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Diocese works to eliminate stigma of AIDS

SHENYANG, China (CNS) -- For World AIDS Day, the nuns leafleted the train stations in Liaoning province, and members of parish youth groups handed out information at parishes. But while many agencies offer AIDS awareness programs for World AIDS Day each Dec. 1, the Diocese of Liaoning offers such programs year-round, said Immaculate Heart of...
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Hundreds protest late-term abortionist in Montgomery County; second protest Dec. 11

GERMANTOWN – About 300 people stood outside a Germantown abortion clinic in biting cold weather for several hours Dec. 6 to protest the arrival of LeRoy Carhart, a controversial doctor from Nebraska who performs late-term abortions.
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Holy Cross celebrates history, looks to future

John E. “Jack” Vana, 70, attended Holy Cross School in Federal Hill for all eight years, was married at Holy Cross Church 48 years ago and still helps out with parish sour beef and dumpling dinners. Elizabeth Linski was baptized and married at the church, attended school at Holy Cross and worked at the parish...
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Father Murphy new chaplain at Towson University

After three years at Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Middle River, Father T. Austin Murphy will be leaving July 1 to become the new chaplain of the Newman Center at Towson University. “As a priest you don’t forget your first parish,” said Father Murphy, 34, who is a graduate of University of Maryland Baltimore County....
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Cardinal says Pakistan’s president wants to revise blasphemy law

VATICAN CITY – Pakistan’s president may not have the political strength needed to abolish the anti-blasphemy law that places Christians at risk, but he has promised to try to revise the law, said Cardinal Jean-Louis Tauran.
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Franciscan Center has been a blockbuster for 40 years

As Baltimore’s Franciscan Center celebrated its 40th anniversary with a block party, Sept. 10, volunteer Ellen Daniels stood in the hubbub and spoke about how the nonprofit organization was able to help her.
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Court hears arguments over issue ads in campaign season

WASHINGTON – A campaign finance reform law that limits certain types of “issue” advertising shortly before elections should not preclude ads that specifically mention a politician facing a tight election, the Supreme Court was told April 25 by the attorney representing Wisconsin Right to Life. In oral arguments on the court’s last day to hear...
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Bishop Hubbard urges Senate to ratify START during lame-duck session

WASHINGTON – Citing the Catholic Church’s concern for the sanctity of human life, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Justice and Peace called on U.S. senators to set aside politics and ratify the new Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty.
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Bishop Malooly installed as 9th bishop of Wilmington

WILMINGTON – In his 38 years of priestly ministry in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Bishop W. Francis Malooly earned a reputation as a man of good humor, deep commitment to his faith, genuine humility and a pastoral sensitivity to others.
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Abortion decision will reorient moral culture

Calling partial-birth abortion a “gruesome procedure virtually indistinguishable from infanticide,” Cardinal William H. Keeler hailed the U.S. Supreme Court’s 5-4 decision April 18 upholding a ban on the late-term abortion procedure. The cardinal, former head of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities, said the court has “taken an important step in reorienting the moral...
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Christmas gift ideas stocked with local inspiration

It’s that time of year again, when many shoppers scramble to the mall or big box retailer to pick up the latest “must-have” items of the season.
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Iraq’s Chaldean refugees fleeing to Lebanon seek help from church

BEIRUT, Lebanon – Chaldean Catholic refugees who flee Iraq face an uncertain status in Lebanon and often seek help from the Catholic Church.
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