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Archdiocese of Baltimore to promote life in area malls

In between munching on soft pretzels or checking out the latest fashion trends, visitors to area malls may soon get a glimpse of life in the womb.
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Irish bishops welcome finding that Bloody Sunday was unjustified

DUBLIN – Ireland’s bishops welcomed the finding of a report that said British troops’ killing of 14 Catholics in 1972 was not justified.
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Permanent deacons inspire

I read of the recent St. Bernadine’s Spiritual Renewal Symposium. The theme was “There Is Power In The Name Of Jesus!” Four permanent deacons, Curtis Turner, Paul Shelton, Steven Rubio and Paul Barksdale, would be the only preachers at this four-day Symposium, which drew me to attend.
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St. Frances graduate is queen of the court

When Sade Thomas entered St. Frances Academy, she expected to take the court for the Baltimore school and become a star.
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Mother Teresa sainthood cause awaits another miracle, postulator says

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – Father Brian Kolodiejchuk of the Missionaries of Charity, postulator for the sainthood cause of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta, told a gathering at the Knights of Columbus Museum in New Haven June 1 that her cause is “still waiting for one more miracle” for her to be declared a saint.
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Surreal setting in Port-au-Prince, where sisters continue educating 2,000 girls in tents

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – The school year has been extended into July for the Sisters of St. Joseph of Cluny and the nearly 2,000 girls and young women they educate and feed in this capital city.
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Employment Non-Discrimination Act seen jeopardizing religious freedom

WASHINGTON – A letter from the chairmen of three committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops has stated the bishops’ opposition to the Employment Non-Discrimination Act because of the bill’s potential to “jeopardize our religious freedom to live our faith and moral tenets in today’s society.”
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Vatican greets development of first synthetic cell with caution

VATICAN CITY – The successful development of a synthetic cell can have many practical applications, but the technology must be regulated, said the Vatican newspaper, L’Osservatore Romano.
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Modern martyr: Polish priest was man of ‘deep conviction, integrity’

WARSAW, Poland – When a Catholic priest who was murdered by communist agents is beatified in Warsaw June 6, it will confirm his place as one of the church’s most conspicuous modern martyrs.
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St. Pius X to host Montessori primary program

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien announced May 18 that St. Pius X Catholic School in Rodgers Forge will become the first school in the archdiocese to offer its students a Montessori education. The school will introduce a primary program for children ages 3-6 in the 2011-12 school year.
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Christians being martyred by words in ideological war, says Australian bishop

SYDNEY, Australia – Christians in the Western world are being martyred by words in a war of ideology, said the president of the Federation of Catholic Bishops’ Conferences of Oceania.
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In Portuguese capital, pope urges Catholics to re-evangelize

LISBON, Portugal – At a Mass for more than 100,000 people in Portugal, Pope Benedict XVI urged Catholics to re-evangelize society by witnessing the joy and hope of the Gospel in every sector of contemporary life.
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