Basilica sets seasonal tone for charity Christmas concert

The rich, melodic sound of horns filled Baltimore’s Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary Dec. 13, ushering in the Christmas season for patrons of Catholic Charities’ Christmas festival.
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Bethlehem’s Milk Grotto brings faith, hope and babies

BETHLEHEM, West Bank – The rows of framed letters and baby pictures are testimony that the Milk Grotto – where Mary is said to have nursed Jesus as the Holy Family fled to Egypt – has been much more than a pilgrimage to many couples.
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Biblical diary by Chinese Catholics goes into second print

MACAU – A biblical diary with scriptural reflections by Chinese Catholics went into its second print run in less than a month.
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Waldheim, Hernandez among Catholics who died in 2007

WASHINGTON – Former Austrian President Kurt Waldheim and Tutela Legal director Maria Julia Hernandez, each of whom took center stage during two of the thorniest international debates of the 1980s, were among the prominent Catholics who died in 2007.
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Thermostat keeps parishioners happy

With winter finally making an appearance, soaring ceilings combined with equally high heating bills find some parishioners reaching for their coats while pastors reach for a programmable thermostat.
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Love blossoms for couple with developmental disabilities

Jeannette Hudak said she was “scared to death” last year about the impending marriage of her now 35-year-old daughter Maria, who had always lived at home under the watchful eye of five older brothers and her parents.
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Archbishop O’Brien praises Catholic Charities’ volunteers

As Catholic Charities’ volunteers and supporters were treated to a breakfast in their honor at the organization’s new Our Daily Bread building in Baltimore Dec. 12, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien called their labors impressive, efficient and effective.
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New CDs from men’s schools offers comfort and joy

St. Joseph, Cockeysville, parishioner Brian Sahm thought his $15 was well spent when he bought the Calvert Hall Hallmen’s new Christmas CD.
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Boston Cardinal urges Catholics to ‘come home’

BOSTON – Boston Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley opened the bicentennial year of the Archdiocese of Boston by urging disillusioned Catholics to “come home” to the faith. “Noah’s ark may have sprung a leak, but it is not sinking, and Christ is the captain. To our brothers and sisters in the life rafts, I say, ‘We...
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Cardinal Mahony tells candidates to focus on immigration

LOS ANGELES – In letters to all the presidential candidates sent Dec. 12, Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony urged them to “show leadership on the issue of immigration” and to work to find a “humane and comprehensive solution to our broken immigration system.”
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Document reminds Catholics of duty, right to share Gospel

VATICAN CITY – When Catholics fulfill their right and duty to share their faith with others, they are not engaging in proselytism or showing contempt for the beliefs of others, said a new document from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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City parishioners distribute blankets to warm homeless

As Alizata Sorgho stepped off a bus filled with parishioners from two Baltimore City Catholic parishes Dec. 11 and into a park where many city homeless reside, she mustered the courage to interact with the urban destitute.
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