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January 19, 2012

There’s an ‘app’ for that: iPhone applications devised for Catholics

WASHINGTON – In a world that boasts continual technological change, the iPhone by Apple has gained near-iconic status. Even Apple boasts there are more than 140,000 applications - or “apps,” in Apple-speak - that users can obtain for their phones.
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January 19, 2012

Religious orders prepare orphans for adulthood

SANTO DOMINGO, Dominican Republic – Yamira Abreu emerged from her 14-bed dormitory and headed to the dining hall to share a meal, conversation and prayers with her fellow students at the Hogar Rosa Duarte orphanage for girls.
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January 19, 2012

Parents’ passion reflects commitment to schools

Dedrah Richards has sent her son, Torian, a seventh-grader, to three Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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January 19, 2012

Cumberland remembers its missionary hero

CUMBERLAND – Early in his ministry as one of the first Maryknoll missioners to China nine decades ago, an idealistic young priest from Cumberland came across a Chinese farm boy working in a rice field near Jiangmen.
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January 19, 2012

No greater love: Speakers say celibacy mirrors Jesus’ love for all

VATICAN CITY – Exceptions to celibacy for priests in the Roman Catholic Church can be puzzling, including for young priests enthusiastic about their vocation.
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January 19, 2012

Well-being of people depends on healthy families

VATICAN CITY – The well-being of individuals and society depends on healthy families, Pope Benedict XVI said on the feast of the Holy Family of Jesus, Mary and Joseph.
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January 19, 2012

U.S. bishops pledge to help rebuild church institutions in Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Walking around the massive tent city at the Petionville Club March 2, Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of San Antonio wondered what will become of the thousands of Haitians left homeless by the Jan. 12 earthquake.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic leaders, pope condemn assassination of Bhutto

THRISSUR, India – Catholic leaders in Pakistan and Pope Benedict XVI have condemned the assassination at an election rally of former Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto, leader of the opposition Pakistan People’s Party.
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January 19, 2012

Priest finds calling in bringing Christ’s presence to wounded soldiers

PALO ALTO, Calif. – To watch Capuchin Father James Stump at work is to see a Christ-centered “ministry of presence” in action as a daily routine.
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January 19, 2012

Man charged with fetal homicide accused of spiking drink

KAUKAUNA, Wis. – A Wisconsin man accused of causing his pregnant girlfriend’s abortion by spiking her drink with RU-486 is being prosecuted under the Wisconsin fetal homicide law that classifies unborn children as potential crime victims.
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January 19, 2012

Why Catholic: How is your prayer life?

Editor’s note: This Lent, www.catholicreview.org will feature six contributors from the Archdiocese of Baltimore on the subject of Why Catholic?, the four-year, small, faith group exploration of the practices and beliefs of the Catholic faith tradition. The first installment is from Father T. Austin Murphy, the chaplain of the Newman Center at Towson University.
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January 19, 2012

Traveling chalice could be road to vocations

The traveling chalice at St. Francis de Sales, Abingdon, might not travel much farther than parishioners’ dining room tables, but it’s part of the road to vocations, a road paved with prayer.
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