Family Planning, Abortion, Paul C. Broun, Hospitals and Clinics, Politics
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Mailbag: Balboa Island story left out link to global warming
Re. "Flood risk: Bane of Balboa Island's existence," (May 5): I was surprised no mention was made of the reason the Federal Emergency Management Agency revised its flood maps — global warming. FEMA's conservative estimate of sea rise, according to...Tags: Science and Technology, Abortion, United States Conference of Catholic Bishops, Hospitals and Clinics, Ecosystems
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Hoag to no longer perform elective abortions
In a letter to affiliated physicians and staff, Hoag Hospital announced that elective abortions will no longer be performed at the Newport Beach facility because of the low number of procedures done annually. The decision was based on a review of...Tags: Social Issues, Family Planning, University of California, Irvine, Planned Parenthood, General Practitioners
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Community & Clubs: Plenty to pray about this week
With the happenings in Boston and in West Texas fresh in our minds, the National Day of Prayer makes more sense than ever, says the Rev. Julie Elkins, president of the Newport-Mesa-Irvine Interfaith Council and pastor at First United Methodist Church of...Tags: Car Safety Tips and Advice, Restaurants, Interreligious Dialogue, Jesus Christ, Armed Forces
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The God Squad: Are women equal in God's eyes?
Q: Two of your last columns are tied together in my mind. Recently, you offered a prayer for the new pope and said, "Old practices that are true but not popular need to be preserved. Old practices that are just old and not true need to be let go." The...Tags: Christian Orthodoxy, Christianity, Religion and Belief, Judaism
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The God Squad: Celebrate springtime, however you wish
Thank you, dear readers, for your many kind comments on my column welcoming Pope Francis to the world of healing and hope. I'm truly excited to see his first humble and gracious acts, and I hope they presage a time of new beginnings and old continuities...Tags: Passover, Holidays, Francis I, Passover Seder, Christianity
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Lacing up for Walk out of Poverty
Parisa Esfahani's heart swells every time she learns of Orange County residents participating in community programs focused on alleviating poverty. A three-time participant in Concern America's Walk out of Poverty, Parisa, 18, of Costa Mesa, recalls her...Tags: Social Issues, Poverty, University of California, Davis, Christianity, Religion and Belief
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It's raining golf balls
A black helicopter circled closer and closer to the schoolyard at St. Joachim Catholic School in Costa Mesa on Tuesday, prepping to unload its cargo of 2,305 golf balls. Minutes earlier, a group of students had cheered as Elizabeth McNulty showed them a...
Tags: Golf, Sports, Christianity, Students, Religion and Belief
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The God Squad: From across faiths, a blessing for the pope
The good news is that I did not swear an oath of secrecy. The bad news is that I don't know anything about what went on in the Sistine Chapel and I'm not Catholic. However, my best friend is a priest and I remember tenderly joking with Father Tom...Tags: Belief and Faith, Francis I, Religion and Belief, Christianity, Child Abuse
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O.C. abuzz with news about pope
The news of a new pope reached Father Enrique Sera of St. Joachim Catholic Church in a 21st-century way. While in a prayer session with about 100 other people over the acquisition of the Crystal Cathedral, the Costa Mesa clergyman received a text message...Tags: Argentina, The Pope, Francis I, Christianity, Religion and Belief
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Josephine Ann Conroy Upham Billings
Josephine Ann Conroy Upham Billings May 15, 1927-February 10, 2013 You are beloved daughter of Margaret Gertrude and Thomas Henry Conroy; charming wife to David William Upham, Sr., and Cmdr. Richard Newman Billings, USN (deceased);...
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