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March 22, 2012

Fix unjust immigration laws rather than subvert them

I am well aware of my foreign heritage and the sacrifices my forbears made adjusting to the law and language of this land helping to make it a much desirable place to live. So, I find disturbing the insinuation that anyone opposed to illegal immigration is opposed to immigration.
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Rosary called a “weapon” for spiritual battle at Mass, procession

In the past month, Maryland’s Knights of Columbus sought to secure 100,000 pledges to pray the rosary.
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MCC survey addresses election’s ‘pivotal issues’

State redistricting and an early primary election may cause voters to have more questions about the names they find on their ballot April 3. The Maryland Catholic Conference’s voter survey seeks to address the queries of Catholics, as it has done each election year for at least two decades.
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Parading through homes, tracking the Joneses

Spring is almost here and the sweet home-show season is upon us! Time to inspect the Joneses’ mansion and discover just how far behind we’ve fallen.
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Welcoming Our New Shepherd

Cardinal O'Brien shares his thoughts on Archbishop William E. Lori, whom he has known for many years.
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Abortion reporting, education tax credit top MCC legislative agenda

With less than three weeks remaining in the Maryland General Assembly’s 2012 session, major issues remain ahead.
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Mount de Sales senior collects, donates first Communion dresses

Molly Wheltle experienced a “Feeding the 5,000” as she aimed to collect 20 first Communion dresses for the poor.
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Educators agree: alcohol, drug awareness starts at home

A conversation Megan Ritchey had with her mother nearly four years ago about alcohol made an impression.
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Lent: Opportunity to teach magnanimity

On March 22, 1959, when the oldest of the baby boomers were in their early teen years, poet Robert Frost appeared on the Sunday morning television news show, “Meet the Press.”
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Maryvale senior soars to new heights

BROOKLANDVILLE – Maggie Rampolla said pole-vaulting caught her eye during her freshman year at Maryvale Preparatory School, when she saw a photo in the school’s yearbook of a fellow student attempting the event with the school’s track and field team.
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Religious freedom: Not just Pakistan and China

Thirty-some years ago, I spent a fair amount of time on religious freedom issues: which meant, in those simpler days, trying to pry Lithuanian priests and nuns out of Perm Camp 36 and other GULAG islands. Had you told me in 1982 that one of my “clients,” the Jesuit Sigitas Tamkevicius, would be archbishop of...
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