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Planning helps families eat well even in busy seasons

It’s hard to serve healthy, nutritious meals to kids belted in the backseat as you speed from an after-school practice for one kid to a 6 p.m. recreational practice for another.
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Back to God

Recently, a very saintly woman asked me what I thought of mediums – people who purport to make contact with those who have died, with those who have “passed over.” Being a practical philosopher and theologian by trade, and a lover of puns by personal preference, I responded: “It’s rare to find a medium that’s...
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Pope urges peace, two-state solution as he leaves Holy Land

JERUSALEM – Amid billowing Israeli and Vatican flags, Pope Benedict XVI reaffirmed his friendship with both the Israeli and Palestinian peoples, acknowledging the Palestinians’ right to an independent state as well as Israel’s right to exist in “peace and security.”
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Relics revered as Jesus’ crib degrading fast

VATICAN CITY – The relics venerated as the crib the baby Jesus used in a Bethlehem grotto are in an alarming state of degradation, some church officials said.
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Illinois bill seeks to allow Catholic Charities to continue adoptions

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – A bill introduced in mid-October by an Illinois state senator seeks to allow state Catholic Charities agencies to continue their foster care and adoption services only to married couples and single individuals who are not living together.
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Archbishop’s clear message appreciated

To Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien – congratulations on your clear, concise statement regarding the confusion set upon all of us by the University of Notre Dame and by our neighbor, Georgetown University, which sheepishly pretended not to be Catholic by removing the crucifix, etc. at the request of the White House.
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Awareness not just for those discerning priesthood

People have a tendency to forget the term “vocations” includes sisters, deacons and brothers. Actually, people are inclined to forget it includes priests as well, said Father Gerard Francik, director of vocations for the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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Mass for couples wanting children set for Oct. 22

Not long after The Catholic Review published a story this summer about devotion to the Infant of Prague, Dr. Michael Cataldo started receiving letters from couples looking for divine assistance in having children.
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Pope says suffering reveals humanity can change people for the better

AMMAN, Jordan – Pope Benedict XVI’s first stop in Jordan was at a church-run facility for people with disabilities, a place he said demonstrates how suffering can change people for the better.
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Jesuit university honors Buddhist monks of Myanmar

SAN FRANCISCO – Jesuit Father Stephen A. Privett, president of the University of San Francisco, presented an honorary degree to Buddhist monks from Myanmar Dec. 14, saying the honor would keep their “struggle for democracy in the minds and hearts of those of us who enjoy the freedoms they are struggling to achieve.”
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Advance of same-sex marriage deepens concern for religious liberty

WASHINGTON – The widening campaign by gay rights advocates to promote same-sex marriage as a civil rights issue is forcing Catholic and other religious institutions to confront charges of intolerance and discrimination.
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‘Angels and Demons’ is harmless entertainment, Vatican newspaper says

ROME – The newly premiered movie “Angels and Demons” is little more than “harmless entertainment,” with many factual errors and little cultural value, according to the Vatican newspaper.
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