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Catholics hail European court ruling on patents derived from embryos

LONDON – A leading Catholic bioethical institute has welcomed the decision of a European court to ban the patenting of any medical treatment derived from destructive experiments on human embryos.
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Stewardship a path toward deeper spirituality, holiness

LOS ANGELES – The Archdiocese of Los Angeles officially launched an initiative to renew the local church with the release of a new pastoral letter on stewardship Sept. 8.
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Touched by universal church, WYD pilgrims reunite with purpose

CATONSVILLE – The crowd was markedly different in size, but the passion was just as fervent.
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Georgia has first Catholic school to offer elementary IB program

DULUTH, Ga. – Notre Dame Academy, a Marist-sponsored school in Duluth, recently became the first Catholic elementary school in the United States to be accredited to teach the International Baccalaureate primary years program designed for children 3 to 12 years old.
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Fitness fuels the Lions’ success

Maryvale Preparatory School, Brooklandville’s head soccer coach, Billy Reinhardt, focuses on one thing to fuel the Lions’ success and that’s fitness. “When you’re physically fit, you think clearly and play clearly, especially under pressure,” said Reinhardt, who is entering his sixth season with the outdoor soccer team. The Lions compete in the IAAM B Conference...
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Telecom tycoon rescues $52 million plaza next to Mexican basilica

MEXICO CITY – President Felipe Calderon inaugurated the new Plaza Mariana Oct. 12 adjacent to the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe, but credit for rescuing the project from budgetary and political problems went to the world’s richest man, Mexican telecom tycoon Carlos Slim Helu.
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Chicago detainees to receive pastoral care while on deportation buses

CHICAGO – Mercy Sisters Jo Ann Persch, 74, and Pat Murphy, 80, were prepared to go to jail April 30.
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Palestinian beer on tap during Oktoberfest

TAYBEH, West Bank – Beer flowed freely, the smell of grilled meat wafted in the air and the beat of the traditional “darbuka” drum resounded through the hillside as this all-Christian Palestinian village celebrated its version of the German Oktoberfest. Later, when evening fell over the village and people had their fill of sticky Arabic...
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Pope: Silence, solitude needed in ‘agitated, sometimes frantic’ world

VATICAN CITY – Endless news, noise and crowds have made people afraid of silence and solitude, which are essential for finding God’s love and love for others, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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Priest came out of retirement to help meatpacking plant workers

POSTVILLE, Iowa – Father Paul Ouderkirk has a nice house in northeastern Iowa where he was living in comfortable retirement, overseeing the banks of, as he calls it, “the mighty Missi-Sloppy.”
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Pope visits Marian shrine

MARIAZELL, Austria – Inspired by a small wooden statue of Mary and the child Jesus, Pope Benedict XVI appealed on behalf of the world’s suffering children, including the poor, the orphaned and those forced to fight in wars. The pope spoke during Mass Sept. 8 for some 30,000 pilgrims at the Austrian shrine of Mariazell,...
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