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January 19, 2012

St. Jane parishioners rebuild after hurricane

In honor of the 60th anniversary of their parish, the folks at St. Jane Frances de Chantal, Pasadena, traveled far from their church – to Mississippi to rebuild homes damaged by hurricane Katrina.

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January 19, 2012

‘Unexpected harmonies’ in Mother’s Day requiem

Auditioning for Patty Connors’ choir was a prelude to Russ’s audition to be her wife. She said yes to the mild-mannered tenor twice.

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January 19, 2012

Nation’s religious heritage ‘a strength, not a weakness,’ Obama says

WASHINGTON – The United States’ multiple religious traditions are “a strength, not a weakness,” said President Barack Obama Jan. 20 in his inaugural address.

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January 19, 2012

Carmelite nun takes circuitous path to final vows

Sister Monika Bies, 41, first felt called at 18, “but that sort of came and went,” she said with a laugh. She carved out a thoroughly modern life in her native Germany, studying political economics and then working for the German government and the United Nations. She lived in different cities and was in a...

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January 19, 2012

Zambian bishops warn they will sue government over attacks on Catholics

LUSAKA, Zambia - The Zambian bishops’ conference warned it would sue the government and its agents for defamation if they continued attacking and insulting Catholics.

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January 19, 2012

‘Godfather of Gibbons’ retires after four decades of leading students

After nearly 43 years of leading The Cardinal Gibbons School students from one stepping-stone to the next, educator Don DelCiello will be making a leap of his own – into retirement.

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January 19, 2012

Indiana diocese strained by upsurge in Burmese refugees

The country of Myanmar – formerly called Burma – is attracting international attention as the military government there has used violent means to disperse peaceful pro-democracy demonstrators.

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January 19, 2012

Vatican newspaper article says condom campaigns increase AIDS risk

VATICAN CITY - An article in the Vatican newspaper said that, on a practical level, condom campaigns increase the possibility of AIDS infection by promoting a false sense of security.

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January 19, 2012

Replay: Catholic Harbaugh takes Ravens further than expected

There was a time when John Harbaugh could walk into a barbershop or church without anyone knowing who he was.

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January 19, 2012

Parish hosts synagogue’s high holy days services

NORTHBROOK, Ill. – Our Lady of the Brook Church in Northbrook took on a slightly different sound in September, as prayers were sung in Hebrew and the shofar sounded. The parish hosted the Northbrook-based Shir Hadash Reconstructionist Synagogue’s high holy days services in its worship space, after working through archdiocesan channels to get permission.

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January 19, 2012

Mercy patients tune in to healing power of music

Like Duke Orsino in Shakespeare’s “Twelfth Night,” Mercy Medical Center’s Dr. Kathy J. Helzlsouer may be inclined to agree that, “if music be the food of love, play on.”

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January 19, 2012

The Catholic press reflected Maryland disdain for Lincoln

With the 200th anniversary of his birth on Feb. 12 neatly following the inauguration of Barack Obama, the nation’s first black president, Abraham Lincoln remains very much in the public eye.

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