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January 19, 2012

Church must help overcome racism in modern society, pope says

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI warned that racism is alive in modern society, and he urged the church to help overcome all forms of racial intolerance.
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Hong Kong church group uses Olympics to note China’s rights abuses

HONG KONG – The Hong Kong Diocese’s justice and peace commission has used the occasion of the Beijing Olympics to highlight China’s human rights violations.
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Leaders say missionary activity must change, expand

LIMA, Peru – Catholic leaders at an international mission conference for the Americas said the church must become a missionary community with a new mentality.
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Don’t Iraq casualties count too?

Regarding the letter from James M. Althoff (CR, Aug. 14) in which he states that the lives lost in Iraq are “volunteer soldiers encircled in body armor, armed to the teeth and often in the cocoon of a Humvee,” I would ask him about the 100,000 plus Iraqi casualties, many, if not most of whom...
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Conference aims to improve evangelization

Organizers of the Aug. 23 Upon This Rock Evangelization Conference hope they can reinvigorate the faithful of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and beyond.
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Friendship stands the test of time

Joe Molino, a parishioner of Prince of Peace in Edgewood, cannot explain why the friendship he and his wife, Anna, have shared with seven other couples across the archdiocese has lasted as long as it has.
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Latin patriarch says he’d tell next US president to follow conscience

WASHINGTON – If Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal of Jerusalem had a chance to send a message to the next U.S. president, he would urge him to follow his conscience.
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Episcopal priests worried about their church talk to Catholic bishop

WASHINGTON – Four priests from the Episcopal Diocese of Fort Worth, Texas, who said they are troubled by the “liberal” direction taken by the Episcopal Church met with the Catholic bishop of Fort Worth.
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Seattle man nearing death opposes state’s assisted suicide initiative

SEATTLE – John Peyton doesn’t have long to live. Earlier this summer, his doctor gave him three to six months.
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Pasadena family pulled through tragedy by school

Bob Majchrzak walked through the front door of his Pasadena home reeling from tragic loss.
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Investment banker’s little bond fund goes nationwide for immigrants

SILVER SPRING, Md. – Massachusetts investment banker and philanthropist Robert Hildreth’s success in business means Luis Delgado, a Mexican immigrant arrested in an immigration crackdown on a Maryland roofing company June 30, will get to be with his wife and children for the months it will take his legal case to be adjudicated.
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