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Bishops pledge cooperation with Socialist government

OXFORD, England – Spain’s Catholic bishops have pledged to cooperate with the newly re-elected Socialist government, but a cardinal warned the church would oppose secularizing reforms.
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Toronto archbishop leads by example, sponsors Iraqi refugee family

TORONTO – For Toronto Archbishop Thomas Collins, the fate of Iraqi Christians trapped in Syria, Jordan and Lebanon is not just another tough case in an unfair world full of too much heartbreak. For him, the situation is personal.
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Priests recall ‘The Call’

Reaching the decision to spread God’s word as a Catholic priest comes to each member of the clergy in a different way.
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San Pellegrino: Vatican police, firefighters have their own church

VATICAN CITY – The Swiss Guards have the colorful uniforms and the heroic legends, but the Vatican police and firefighters have the ancient church.
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Empty tomb at Easter highlights Christ’s death

There are few symbols of the Resurrection more powerful to Father Samuel Young than the empty tomb. The image helps crystallize what Christianity is all about, he said – that Christ conquered death and gave new life to the world.
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Determining right tuition number a challenge

Sister Shawn Marie Maguire feels it is an unprecedented time in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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Catholic University students pray the rosary with pope

WASHINGTON – About 100 students at The Catholic University of America in Washington began their spring break by praying the rosary with Pope Benedict XVI via satellite from Vatican City March 1.
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Sisters’ farm emphasizes giving, building community, caring for earth

STANFORDVILLE, N.Y. – Who knew that Catholic social teaching was a glorious assault on the senses?
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Pope and Glendon, urges Americans to let values guide

VATICAN CITY – Welcoming Mary Ann Glendon as the new U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI praised those working to defend human life and urged Americans to let moral values influence their political choices.
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Guest columnist: Exist to evangelize

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has asked four individuals to serve as guest columnists in August. The first is Paulist Father John Hurley, the executive director of the archdiocesan Department of Evangelization.
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Parishioner’s deck serves as outdoor oasis

As the weather gets warmer, Mount Washington resident Barry Harmon begins to pull out cushions for the furniture on his deck, which becomes the most popular living space at his home.
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Church aid workers try to reach Pakistanis homeless, hungry from floods

BANGALORE, India – Church aid workers in Pakistan were trying to reach hundreds of thousands of people displaced and rendered homeless by the rain and floods that had claimed more than 1,200 lives in Pakistan’s mountainous northwestern region.
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