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Woo set to shepherd continuing growth of CRS with business expertise

WASHINGTON – Eight years ago Carolyn Woo was like many Catholics when it came to knowing about the work of Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services.
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Crash claims 9/11 widow heading to Jesuit school’s scholarship event

WASHINGTON – Beverly Eckert, a victim of the Feb. 12 plane crash near Buffalo, N.Y., was en route to present a scholarship award in honor of her late husband at Jesuit-run Canisius High School in Buffalo.
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If the shoe fits, you won’t be in pain later

Listen to your feet. If they’re screaming, or even whimpering, your shoes might be to blame. High heels get a bad rap, but flipflops aren’t any better. And no matter what style shoe you’re wearing, it’s probably not wide enough.
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Catholic-Reformed common agreement on baptism clears last hurdle

WASHINGTON – With a July 4 vote by the General Synod of the United Church of Christ, a common agreement on baptism by the U.S. Catholic Church and four Protestant church communities cleared its final hurdle.
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Seminarians serve as sports chaplains at Mount St. Mary’s

Coaches may be charged with making sure athletes perform at their very best at Mount St. Mary’s University in Emmitsburg, but it’s seminarians who help nurture their spiritual well-being.
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New Moscow archbishop to work with Orthodox

MOSCOW – Russia’s new Catholic archbishop has pledged to improve cooperation with the Russian Orthodox Church, while rejecting proselytism and helping resolve the country’s “pressing problems.”
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People can abuse reason when they demand proof from God, pope says

VATICAN CITY – While empirical science has done much to further progress, subjecting God and his truth to scientific scrutiny represents an incorrect and despotic use of human reason, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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FOCA is a threat to Catholic Health Care

Following a Catholic News Service article in the Feb. 5 issue of The Catholic Review quoting Catholic Health Association representatives, there may be some confusion about whether the Freedom of Choice Act (FOCA) poses a threat to Catholic health care and what we should be doing to oppose it. As a physician and the president...
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Traditional Anglicans ask for full communion with Catholics

DUBLIN, Ireland – Parishioners from three Church of Ireland parishes have joined traditional Anglicans from 12 other countries in requesting that the Catholic Church receive them into full communion.
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Former Anglican has joyful ordination to Catholic priesthood

It was a moving day indeed for Father Warren Tanghe, a former Anglican priest of 37 years, as he was ordained to the Catholic priesthood at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary June 24.
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Walking into Catholicism

The center of the Catholic Church surrounded Lisa Russell.
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New LCWR president says orders face challenges

ST. LOUIS – Sister Mary Whited, the new president of the Leadership Conference of Women Religious, likes to keep doors open and the conversation going. And she promises “not to back down” when discussions grow difficult.
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