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Church, archdiocese turns attention to deaf

When the Vatican hosts a conference on increasing the role of deaf people in the Catholic Church Nov. 19 to 21, Eileen Colarusso will be watching on from the Archdiocese of Baltimore with great interest.
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In Jerusalem, Jon Voight says Catholic roots fight Hollywood nonsense

JERUSALEM – Academy Award-winning actor Jon Voight said the strong Catholic roots instilled in him by his mother have helped him overlook much of the “nonsense” of Hollywood.
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Child porn charges loom in background of Canadian bishops’ meeting

CORNWALL, Ontario – As Canada’s bishops met for their annual meeting, the knowledge that one of their colleagues had been charged with child pornography loomed in the background.
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No part of creation escaped consequences of original sin

In the International News section of The Catholic Review (CR, May 22) a story ran under the headline, “Aliens may be part of creation,” in which a comment attributed to the Vatican’s chief astronomer, Fr. Jose Funes, S.J., read, “If aliens exist, they may be a part of creation that does not need Christ’s redemption.”
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Vatican invites the sick and suffering to help priests through prayer

VATICAN CITY - The Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry invited the sick and suffering of the world to help the church through prayer and by offering up their suffering during the Year for Priests.
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City officials, clergy work for solutions to crime, social ills

St. Frances Academy, Baltimore, rallies to fight being used as a drop point for the drug trade.
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Saints’ biographies paint rich portrait of faith

ROME – The Rite of Canonization Oct. 11 included a brief biography of each of the new saints, read by Archbishop Angelo Amato, S.D.B., prefect of the Congregation for the Causes of Saints, and a sung litany of saints. Then Pope Benedict XVI pronounced a formal declaration of canonization. Relics of each saint were brought...
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Together, husband and wife get degrees at College of Notre Dame

Andrew Newton was jealous when his mom and dad tried on their graduation caps and gowns.
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Nuns swing hammers, hang wallboard to rebuild homes hit by Katrina

NEW ORLEANS – Dressed in T-shirts emblazoned with the phrase “Volunteer, Make it a Habit,” about 80 nuns from congregations nationwide worked side by side in New Orleans Oct. 5-9, swinging hammers and hanging wallboard in homes devastated by Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Governor to sign marriage bills

Despite a written plea from Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien for Gov. Martin J. O’Malley to veto two domestic partnership bills, the governor was expected to sign the controversial measures into law as The Catholic Review went to press May 20.
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Statue of St. Mother Theodore Guerin dedicated at national shrine

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of pilgrims from across the country joined the Sisters of Providence of St. Mary-of-the-Woods, Ind., for the dedication of a life-size sculpture of their foundress, St. Mother Theodore Guerin, at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington May 10.
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