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January 19, 2012

Bull riding Calvert Hall grad takes stock in faith

Staying astride an up-to-2,000-pound bucking, kicking, twisting bull has been described by some as the “the most dangerous eight seconds in sports.”

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January 19, 2012

Outsourcing makes enslaving workers easier

Around the world, men, women and children are drawn into forced labor, harvesting cacao in the Ivory Coast and sugar cane in Brazil, cutting timber in Peru, as sex workers in Europe and the United States, and as domestic workers in India.

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January 19, 2012

Grandson’s funeral had dignity and respect

“Unlike the news written in the past five years by the media – most of whom were not present at the funeral of my grandson – Lance Cpl. Matt Snyder – we would like to tell the way it really was that day, March 10, 2006.

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January 19, 2012

Rabbi Klenicki, Christian-Jewish relations expert, dies at 78

MONROE TOWNSHIP, N.J. – Rabbi Leon Klenicki, a longtime Jewish voice on Catholic-Jewish relations, died Jan. 25 at his home in Monroe Township. He was 78 years old. No cause of death was immediately reported.

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January 19, 2012

Polish bishop says 17th-century battle sparked Sept. 11 attacks

WARSAW, Poland – The head of Poland’s military diocese has accused Islamic militants of seeking revenge for a Polish-led victory over the Ottoman Empire in the 17th century and urged Christians to prevent Europe being turned into “Euro-Arabia.”

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January 19, 2012

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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January 19, 2012

‘The Game’ brings out the best

For senior players like Mary McKay and Jordan Bateson, there is little need to explain “The Game.”

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January 19, 2012

Maryland Court rules in favor of traditional marriage

Extolling the Maryland State Court of Appeals for upholding the state’s definition of marriage as between one man and one woman, the leader of the Maryland Catholic Conference said the high court “made a significant and wise judgment to protect the vital institution of marriage.”

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January 19, 2012

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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January 19, 2012

Pope prepares for busy fall and winter

VATICAN CITY – After a three-day trip to Austria in early September, Pope Benedict XVI is putting away his traveling shoes and settling in for a long fall and winter at the Vatican. The next foreign trip fixed firmly on the pope’s calendar is mid-July of 2008, when he plans to fly to Australia for...

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January 19, 2012

Drought, supply, speculation drive world food prices to record high

WASHINGTON – Prices for basic foods such as sugar, cereals and edible oils were at or near record highs worldwide in February, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization.

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January 19, 2012

Looking at the lighter – or is that heavier? – side of resolutions

New Year’s resolutions supposedly can be traced to ancient Rome.

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