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December 2, 2011
December 2, 2011

Federal Court to Hear Oral Arguments Tuesday in Appeal of Lower Court Ruling in Favor of Baltimore’s Pro-Life Pregnancy Centers

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeal for the Fourth Circuit will hear oral arguments in Richmond on Tuesday, December 6, in the appeal of a lower court’s ruling in the case of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien and the Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns, Inc. (GBCP) v. Baltimore City. The lawsuit stems...
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December 2, 2011

Feast of Immaculate Conception Dec. 8

Parishes across the Archdiocese of Baltimore will mark the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary with Masses Dec. 8, a holy day of obligation. The feast celebrates that Mary, by special divine favor in anticipation of her role in salvation, was without sin from the moment she was conceived.
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December 2, 2011

HHS defends decision on funding trafficking victims program to Congress

WASHINGTON – A U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops program aiding victims of human trafficking was denied funding after its administrators declined to propose alternatives to a government requirement that female victims receive “the full range of legally permissible gynecological and obstetric care,” a Department of Health and Human Services official told a congressional committee.
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December 2, 2011

Vatican exhibit displays inspirational elements of Gaudi church

VATICAN CITY – Without leaving the Vatican, visitors exiting St. Peter’s Basilica can gain firsthand exposure to another impressive church, Antoni Gaudi’s La Sagrada Familia.
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December 2, 2011

University of Arkansas football player recalled as ‘an amazing soul’

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Catholic community in Little Rock and Fayetteville joined the rest of the state in mourning the death of University of Arkansas football player Garrett Uekman.
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December 2, 2011

Catholic campaign aims to bring Catholics back to church

ATLANTA – A new advertising campaign aims to bring Catholics back to church with ads airing on major television networks Dec. 16-Jan. 8.
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December 2, 2011

Religious advocacy measured less in dollars than in effectiveness

WASHINGTON – The degree to which religiously based organizations push for change in Washington will likely always be open to debate and differing interpretations, but the truer measure may be their effectiveness, even in the midst of a cranky Congress dealing with cash-short coffers.
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December 2, 2011

Black Catholics’ survey finds strong ties, strong engagement in church

WASHINGTON – African-American Catholics are much more engaged in their church on a variety of levels than are white Catholics, concludes the first National Black Catholic Survey.
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December 2, 2011

Criticism grows over Rhode Island governor’s ‘holiday tree’ label

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – A 17-foot Colorado blue spruce is standing tall at the center of controversy in the Rhode Island Statehouse rotunda for what it is being – or more importantly, not being – called.
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December 2, 2011

CUA president pleased ruling confirms legality of single-sex dorms

WASHINGTON – John Garvey, president of The Catholic University of America, said he was “gratified” by the dismissal of a complaint filed against the university saying its single-sex dorms discriminated against women.
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