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Gators play hoops at Madison Square Garden

The difference between high school and college can often be measured by the various experiences and broader opportunities presented to the student body.
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Pope to visit Malta in spring of 2010

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI plans to visit Malta next April to commemorate the 1,950th anniversary of St. Paul’s shipwreck on the Mediterranean island.
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Mercy beats IND in annual game

Magic-mania erupted as the buzzer sounded on Jan. 25 at the Towson Center, as the Mercy High School Magic outscored the Institute of Notre Dame 44-28 to take a 26-16 lead in this 42-year-old tradition called “The Game.”
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Health care requires individual responsibility

Archbishop O’Brien (CR, Sept. 10) is spot on regarding the church’s stance in the current health care debate. I agree that any reform must guarantee the sanctity of life at all stages from conception forward. Health care is an unalienable right contained in the Constitution and it is the responsibility of the individual to make...
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Bishops work to help force-fed indigenous hunger striker

SANTIAGO, Chile – Chilean Catholic bishops are working to resolve a situation in which an imprisoned Mapuche woman, convicted of arson under the country’s anti-terrorist legislation, is being force-fed intravenously after more than 100 days on a hunger strike.
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Monsignor Bastress awarded Redemptorists’ highest honor

On his first day as pastor of the Shrine of St. Alphonsus in Baltimore, Monsignor Arthur Bastress walked down the historic church’s long aisles and knew immediately that his new assignment was going to be something special.
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Religion in the political debate – enough already!

Pope Benedict XVI won’t be drawn into American politics when he comes to the U.S. in April in the middle of a heated presidential race. That’s what the Vatican Secretary of State, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, told an Italian Catholic magazine, and I’m glad to hear it.
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Time for laity to speak out on abortion funding

After reading and viewing countless articles, columns and TV specials following the death of Sen. Edward Kennedy, I found the most positive message from Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien (CR., Sept. 3). At the end of the column was the notice that the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops would be reporting on health care reform which...
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New superior urges Jesuits to strengthen service to poor

ROME – Spanish-born Father Adolfo Nicolas, the newly elected superior general of the Jesuits, called on the more than 19,000 members of his order to strengthen their service to the poor and those excluded from the benefits of economic globalization.
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Taiwanese cardinal, Dalai Lama discuss erosion of moral values

KAOHSIUNG, Taiwan – The erosion of moral values and materialism have caused distrust among people and damaged relationships in society, Cardinal Paul Shan Kuo-his and the Dalai Lama said during a Sept. 2 meeting in Taiwan.
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Resurrection-St. Paul School students show the money

It was a slow morning at the R$P$ Panther Savings Bank the first day back to school in January. Four students deposited $1 each and two others handed over $40 checks to tellers who man banking stations in the Resurrection-St. Paul School hall every Wednesday morning from 8:40 a.m. to 9:10 a.m.
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What might have been

One had to be deeply impressed by the farewell to Senator Ted Kennedy – impressed, as well, by his life and accomplishments.
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