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June 25, 2012

Archbishop Lori to Address Italian Observatory on Religious Liberty While in Rome for Pallium

In Rome to receive the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI on June 29, Archbishop William E. Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, will address the first-ever meeting of the newly-created Observatory on Religious Liberty in Rome on June 28 at the Foreign Press Association. The group was formed by the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the...
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Archbishop Lori to Receive the Pallium from Pope Benedict XVI in Rome Friday, June 29

Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore will be among those receiving the pallium from Pope Benedict XVI during a Mass at St. Peter’s Basilica in Rome on Friday, June 29 at 9:00 a.m. (3:00 a.m. Eastern). The pallium is a light vestment made of wool shorn from lambs blessed by the Holy Father on the...
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Book Review: ‘Our Religious brains’

“Our Religious Brains” - written for the layman in language that eschews technical scientific terminology - may appeal to many Catholic readers.
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Wedding photography debut

This past weekend I photographed my first wedding. Stressful, yes; Fun, absolutely! I was really nervous going in to it because I knew that I was in charge of documenting what could be a couple’s happiest day together. I haven’t really been to too many weddings before and the last
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Life, in boxes

Finally, I’ve made the move. My landlord handed me the keys to our Bolton Hill walk-up about 3 p.m. on Saturday, as my husband and five of our friends pulled up with the moving truck and their stuffed SUVs. Drenched in sweat, we hauled stuff up a flight of stairs to our second-story apartment,
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Popular bloggers contemplate if Internet brings Catholics together

 I've been reflecting on some of the things Rocco Palmo, who runs the incredibly well-read Whispers in the Loggia, said during the bloggers panel at the Catholic Media Conference June 22 in Indianapolis. Palmo, and later Deacon Greg Kandra of the very popular The Deacon's Bench, talks about some of
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Former Towson Anglican parish enters the Catholic Church

More than 100 members of a formerly Anglican Towson church enter into full communion with the Catholic Church.
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Total same-sex marriage referendum signatures top 162,000

The Maryland Marriage Alliance announced today that it plans to submit an additional 39, 743 signatures to the Maryland State Board of Elections as part of efforts to add a referendum on the state’s same sex marriage law to the November ballot.
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