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Cleric leaves priesthood saying he can’t get ‘fair hearing’ on charges

WASHINGTON – Father John Corapi, a priest of the Society of Our Lady of the Most Holy Trinity, declared June 17 he was leaving the priesthood, contending he could not get a “fair hearing” on misconduct allegations that were lodged against him in March and which included what the priest said were sexual abuse charges.
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Catholic colleges’ spirit of service leads graduates to Peace Corps

WASHINGTON – Jesuit-run Georgetown University has created a culture that helps students understand that serving others and being committed to something larger than themselves is important in life, according to one school official.
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At age 110, Massachusetts woman still sees life as ‘glorious adventure’

NORTHBRIDGE, Mass. – Elizabeth T. Gauthier “has always viewed life as a glorious adventure,” and at age 110, she continues to approach it with enthusiasm, according to her son.
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Campaign invites inactive Catholics to reconnect with their faith

WASHINGTON – This Lent and Easter “thousands of inactive Catholics” will go to church “and some will be open to an invitation to reconnect with their Catholic faith,” said a Paulist priest who is a leader in evangelization.
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Tweet Catholic, flockNote.com unite Catholics online

WASHINGTON – Social media is becoming an increasingly important part of everyday life in the United States and around the world and Catholics are finding ways to make a unique mark on the social media world.
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Archdiocese to tighten budget by $1.5 million

Faced with declining investment values and unexpected emergency expenses, the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Central Services suffered a $20.6 million loss last year.
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North Carolina church cancels Quran reading, plans interfaith dialogue

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – A plan to allow for the reading of the Quran from the pulpit during a Mass at St. Peter Church in Charlotte June 26 has been canceled, with an interfaith dialogue planned for October instead.
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President is no model of holiness

I am a high school senior at a Catholic school. The article “Here comes the sun … across the mountaintop” by Ralph E. Moore Jr., (CR, Jan. 15) caused me great concern. President Obama is called a prophet. The biblical prophets were spokesmen for God, and supposed to be models of holiness. Are we to...
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Neonatology on horizon for Hagerstown senior

Maria Jones was a fourth-grader at St. Mary School in Hagerstown when she saw a commercial for a neonatology hospital. Images of women helping newborn babies flashed on the screen and seared themselves into her heart.
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Church must find more effective ways to evangelize, says pope

VATICAN CITY – New evangelization means finding the most effective ways to proclaim the Gospel to a world that is either too distracted or too blind to see the divine, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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Baynesville eighth-graders leave behind their green imprint

It’s true that recycling isn’t new, but for student council officers at Immaculate Heart of Mary School the idea of it has been recycled into a new passion – and one they want to leave behind.
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