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January 19, 2012

The name game

In late April and early May, the blogosphere was in an uproar over two documents circulated by the National Counterterrorism Center, which is charged with strategic coordination among federal agencies of the war against terrorism. “The Words That Work” and “Terminology to Define the Terrorists” urged government officials and U.S. diplomats to avoid “Islamism” and...

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January 19, 2012

Nuclear proliferation problem greater now

George Weigel reminds us in his latest column (CR, June 19) that there was indeed a time, not so long ago, when the bishops of America were willing to seriously discuss important issues of peace and justice. I agree with him that “Today, it is virtually impossible to imagine the bishops’ conference taking on a...

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January 19, 2012

International Eucharistic Congress highlights images of life, renewal

QUEBEC CITY – It seemed fitting that the weeklong 49th International Eucharistic Congress ended on a battlefield. Some 55,000 people celebrated the theme of the congress, “The Eucharist, Gift of God for the Life of the World,” in a Mass where almost 250 years ago British and French soldiers shot each other down.

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January 19, 2012

Survey ranks worst places for refugees, issues report cards on others

WASHINGTON – Europe and Iraq were ranked among the 10 “worst places for refugees” in the 2008 World Refugee Survey for policies such as “warehousing” refugees for decades or for forcing them back to dangerous situations in their homelands.

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January 19, 2012

Survey shows many Catholics pray regularly but fewer active in parish

WASHINGTON – Less than a third of U.S. Catholics participate regularly in selected pastoral or community activities at their churches, though nearly 80 percent say they pray at least weekly, according to the latest report from the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.

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January 19, 2012

Father Mueller assigned to Holy Apostles, Gambrills

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has appointed Father Kevin A. Mueller, a Baltimore area native who spent the last two years at St. Mary in Hagerstown, as the new pastor of Church of the Holy Apostles, Gambrills.

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January 19, 2012

Retiring music director glorifies God with her organ-playing

For Joanne Gardner, the music she plays on the organ at St. Stephen in Bradshaw has always been “for the honor and glory of God.”

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January 19, 2012

Little Sisters of the Poor welcome new leadership

The Little Sisters of the Poor at St. Martin’s Home for the Aged, Catonsville, have welcomed new leadership both at the home and the provincial level. The home’s new mother superior, Sister Alice Marie Monica, L.S.P., arrived in Baltimore from the Little Sisters of the Poor Our Lady of Hope residence in Latham, N.Y. Her...

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January 19, 2012

The Yoke That Binds

You are probably reading this on or about Sunday, June 29, the Solemnity of Saints Peter and Paul. On that day, I will be privileged to be receiving the pallium at the hands of Pope Benedict XVI during a Mass in the Basilica of St. Peter.

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January 19, 2012

New CARA report assesses likely Catholic influence on 2008 elections

WASHINGTON – Although Catholic Democrats outnumber Catholic Republicans in the United States, both are outnumbered by the 41 percent of U.S. Catholic voters who are not affiliated with either party, according to new data from the Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate at Georgetown University.

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January 19, 2012

Priests urged to care for their bodies the way they care for souls

WASHINGTON – With studies confirming that a high percentage of U.S. clerics are overweight and lead inactive and nutritionally unhealthy lifestyles, several Catholic leaders in interviews with Catholic News Service said priests should focus on their bodies with the same care they give the souls of their parishioners.

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January 19, 2012

Churches, charities assist working class impacted by foreclosures

WASHINGTON – Phones are ringing off the hook in at least one Catholic charity.

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