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Loyola stunned by death of student

The murder of a Loyola College in Maryland sophomore, along with her three family members, has sent the school’s campus reeling.
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Football will be newest ambition for St. Frances Academy

The St. Frances Academy, Baltimore, Panthers, known for their superb basketball programs, recently announced the addition of an independent varsity football program that will hit the gridiron this fall.
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Religious exemption to HHS mandate ‘wholly inadequate,’ CHA head says

WASHINGTON – The proposed religious exemption to the federal mandate that health insurance plans cover contraceptives and sterilization is “wholly inadequate to protect the conscience rights of Catholic hospital and health care organizations,” the head of the Catholic Health Association told the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Canadian church leaders meet with Mexican aid agencies after charges

MEXICO CITY – The executive director of the Canadian Catholic bishops’ aid organization has expressed confidence in the groups that receive agency funds in Mexico, even though five of those partners have been accused of promoting policies that violate church teaching.
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Retiring music director glorifies God with her organ-playing

For Joanne Gardner, the music she plays on the organ at St. Stephen in Bradshaw has always been “for the honor and glory of God.”
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In Germany, pope says religious values still essential for society

BERLIN - Arriving in Germany for a four-day visit, Pope Benedict XVI strongly defended the church’s voice in public affairs and said that to dismiss religious values as irrelevant would “dismember our culture.”
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Poll illustrated identification vs. faith

“Gallup looks at moral issues in the United States” (CR, April 9) contains several misleading statements about the Catholic faithful. It implies that 40 percent of Catholics find abortion acceptable, 63 percent accept embryonic stem cell research, 67 percent accept sex between unmarried men and women and 61 percent believe that it is alright to...
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Vatican official says ‘Humanae Vitae’ defends freedom of women

VATICAN CITY – Although bitterly criticized as burdensome on Catholic couples when it was published in 1968, the encyclical “Humanae Vitae” has ended up defending the freedom of women and the fullness of married love, a top Vatican official said.
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Police detain, threaten Mexican priest, activist, two migrants

MEXICO CITY – A Catholic priest in southeastern Mexico–- known for his outspoken defense of undocumented Central Americans arriving from neighboring Guatemala – was detained for several hours and threatened by soldiers and state police.
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Indiana bishop urges Catholics not to participate in Obama protests

WASHINGTON – Calling the protests against President Barack Obama’s planned commencement speech at the University of Notre Dame “unseemly and unhelpful,” Bishop John M. D’Arcy of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind., advised Catholics not to attend such demonstrations.
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Ijamsville family to serve as missionaries in Honduras

Like many young couples, Nissa and Guthrie Quill hoped to live their dreams in retirement. Unlike those who look forward to golf or travel, however, the Quills’ dream was to serve as missionaries. Four years ago, they decided they couldn’t wait.
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Local universities celebrate high national rankings

Baltimore’s Loyola University Maryland and Notre Dame of Maryland University and Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg were all celebrated in the Sept. 13 edition of the U.S. News & World Report’s 2011-2012 “America’s Best Colleges” survey.
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