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January 19, 2012

Sisters of St. Francis celebrate jubilees

On June 22, more than 250 members of the Sisters of St. Francis of Philadelphia gathered in Our Lady of Angels Chapel in Aston, Pa., to celebrate the lives and service of 34 jubilarians.
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Chinese Catholics pray at Mass for success of Olympics

SHAJIANG, China – A Catholic parish not registered with the government celebrated a Mass to pray for the success of the Beijing Olympics, and the celebrant urged parishioners to link their spirituality to their daily lives.
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Free Catholic education gives college-bound students a new start

PORTLAND, Ore. – In the relative quiet of summer, Raphiel Lambert can imagine a parallel universe.
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Support must extend to unborn

Abortion is a lightning rod. Each side has its view of what is right. We have heard these arguments before: the rights of the unborn vs. the rights of the woman. To Catholics, the choice should not be hard. The church has always supported the value of life. There is no other choice.
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Archbishop to continue dialogue with Legionaries

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will continue to monitor and have a dialogue with members of the Legionaries of Christ in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, as they respond to a series of requirements he made of them in June.
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Feast of the Assumption is Aug. 15

As summer vacation nears an end, parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore will observe the Solemnity of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Aug. 15.
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Exhibit at Vermont priory aims to keep memory of atomic bombings alive

WESTON, Vt. – Natsumi Nagao was 14 when the United States dropped an atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan, during World War II. She was injured so badly her skin hung off her body and had to be cut off. When her father found her several days later, the only way he recognized her was by...
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Darfur the focus of new Bible study guide

WASHINGTON – Many perspectives have been used over the years as the basis for Scripture study, but a new Bible study using ongoing genocide as its basis may be a first.
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Bishops vote to revise U.S. catechism on Jewish covenant with God

WASHINGTON – The U.S. bishops have voted to ask the Vatican to approve a small change in the U.S. Catholic Catechism for Adults to clarify church teaching on God’s covenant with the Jewish people.
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Western Maryland honors Bishop Malooly

HAGERSTOWN – When Pope John Paul II named Bishop W. Francis Malooly an auxiliary bishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, the new bishop immediately got in his white Honda Accord and made a whirlwind tour of some of the parishes of his assigned vicariate in the western part of the state. For the next seven...
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