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January 19, 2012

Catholic leaders hopeful that Obama will change US immigration policy

MEXICO CITY – Senior Catholic leaders participating in the Sixth World Meeting of Families expressed optimism that the administration of U.S. President Barack Obama would usher in more favorable immigration policies that include putting an end to the workplace raids that often separate parents from their children.

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January 19, 2012

Millions brave cold, crowds to see first black U.S. president sworn in

WASHINGTON – Sean Kilkenny of Philadelphia braved frigid temperatures, endured jampacked subway cars and got separated from his wife in the crowd of about 2 million on the National Mall.

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January 19, 2012

Schools: An Update

It has been nearly two months since I last wrote about the urgent problems facing Catholic schools in our Archdiocese. In my November 27 The Catholic Review column, I shared some of the critical challenges that now threaten the sustainability of many of our schools, including:

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January 19, 2012

Be a light to one another

The lights of Christmas have pretty much disappeared by now. But I want to thank all of you who decorated. Whether it was a single candle in a window in an elegant home in Homeland, or a light display worthy of Disney World, such as the house on Gittings Avenue, it all made a difference.

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January 19, 2012

The makings of an African-American president

This week was history in the making. A black man, whose father was from Kenya and whose mother was a white woman from the United States, became the 44th president of the United States – Barack H. Obama. His mother and maternal grandmother raised him. I am sure that they would have been very proud...

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January 19, 2012

Historic inaugural seen as chance to recall place of religion in U.S.

WASHINGTON – All Americans can see in the historic inauguration of President Barack Obama as the nation’s first African-American president an indication of the country’s “historic, proud, but not always realized, boast to be a land where all are equal,” Washington’s archbishop said Jan. 18.

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January 19, 2012

Nation’s religious heritage ‘a strength, not a weakness,’ Obama says

WASHINGTON – The United States’ multiple religious traditions are “a strength, not a weakness,” said President Barack Obama Jan. 20 in his inaugural address.

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January 19, 2012

St. Frances job fair draws record crowd

They started showing up outside St. Frances Academy at 6:15 a.m. on a frigid winter morning – and kept coming throughout the day, even as snow and ice turned the pavements and roads into virtual skating rinks.

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January 19, 2012

All eyes on new president

They set out from Emmitsburg before dawn to catch a train to watch history as it happened.

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January 19, 2012

Maryvale Girl Scouts earn silver

Beth Kennedy and Mary Rose Malooly, Cadette Girl Scouts in Towson Troop 4441 and freshmen at Brooklandville’s Maryvale Preparatory School, have earned the Girl Scout Silver Award with their project “Healthy Active Lifestyles.”

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January 19, 2012

Catholic colleges, parishes host guests attending inauguration, balls

WASHINGTON – Up until just days before the inauguration, a group of about 70 students from a girls charter school in Atlanta had planned to watch the presidential inauguration events on television screens at Trinity Washington University.

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January 19, 2012

Pope says global migration should favor encounter, not conflict

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI appealed for generosity to the world’s migrant population, saying the movement of peoples should foster a peaceful encounter between civilizations and not conflict.

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