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Teens gather for mini World Youth Day in Emmitsburg

Nearly 10,000 miles from Sydney, Australia, students came together July 19-20 to share and learn about their Catholic faith, enjoy music and friends, and listen to Pope Benedict XVI.
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Pew survey finds more Americans, Catholics support same-sex marriage

WASHINGTON – More Americans, including Catholics, now say they favor allowing same-sex couples to marry than did a year ago, according to surveys conducted by the Pew Research Center.
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Friendship stands the test of time

Joe Molino, a parishioner of Prince of Peace in Edgewood, cannot explain why the friendship he and his wife, Anna, have shared with seven other couples across the archdiocese has lasted as long as it has.
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Paul Llufrio is new principal of Our Lady of Fatima School

Increasing enrollment, expanding the use of technology and increasing individualization at Our Lady of Fatima School in Baltimore are the top priorities of Paul Llufrio as he begins duties as the new principal of the 145-student school.
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News of God’s demise greatly exaggerated

I guess by now you’ve heard the bad news. God is dead. Again. I understand that God took the news pretty hard.
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Gibbons football off to fresh start as quarterback returns from Israel

With a new coach in 1987 alum Scott Ripley, the football program at The Cardinal Gibbons School, Baltimore, is ready for a change.
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Pope urges young people to respect life by safeguarding all creation

SYDNEY, Australia – Wonder and awe, tradition and novelty were combined July 17 as Pope Benedict XVI shared a 45-minute boat ride through Sydney Harbor, chatting with a handful of young people before formally addressing thousands of them.
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Baltimore women profess vows as Dominican Sisters

Katy Zeitler can pinpoint her conversion to one precise moment. During a high school trip to Paris, the daughter of an atheist mother and agnostic father attended a Mass inside a small church. As she observed everyone kneeling after receiving Communion, Zeitler felt a French women tug on her arm toward the ground.
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Archdiocesan institutions receive Knott grants

Ten institutions of the Archdiocese of Baltimore were among 34 organizations to receive grants from the Knott Foundation, which was founded in 1977 by Marion I. and Henry J. Knott.
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Crime and punishment: Vatican City tackles vast array of crimes

VATICAN CITY – From picked pockets to a 1998 double murder and suicide, the Vatican legal system has dealt with a vast array of crimes and misdemeanors over the decades.
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All need to be aware of violence against women

Rev. Joe Ehrmann, a former Baltimore Colt Football Player, was at Yeardley Love’s funeral at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore. Joe noted: “Sadly, Yeardley Love was only one of four women murdered by intimate partners that day. Who knows how many others were raped, battered, sexually abused, harassed or exploited by men...
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Mary Ellen Russell ‘excited’ to lead Maryland Catholic Conference

As Mary Ellen Russell prepares to take over leadership of the Maryland Catholic Conference in Annapolis, the longtime legislative lobbyist said that expanding the group’s communication efforts and continuing the legacy of her predecessor will be at the top of her agenda.
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