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Head of apostolic visitation expresses ‘sadness’ over slow response

WASHINGTON – The nun who is overseeing the Vatican-mandated apostolic visitation of U.S. communities of women religious has expressed “sadness and disappointment” over congregations that have resisted completing the questionnaire that is part of the process.
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Knights install new state deputy

Richard V. Siejack was installed as state deputy of the Maryland State Council Knights of Columbus during a July 5 Mass at St. John the Evangelist in Hydes.
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Lessons beyond school walls have lasting impact

Experience is the best teacher for students enrolled in Baltimore Catholic high schools’ programs that offer young people hands-on practice in everything from medicine and engineering to tutoring and carpentry. Calvert Hall College High School in Towson and Seton Keogh High School, Institute of Notre Dame and Mercy High School of Baltimore are among the...
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INTERDEPENDENCE DAY

The proud observance of July 4 is enriched by our growing awareness of the extent to our dependence on one another, as individuals and as a group. The other big current jawbreaker, globalization, reinforces our mutual need for one another. This is not a new phenomenon, but the news of the day drives it home...
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Amid cathedral rubble, Haitians celebrate church leaders’ funerals

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Amid the rubble of the Cathedral of Our Lady of the Assumption, Haitians celebrated the lives of the archbishop and vicar general of Port-au-Prince, both of whom were killed in the country’s earthquake.
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Restoration of historic chapel brings new life to St. Athanasius

Mason work that has stood since the 19th century is enhanced by orange walls and a light blue vaulted ceiling that are set off by double crown molding.
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Rutledge makes others better at Calvert Hall and beyond

Roy Lobdell knows greatness is inside Forrest Rutledge. The wrestling coach sees it on the mat and in the hallways of Calvert Hall College High School in Towson each day.
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California Catholic bishops affirm sanctity of marriage

SAN FRANCISCO – Less than a week after couples of the same sex began marrying under California law, Archbishop George H. Niederauer of San Francisco released a statement explaining that church teaching about marriage stresses its “unique place in God’s creation.”
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Papal assailant Agca released from Turkish prison

VATICAN CITY – The man who tried to kill Pope John Paul II in 1981 was released Jan. 18 from a Turkish prison.
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Survey shows many Catholics pray regularly but fewer active in parish

WASHINGTON – Less than a third of U.S. Catholics participate regularly in selected pastoral or community activities at their churches, though nearly 80 percent say they pray at least weekly, according to the latest report from the U.S. Religious Landscape Survey by the Pew Forum on Religion and Public Life.
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Relatives of Haiti earthquake victims gather to pray at Miami church

MIAMI – Martine Jeudi held photos of her aunt and other relatives in her hand at a Miami church Jan. 13 as she prayed for victims of the magnitude 7 earthquake that struck Haiti Jan. 12 and devastated areas of Port-au-Prince, the capital.
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Novices make promises at St. Veronica

Three Nigerian men seeking the priesthood made their First Temporary Profession June 22 at St. Veronica, Cherry Hill. Two of the men, George Bede Ajuruchi, N.S.S.J., and Leo Udeagu, N.S.S.J., served at St. Veronica during the past year under pastor Father Augustine Inwang, M.S.P.
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