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January 19, 2012

Crime and punishment: Vatican City tackles vast array of crimes

VATICAN CITY – From picked pockets to a 1998 double murder and suicide, the Vatican legal system has dealt with a vast array of crimes and misdemeanors over the decades.

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January 19, 2012

Snow, a journalist and former White House press secretary, dies at 53

WASHINGTON – Anthony “Tony” Snow, former White House press secretary and a prominent journalist who worked both in print and broadcast, died July 12 at Georgetown University Hospital in Washington after a long bout with colon cancer. He was 53.

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January 19, 2012

Spiritual center christened at St. Ursula

Three days before St. Ursula was scheduled to open its new spiritual center, Monsignor James P. Farmer was walking the halls, checking every square inch of the Parkville building.

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January 19, 2012

Towson Catholic’s Marian Program to assist students with learning needs

Towson Catholic High School was awarded a $50,000 Knott Foundation grant to launch its Marian Program, a resource plan to provide assistance to students with learning needs who are still capable of successfully managing the school’s college preparatory curriculum. The grant will be used for salary and startup costs.

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January 19, 2012

Virginia Bahr to emphasize technology at Ascension School

Improving technology at Ascension School in Halethorpe is among Virginia Bahr’s top priorities as she begins a new role as principal of Ascension School in Halethorpe. Ms. Bahr comes to the 200-student school after 17 years as a teacher at St. Margaret School in Bel Air.

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January 19, 2012

Mandela letter shows activist was inspired by work of Catholic Church

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – South African human rights activist Nelson Mandela was inspired by the Catholic Church’s involvement in social justice concerns during his many years of incarceration, he wrote in a letter from prison to the country’s first black Catholic archbishop.

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January 19, 2012

Anglican bishop expects new wave of converts to join Catholic Church

LONDON – A traditionalist Anglican bishop has called on the Catholic Church to accommodate a potential new wave of converts following the decision by the Church of England to allow the ordination of women bishops.

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January 19, 2012

Teens forever changed by Justice Action Week

For many suburban children and teenagers, there is one Baltimore.

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January 19, 2012

St. Mary parishioner left lasting legacy

If the measure of a man is in his family, then the influence of Col. Patrick J. Donohoe will stretch a long, long time.

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January 19, 2012

iServe project offers teens time for community service

Michael Boscolo of Greencastle, Pa., spent two days last July sorting food, painting a wall mural and helping the staff at Food Resources, Inc. in Hagerstown as part of the iServe project.

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