Loyola Blakefield survives season of highs and lows

The football team from Loyola Blakefield, Towson, is just one victory away from completing what some would call a dream season.
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Archbishop O’Brien says bishops united at meeting

The Archdiocese of Baltimore might consider closing Catholic hospitals and social service charities if the incoming U.S. Congress passes the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) and President-elect Barack Obama signs it into law.
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Father Peyton cause for sainthood opens in Baltimore

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien was to preside over the opening session of the cause for sainthood of Holy Cross Father Patrick Peyton during the 12:10 p.m. Mass Nov. 20 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore.
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Mount St. Mary’s Seminary produces another bishop

WASHINGTON – Pope Benedict XVI has named Monsignor Barry C. Knestout, vicar for administration for the Washington Archdiocese, as an auxiliary bishop of Washington.
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Frostburg school to close

Frostburg’s St. Michael School, one of two remaining Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore west of Hagerstown, is closing.
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Cardinal sees Obama agenda as ‘aggressive, disruptive and apocalyptic’

WASHINGTON – A U.S. cardinal who has worked at the Vatican for 12 years harshly criticized President-elect Barack Obama Nov. 13, saying he has “an agenda and vision that are aggressive, disruptive and apocalyptic.”
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My Sister’s Place opens for homeless women, children

A narrow, cluttered row house that had served as a day shelter for homeless women and their children has been replaced by a gleaming new center in downtown Baltimore.
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Mercy students stoke projects in Cambodia and Kenya

Standing in front of Mercy High School, Baltimore, students last year, a small unassuming nun challenged the teens to consider what they could do to make the world a better place.
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Archbishop enjoins young adults to be Christ’s disciples

As more than 50 young adults sipped brew and munched on appetizers at O’Lordan’s Irish Pub and Restaurant in Westminster, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien urged them to follow Christ in all they do.
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The Death Penalty … Again

In this space last week I called on the Catholic faithful of this Archdiocese to continue to claim our legitimate role in the public square, despite the end of the national election, by urging our elected officials to uphold values we believe are fundamental to the common good. Chief among these is the sanctity of...
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Vatican newspaper says economic experts are confusing

VATICAN CITY – In the midst of a financial situation of great uncertainty, consumers have a right to be confused, said an article in the Vatican newspaper.
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Caritas president urges more efforts for children with HIV

VATICAN CITY – Anticipating the Dec. 1 commemoration of World AIDS Day, the president of Caritas Internationalis urged greater efforts from governments and from medical experts in caring for children with HIV, the virus that causes AIDS.
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