With boost from Baltimore, Haiti school celebrates first grads

Deacon Rodrigue Mortel and a local delegation were among the honored guests July 12 in St. Marc, Haiti, for the first graduation from the James M. Stine College.
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Church leaders want Israel to step up protection of Christian sites

Those who carry out the attacks adhere to an ultranationalist stance that often calls for ridding Israel of non-Jewish organizations.
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Prisoners, volunteers, teens invited to celebrate Jubilee with pope

More than a dozen individual celebrations will be scheduled for the Jubilee of Mercy in 2016.
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House limits number allowed in chamber to hear papal address to Congress

House members voted July 28 to limit the number of people allowed in the House Chamber Sept. 24 when Pope Francis addresses a joint meeting of Congress.
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Movie Review: ‘Vacation’

The dog days of summer may inspire the urge to get away from it all. Wise moviegoers, however, will not seek their relief in “Vacation," a dog of a comedy that happily rolls around in all manner of muck.
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Catholic officials, others react to Boy Scouts’ decision to allow openly gay leaders

The Boy Scouts of America’s decided July 27 to allow openly gay troop leaders and employees to serve in their ranks at the national level.
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Nearly 100 turn out for peaceful pro-life rally at Planned Parenthood

Nearly 100 people rallied in support of the right to life outside a Baltimore Planned Parenthood.
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New Gallup poll shows pope’s favorability drops among Americans

A new Gallup poll shows that the favorability rating for the pontiff among U.S. respondents is down.
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Reconnecting with a friend is an unexpected gift

A free hour appeared magically at the end of my day, and I was more than a little giddy about how I could fill it. I finally decided to be both practical and indulgent and go to Wegman’s.After picking up two sunflower plants—those were on the list, right?—I found myself
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Sister Marie Charles Grauer remembered as selfless educator

Sister Marie Charles Grauer, a School Sister of Notre Dame who taught girls the finer points of grammar, composition and literature for more than three decades at the Institute of Notre Dame in Baltimore, died July 20 at Villa Assumpta in Baltimore.
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Movie Review: ‘Pixels’

All those misspent hours of youth, spending quarters on mindless video games, are finally put to use in “Pixels,” a manic comedy about an alien invasion of Earth by 3-D characters from the arcade.
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World Youth Day registration begins; pope is first person to sign up

Pope Francis was the first pilgrim to sign up for World Youth Day to be held in Poland, launching the opening of registration.
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