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Growing number of births to unwed mothers in US raises concerns

WASHINGTON – A recent federal report showing a rise in U.S. births in 2007 also revealed another statistic: 40 percent of the births were to unwed mothers.
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Philanthropist supports Mercy Medical Center

Mary Catherine Bunting, the granddaughter of the founder of the Noxzema Chemical Co., never had to work.
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Hurricane Irene dampens start to school

It was a day Chris Leavens had been anticipating with enthusiasm all summer.
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Anglican priest returns to Catholic Church

Albert and Abby Scharbach took bites of fruits, crackers and cheese inside their Federal Hill home, which they only moved into just before Lent.
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Take a truly global view about global climate

Tony Magliano’s “Perspective” (CR, Nov. 15) recites the usual list of global-warming-alarmist slogans, but adds a Catholic twist by quoting Cardinal Renato Martino (head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace), and implies that Cardinal Martino agrees with the IPCC report, the Al Gore movie, etc. In reality, Cardinal Martino would be categorized among...
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Catholic High welcomes new principal

The first time Marsha Meyd visited The Catholic High School of Baltimore, she was amazed by its contrasts. The school featured old-fashioned wooden chalk rails, yet was the location for sophisticated programs like STEM – a program focused on science, technology, engineering and math.
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Panel needed on parish family life, not schools

This is in regard to the Blue-Ribbon panel on Catholic Schools in the archdiocese. It is obvious that the problem we have with Catholic schools isn’t a school problem at all. It’s a family problem, or more specifically a parenting problem.
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Hopkins to mentor Notre Dame students

College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, and The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, signed an agreement to open the doors of Hopkins research laboratories to promising College of Notre Dame science students.
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CCHD grants empower poor to effect change

Michele Granruth walked out of prison with nowhere to go and no plan. “So, I made a deal with God,” she said, speaking to attendees of the annual Catholic Campaign for Human Development Awards Luncheon at Baltimore’s St. Francis of Assisi Aug. 25.
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North Dakota seminary partially evacuates because of flood alert

WASHINGTON – Monsignor Gregory Schlesselmann, rector of Cardinal Muench Seminary in Fargo, N.D., was doing all he could during a heavy snowstorm March 26 to prepare for the expected rise in two days of floodwaters of the adjacent Red River.
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Texas group gives immigrant cemetery touch of dignity

SARITA, Texas – There is little evidence of dignity in the deaths of the undocumented men, women and children found among the south Texas cactus and brush over the past few decades.
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Study finds cohabitation even more harmful to children than divorce

WASHINGTON – While studies have long shown the negative effects on children of divorce compared to those from two-parent households, a new study has determined that children born to cohabiting couples fare even worse than children from divorced families.
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