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January 19, 2012

State lawmakers consider reporting bills

With the support of the Catholic Church, the House of Delegates unanimously passed a bill Feb. 22 requiring law enforcement agencies to notify nonpublic school superintendents or principals when one of their students is arrested for a serious crime. The Senate version of the bill is now under consideration in Annapolis.
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Bishop tackles religious education by teaching class

Try explaining vocations to a room full of third-graders. Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski, eastern vicar, gamely took charge of the third-grade religious education class at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Homeland, Feb. 24 and did just that.
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Leaders say interfaith effort to end global poverty growing

SAN FRANCISCO – Eliminating much of the world’s worst poverty within a decade would become a principle of U.S. foreign policy for the first time under a Catholic-led legislative push gathering force with a growing interfaith alliance.
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New Mexico bill for embryonic stem-cell research dies

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – A bill to allow embryonic stem-cell research in New Mexico has been turned back for the second time in two years. “Life at its utmost vulnerable state has once again been successfully defended,” said a Feb. 22 news release from the Archdiocese of Santa Fe.
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Baltimore Catholic League tournament ready to begin

It’s one of Jack Degele’s favorite times of the year. Degele, the commissioner for the Baltimore Catholic League, is ready to head to Reitz Arena at Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore, for the start of the Baltimore Catholic League Tournament.
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Cougars regain crown as defending champs fall

If Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Essex, was going to regain the MIAA B Conference basketball crown in the near future, it was going to have to be this year as the Cougars are deep with senior leadership, experience and confidence.
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Society should support families caring for terminally ill

VATICAN CITY – Society and labor laws should give concrete support to family members so they can attend to terminally ill loved ones, Pope Benedict XVI said. While guarantees must be made for all people to receive necessary medical care, special provisions also must be put into place for the patient’s family members, he said.
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Catholics, Muslims must learn more about religions

VATICAN CITY – Catholics and Muslims must learn more about each other’s religions if they want to get along better, said the Vatican ambassador in Egypt and former president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.
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Catholic men urged to make the world holy at conference

Gib Lease has noticed a definite pattern about who is most active in his church. No matter the ministry, he said, chances are pretty good that women outnumber men. More women teach religious education at his parish, he said. More girls are altar servers. And Mr. Lease is the only man in his Bible studies...
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MCC calls for elimination of embryonic stem cell research

The Maryland Catholic Conference called for the elimination of state funding for embryonic stem cell research during a Feb. 21 hearing on the issue in Annapolis.
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Pope offers encouragement to religious orders

VATICAN CITY – When Pope Benedict XVI met with the superiors of religious orders recently, most media coverage focused on the pope’s description of the “difficult crisis” religious life is facing.
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Media’s watching evangelical voters, Catholic votes still key

WASHINGTON – All the punditry about religion in this year’s presidential election seems to be about evangelical Republicans.
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