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Pope calls for church-state cooperation for peace

ROME – While church and state should be separate and respect each other’s role in society, they must cooperate to promote peace, solidarity and the good of all people, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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Marching band about more than halftime shows

This year, Baltimoreans can enjoy the New York City skyline, jazz music at a Harlem nightclub and Times Square congestion all without leaving the city.
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Goretti senior leaving record-setting legacy

Michael Brower took an odd path to becoming a record-setting swimmer. A senior at St. Maria Goretti High School in Hagerstown, Brower chose a school that doesn’t sponsor football, a sport he longed to play at the interscholastic level. Playing soccer instead, he joined the swim team as a freshman just to improve his fitness.
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New visa rules add steps, paperwork, delays for religious workers

WASHINGTON – New federal regulations for visas will slow the process of bringing in religious workers from other countries, while adding to the costs and paperwork, according to an attorney for Catholic Legal Immigration Network Inc.
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On All Saints Day, pope says all meant to be holy

VATICAN CITY – Holiness is not a privilege reserved to a few people, but is a call that all men and women are meant to answer, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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‘Givers’ to Catholic Charities take rewarding experience

From answering the phones to gracing the children’s play area, School Sister of Notre Dame Margaret Marie Giblin does a little bit of everything at the Esperanza Center – all while in her 80s.
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Congolese bishops call on U.S. for support

In an effort to quell violence and bring humanitarian aid to thousands of displaced people, two Congolese bishops called on the United Nations, the United States and other Western powers to strengthen international peacekeeping forces in their war-ravaged country.
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Men in Black triumph on court

The parish team, made up of young basketball players from parishes in the Towson area, thought they had a potent weapon when they faced the Men in Black basketball team Oct. 27 at Calvert Hall College High School, Towson.
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Oak Crest residents warm to digital technology

PARKVILLE – When it comes to computer skills, there is little doubt that teenagers and young adults appear to rule the high tech, cyberspace world, but don’t tell that to many of the seniors at Oak Crest.
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Theologians’ task is to reflect on truth taught by church, pope says

VATICAN CITY – While theologians can make valuable contributions to society’s reflections on justice, peace and ecology, their main task is to reflect on the truth of Christian revelation and not simply its practical applications, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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Priest seeks witnesses to killing of Jews

JERUSALEM – Perhaps in retrospect it was inevitable that Father Patrick Desbois dedicate a part of his life to seeking out the last witnesses to the Nazis’ mass executions of Jews in remote Ukrainian villages.
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Howard County Pregnancy Center celebrates 30 years

There’s nothing more rewarding for Kim Hartman than visiting a young woman who has chosen to keep her baby rather than have an abortion.
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