Church leaders urge common sense approach to parish safety

The recent shooting deaths of two women at an Ellicott City church has reinforced safety concerns for archdiocesan leaders, who say precautions and common sense can keep parishes secure.
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Every life is precious

Neurosurgeon Dr. Benjamin Carson hasn't always been pro-life, but now he is speaking up fervently about the value of every human being.
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If it feels good, don’t do it: stereotyping Catholic morality

  In a review for a book on Catholic orthodoxy, the skeptical reviewer offered a gross oversimplification of Catholic ethics: "If it feels good, don't do it." I am not sure why it disturbed me so much, but it did. Perhaps, it was because I heard similar generalizations a million times
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Mercy to open new childbirth and children’s center

Expectant mothers in Baltimore will soon be able to deliver their bundle-of-joy in a brand new, state-of-the-art facility.
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Choices to make

Father Breighner talks about life choices and exercising the body and the spirit.
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College commencements set

Notre Dame of Maryland University, Mount St. Mary's University and Loyola University Maryland will graduate more than 2,900 students this month.
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Bravo to Congress organizers

As an attendee of the Mid-Atlantic Congress for Pastoral Leadership in March, I wanted to thank all those who worked for so many months to put together a congress that was not only informative, but inspirational and spiritually uplifting.
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Two men to be ordained transitional deacons May 12

Hamilton Okeke and Angel Marrero will be ordained by Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien to the transitional diaconate May 12.
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Governments without God

Tony Magliano’s column, “Catholic social teaching: Resurrect our best-kept secret” (CR, April 19) can only work if all people are Christian and the person running the government is of God, like Jesus, and not of man.
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Why is pro-life movement silent on Afghanistan?

I strongly agree with Matt Palmer’s column, “We’re living in the Hunger Games” (CR, April 5). Our society has become somewhat desensitized to human violence and death, especially among our youths.
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Champion of Mother Lange’s sainthood cause dies at age 87

Sulpician Father John W. Bowen, a leading advocate for the canonization of Baltimore religious Mother Mary Elizabeth Lange, died May 6. He was 87.
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UPDATED: MCC reacts to president’s support of gay marriage

The Maryland Catholic Conference said that President Barack Obama’s May 9 statement in support of same-sex marriage “does not change anything on the substance of the issue” in Maryland.
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