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Jesuits urge Haitian government to make plans to fight hunger crisis

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti’s bishops and a group of Jesuits in the country called on the government to put in place short- and medium-term plans to address the hunger crisis driven by a hike in world food staples.
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Tutors help Cristo Rey Jesuit students flourish

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School was launched two years ago, providing a rigorous curriculum for at-risk children and supplying them with the support to master it.
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Peruvian villagers fear eviction in Amazon land conflict

BARRANQUITA, Peru – The knock at Father Mario Bartolini’s door came a little after 8 p.m. April 10. On the porch stood Robert Romero Rios, his face creased with worry and his rubber boots caked with mud.
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War and remembrance: Vatican highlights Pope Pius XII’s peace efforts

VATICAN CITY – Like much of Europe and the world, the Vatican was marking the 70th anniversary of the start of World War II with an act of remembrance.
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Cardinal Keeler honored for resolving new Catholic-Jewish tensions

WASHINGTON – While presenting Cardinal William H. Keeler with a special honor April 14 in Washington, leaders of the Anti-Defamation League said the retired archbishop of Baltimore recently alleviated tensions between Jews and the Vatican.
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Wisconsin bishops object to state mandating contraception coverage

MADISON, Wis. – Wisconsin’s Catholic bishops have called a provision in the recently enacted state budget that mandates employer health insurance policies to cover contraceptive services as “blatantly insensitive” to the moral values of Catholics and the church’s teaching against artificial contraception.
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Fire damages roof of St. Timothy parish center

WALKERSVILLE – Only a few months before St. Timothy, Walkersville, parishioners expected to occupy their new parish center, an April 9 fire may have delayed their plans.
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Iraqi bishops express concern for people after blasts target Baghdad

BEIRUT, Lebanon – Two Catholic bishops in Baghdad, Iraq, expressed shock and concern for their people following a series of targeted blasts that killed 95 people and wounded more than 500.
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Five minutes with the pope

The Catholic Review posed the question, “If you had five minutes with Pope Benedict XVI, would what you say to him?”
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Schools prepare for Towson Catholic students

As the first day of school approaches, former Towson Catholic High School students are integrating into other secondary institutions in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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Speakers at memorial Mass recall Buckley’s deep faith

NEW YORK – Mourners remembered William F. Buckley Jr. at an April 4 memorial Mass as a man of deep faith and unfailing confidence in the Catholic Church who brought people to believe in God and inspired vocations to the priesthood.
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New leaders take helm in Catholic schools

Eight Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore will welcome new leaders this fall. The four new principals, two new presidents one interim principal and one interim president include some with deep local roots and others with experience outside the archdiocese.
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