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Letters to go to families preparing them for consolidations

Families of children attending Archdiocese of Baltimore schools are being prepared for potential major transitions.
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Catholic leaders decry court ruling striking down ban on gay marriage

SAN FRANCISCO – Archbishop George H. Niederauer of San Francisco and other California Catholic leaders condemned the May 15 ruling by the California Supreme Court that struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Baltimore Catholic League to continue, but will consider changes before 40th season

The Baltimore Catholic League, one of the premier high school boys’ basketball conferences in the nation, will reconsider expansion, its postseason tournament format and the regular-season schedule.
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Science, religion not in conflict, bishops say in stem-cell document

WASHINGTON – The brief policy statement on embryonic stem-cell research that is to come before the U.S. bishops at their June 12-14 meeting in Orlando, Fla., is designed to set the stage for a later, more pastoral document explaining why the Catholic Church opposes some reproductive technologies.
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Response to war, violence must be love, compassion, priest says

BURLINGAME, Calif. – The response to terrorism should not be war and violence, but love and compassion, Franciscan Father Louis Vitale said May 1 at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Burlingame.
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University buys former corporate property to expand research institute

DAYTON, Ohio – With the purchase of 115 acres, the University of Dayton plans to move its expanding research institute into a building that formerly housed the world headquarters of a global technology company.
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Aid agencies accept donations for victims of Myanmar cyclone

WASHINGTON – International aid agencies are accepting donations for victims of the May 3 cyclone that hit Myanmar.
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Archbishop O’Brien comments on Senate’s passage of health care reform bill

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien released the following statement Dec. 24, after the U.S. Senate passed its version of a health care reform bill:
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Once upon a sweatshirt

A sweatshirt was generously given to me some months ago by a well-meaning individual during one of my parish visits with a logo on the front that reads:
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For Christmas, Jerusalem’s Latin patriarch speaks of ‘signs of hope’

JERUSALEM – Although politicians have failed to reach a solution to the ongoing Israeli-Palestinian conflict and Palestinians still face occupation, house demolitions and separated families, hope is still alive in the Holy Land, said Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal of Jerusalem.
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Bishop: Balance needed when deciding liability claims in civil cases

WASHINGTON – Multimillion-dollar awards in civil lawsuits place a burden on the free exercise of religion and undermine the Catholic Church’s ability to continue its charitable works, Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Paprocki of Chicago told the National Diocesan Attorneys Association.
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