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Vatican newspaper responds to U.S. journal on human dignity, science

VATICAN CITY – Protecting human dignity is the only guiding principle that ensures progress in biomedical technology does not harm the weakest humans, the Vatican newspaper said.
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Our Lady of Pompei family faces leaving country

Carlos Amador worried for his mother March 24, when Blanca De La O faced a final deportation hearing in a Baltimore City courthouse.
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Hurricane survivor calls Baltimore home

Henri Breaux is a welcome addition to Baltimore. A 95-year-old resident of St. Martin’s Home for the Aged in Catonsville, Mr. Breaux’s handsome smile and zest for life enable him to make new friends easily wherever he goes.
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Mexican advocates say U.S. officials don’t care about tales of violence

EL PASO, Texas – An unidentified Mexican man and his wife, fearful to reveal their true identities, spoke recently to a group of reporters and immigration advocates in this border city about the violence that forced them to seek refuge in the United States.
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Seven named to seats on U.S. bishops’ National Review Board

WASHINGTON – Two educators, a district court judge, a psychologist and a civic association leader will begin three-year terms on the National Review Board June 1. A judge and another psychologist also have been named to the board for terms beginning June 1, 2009.
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City aids and abets Planned Parenthood deception

Amen Archbishop O’Brien! Your column (CR, April 15) headlined “Bait and Switch” hit a bull’s-eye, pointing out the cynical deception of the life-affirming series of photos in the Howard Street windows of Planned Parenthood, Maryland’s largest abortion provider. Planned Parenthood also successfully pressured the Baltimore City Council and Mayor Rawlings-Blake to pass an ordinance requiring...
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British exorcist warns that atheism brings Satan into the world

LONDON – Atheism is becoming a key cause of demonic influence in the world, a British exorcist has warned.
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Pope accepts resignation of Irish bishop named in abuse report

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI accepted the resignation of Bishop James Moriarty of Kildare and Leighlin, Ireland, who said he should have challenged the culture of silence in the Irish church when priests were accused of sexually abusing minors.
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Current, prospective Catholic schoolteachers eligible for scholarships

Maryland Catholic schoolteachers and college students who wish to teach in the state’s Catholic schools are eligible to receive state scholarships to pursue careers in fields with a critical teacher shortage. The deadline to apply for the 2008-2009 academic year is July 1.
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BOAST defeat perplexes supporters

Few lawmakers worked as hard as Del. James E. Proctor Jr. to pass the BOAST business tax credit benefitting students and teachers in public and nonpublic schools.
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Sister still wears POW bracelet 40 years after war

Most people don’t recognize what the plain, nickel-plated bracelet is circling the right wrist of Sister Stacy Gunnip, S.S.N.D. They think it’s an ID bracelet.
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At five-year mark, pope’s teaching mission hits some obstacles

VATICAN CITY - At the five-year mark, two key objectives of Pope Benedict XVI’s pontificate have come into clear focus: creating space for religion in the public sphere and space for God in private lives.
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