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For Pope John Paul II, beatification process may be on final lap

VATICAN CITY – They brought flowers and messages to his grave. They sang songs evoking his memory. And they prayed for his beatification.
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City officials, clergy work for solutions to crime, social ills

St. Frances Academy, Baltimore, rallies to fight being used as a drop point for the drug trade.
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Vatican responds to Irish government report on clerical sexual abuse

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican forcefully denied it undermined the Irish bishops’ efforts to protect children from sexual abuse and characterized as “unfounded” claims the Vatican tried to interfere in government investigations regarding church handling of sex abuse cases.
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Be Project to help parents, students connect

Middle-schoolers are growing in more ways than physically. In addition to height, deepened voices and acne issues, their spiritual lives are changing and forming as well.
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Supreme Court lifts stay of execution in Virginia man’s case

WASHINGTON – The commonwealth of Virginia ranks second to Texas when it comes to the number of executions carried out since 1976, the year the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty.
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Shots fired at car of Mafia-fighting priest in Italy

VATICAN CITY – A southern Italian priest who is outspoken against the Mafia said gunshots fired at his car were likely meant to show him and the public that members of organized crime are still in charge of the area.
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In the immigration spotlight: Detention, immigrants’ citizen children

WASHINGTON – A pair of reports released in March lay out some of the data behind efforts seeking changes in immigration policies, long before Congress gets around to considering another comprehensive immigration bill.
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Curley wins track championship to make it four in a row

Archbishop Curley High School, Baltimore, won the MIAA track and field championship for the fourth consecutive year by holding off Mount St. Joseph High School, Irvington, and 11 other teams on May 17 at Calvert Hall College High School, Towson.
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Dialog newspaper to print biweekly, add online stories, videos

WILMINGTON, Del. – The Diocese of Wilmington will continue publishing The Dialog as a biweekly newspaper that will also expand its communications mission to the Internet with stories and video reports, Bishop W. Francis Malooly announced in August.
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Mexican priests give mixed reactions to US plan to stem drug violence

MEXICO CITY – Plans by the U.S. Department of Homeland Security to deploy approximately 500 federal agents to the southern border region have been lauded by Mexico’s political leaders, but received mixed reviews from Catholic officials in northern Mexico.
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Polish Catholic woman who saved children from Nazis dies at 98

WARSAW, Poland – Polish church leaders paid tribute to Irena Sendler, a Catholic social worker who saved approximately 2,500 Jewish children from being killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
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Phoenix cathedral’s policy change on altar servers ignites discussion

PHOENIX – When the news broke that Father John Lankeit, rector of Ss. Simon and Jude Cathedral, was changing policy on altar servers, secular media outlets were quick to offer their take on the development.
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