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January 19, 2012

Bishops to select Archbishop O’Brien’s replacement on international committee

WASHINGTON – Under conference rules since 2008, the new heads of committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops get to shadow the current chairmen for a year as chairmen-elect. But the new chairman of the Committee on International Justice and Peace will get no such break-in period.
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Bishops’ agenda more devoted to internal matters than to societal ills

WASHINGTON – The U.S. bishops’ fall general assembly in Baltimore will be shorter than usual and focus primarily on the inner workings of the church than on larger societal issues.
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Mass unites Mexicans, Americans separated by border fence

ANAPRA, Mexico – The Mexican bishop often exchanged glances with his American counterpart as they celebrated the All Souls’ Day Mass. But instead of embracing at the kiss of peace, they touched palms - though the chain-link fence.
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Centennial story brings flood of memories

I read with great interest (CR, Sept. 22) of the 100th anniversary of Blessed Sacrament Parish. My grandparents, William and Mary Ellen Kailer Dunn were founding members of the parish. She directed the choir there for many years; he opened the church for Mass and was a daily attendant for all the years of my...
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Bishop Rozanski dedicates renovated parish center at St. Andrew by the Bay

From top to bottom, St. Andrew by the Bay’s recently restored parish center is a significantly different place from what it had been.
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CCHD refutes new charges that funded groups violate Catholic teaching

WASHINGTON – Officials with the Catholic Campaign for Human Development refuted a report that 55 agencies funded by the U.S. bishops’ anti-poverty program in 2010-11 were in conflict with church teaching.
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St. Margaret’s anti-bullying program inspired by Columbine victim

BEL AIR – On April 20, 1999, Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold approached Columbine High School in Littleton, Colo. and saw Rachel Scott sitting in some nearby grass with a friend.
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Pope condemns violence in Nigeria, prays for victims

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI appealed for an end to violence in Nigeria and prayed for victims of the most recent wave of civil conflict there.
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Catholics, Jews urged to work together to promote religious freedom

NEW YORK – Catholics and Jews can most effectively capitalize on five decades of progress in their relations by joining forces to promote religious freedom, defend immigrants, face a common threat from fanatics and advocate for civility in politics and society, said New York Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan.
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New All Saints Mass kicks off Black Catholic History Month

Black Catholic History Month in the Archdiocese of Baltimore began with a Mass honoring the birthday of Josephite Father Charles Randolph Uncles, the first black Catholic priest ordained in America.
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Vatican partners with company to discuss stem-cell research

VATICAN CITY – New biotechnologies raise questions in the fields of medicine, economics, ethics and philosophy, and the Vatican plans to look at all of them during a three-day conference devoted to adult stem-cell research, officials said.
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Combier-Donovan raises awareness about new translation of Roman Missal

In the months leading up to the Nov. 27 implementation of the new English translation of the Roman Missal, Catherine Combier-Donovan has crisscrossed the Archdiocese of Baltimore on a mission of education.
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