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Sykesville mom prays for son’s cure of rare disease

Aimee Murray can deal with carrying her 31-pound, 4-year-old son. She can handle putting a 1.5-inch feeding tube into a hole in his belly and inflating a small balloon inside his abdomen to keep it in place. She can even endure exhausting hours of constantly checking on her boy to monitor his breathing and comfort...
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WYD organizers expect more than 1 million in Madrid

VATICAN CITY – With more than 1 million Catholic youths expected to converge on Madrid for World Youth Day in August, organizers are busy making final preparations, including the choice of new songs for the crowds to sing in addition to the much-criticized official hymn.
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My Sister’s Place opens for homeless women, children

A narrow, cluttered row house that had served as a day shelter for homeless women and their children has been replaced by a gleaming new center in downtown Baltimore.
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Cardinal expresses ‘renewed sorrow’ for victims of the ‘evil’ of abuse

PHILADELPHIA – The Stations of the Cross and the sacrament of reconciliation served as solemn settings for the penitential service that Cardinal Justin Rigali of Philadelphia led to address the clergy sexual abuse crisis March 11 in the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul.
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German diocese will attract youths with inflatable churches

OXFORD, England – A German diocese plans to use inflatable churches to bring the Gospel to young people.
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Mount seminarians cull leadership lessons from Civil War authority

EMMITSBURG – In battle, inexperienced soldiers who prove willing and able to lead are soon at the head of their division. Today’s shortage of priests is no different – and an expert in Civil War battlefield leadership is imparting those lessons to a group of today’s seminarians.
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Abortion fears cited in Bishops’ statement

Fears about laws and changes in regulations on abortion that might advance under a new Democratic-run Congress and White House are the central focus of a statement approved by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops Nov. 12 during their annual fall meeting in Baltimore.
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Hunger awareness retreat for youths becoming Lenten tradition for many

WASHINGTON – Two Pennsylvania girls took a day off of work to take part in an annual Food Fast that has become a Lenten tradition for many Catholic parishes.
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Local young adults take center stage at national symposium

Megan Nappi didn’t mince words as she sat in a circle with young adults from Baltimore and Washington, surrounded by some of the nation’s leading adolescent catechesis experts Nov. 6 at the Maritime Institute and Conference Center in Linthicum.
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Church needs new ways to evangelize, synod document says

VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church’s “new evangelization” effort is not an attempt to present the Gospel again to people who did not understand it the first time, but to present the Gospel in a way that makes sense and gives hope to modern men and women, said the general secretary of the Synod of...
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Florida bishop urges Biden to examine conscience before Communion

PENSACOLA, Fla. – A Florida bishop is urging Vice President-elect Joseph Biden to examine his conscience before receiving Holy Communion in light of his public support of keeping abortion legal.
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In book, pope says Jesus’ death cannot be blamed on Jewish people

VATICAN CITY – In his latest volume of “Jesus of Nazareth,” Pope Benedict XVI says the condemnation of Christ had complex political and religious causes and cannot be blamed on the Jewish people as a whole.
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