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Father LaPorta dies after brief illness

A funeral Mass was offered for Father Gerald F. LaPorta on Dec. 31 at Our Lady Star of the Sea in North Myrtle Beach, S.C.
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Teen chosen to perform NCYC theme song is grounded in her faith

INDIANAPOLIS - As she talked to the elementary school children, Francesca “Chessie” LaRosa could have focused on how she is scheduled to sing in front of 25,000 young people who are expected to come to Indianapolis in November for the 2011 National Catholic Youth Conference.
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Legislative Session Losers: MD Students

Last week marked the close of the 2009 session of the Maryland General Assembly, bringing with it cause for both celebration and some frustration as we contemplate the issues promoted by the Catholic Church in the public square.
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Christians seek federal intervention in anti-Christian attacks

BHUBANESWAR, India – Christian leaders in India have sought intervention from the federal government to end anti-Christian violence which has killed two Christians since the attacks by Hindu radicals began Dec. 24.
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In centuries-old buildings, some Vatican workers have techie paradise

VATICAN CITY ¬ Looking at the centuries-old buildings and palaces, not many people would know that the Vatican has become a techie paradise, a wonderland of modern equipment and know-how.
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Mercy Sister Felicitas Powers, former archdiocesan archivist, dies at 89

Religious Sister of Mercy Felicitas Powers, former archivist of the Baltimore Archdiocese, died April 8. She was 89.
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West Bank villagers celebrate St. Nicholas as protector

BEIT JALLA, West Bank – Once there was a poor man with three daughters. When the daughters came of age to be married, the man did not have enough money for their dowries. But, miraculously, someone threw three bags of gold into their home on three consecutive nights, enabling the girls to be wed.
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Group asks church employees to submit evidence of abuse to court

ROME – A sex abuse victims’ advocacy group and a human rights’ organization called on all current and past Vatican and church employees to send any information about the clerical abuse of minors to the International Criminal Court.
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Judge Brown was a humble leader

As seems to be happening too often these days, Baltimore has lost another friend. Judge Roger Brown’s unexpected exit from this world on March 23, 2009, has left a gaping hole in not only Maryland’s legal community, but also in our region’s black Catholic community.
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Sister M. Dorinda Dougherty, I.H.M.

A funeral Mass was offered on Dec. 22 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa., for Sister M. Dorinda Dougherty, I.H.M. Sister Dorinda died on Dec. 19; she was 87.
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In his homeland, pope to face growing secularism, some protests

VATICAN CITY – In the days leading to Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to his homeland Sept. 22-25, German media were asking whether the pope would feel at home in the country he left 30 years ago.
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Archbishop O’Brien leads Good Friday pro-life walk

As at least seven women entered a Planned Parenthood abortion clinic on Howard Street in Baltimore April 10, about 200 Catholics stood on the opposite side of the street and peacefully prayed for them and their unborn children.
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