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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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Vatican official rejects criticism in wake of Irish judicial report

VATICAN CITY – A leading church official rejected harsh criticism of the Vatican in the wake of an Irish judicial report on the handling of priestly sex abuse cases.
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Cardinal Egan emphasized schools, vocations as archbishop of New York

WASHINGTON – Cardinal Edward M. Egan, who will step down as New York archbishop with the installation of Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan, made Catholic schools and vocations a focus of his nine-year tenure in New York.
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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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What would Jesus do? Latin Americans look at extractive industries

LIMA, Peru – When Archbishop Pedro Barreto Jimeno of Huancayo first considered the high lead levels in the blood of children living in the Peruvian highland city of La Oroya, he asked himself, “What would Jesus do?”
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Keep FOCA in headlines

In response to “FOCA is a threat to Catholic health care,” by Louis C. Breschi, M.D. (CR, Feb. 12), I will join with you in fighting to protect human life and our religious freedom to serve human life and health with integrity. I also say that I tried to do this by not voting for...
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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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SPECIAL REPORT: Baltimore has special connection to popularizing devotion to the Infant of Prague

PRAGUE – Kneeling silently before the 18-inch high statue of the Infant of Prague May 25, Maureen Stansell seemed awed and overjoyed.
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Taking a look at poignant moments of history

Sometimes I feel unable to recount history in the proper way or with the amount of supplication or pride I feel is required. But as a layperson in a church where vocations are declining, I believe this particular history is critical and useful for African-Americans and Catholic laity. It’s the story of Lincoln and Julia...
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A Leader with Heart

Odds are that the 1,800 or so people who jammed the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore early in October will long remember the occasion, and the installation that day of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien as the 15th Archbishop of Baltimore. That’s true, I know, any time a bishop is welcomed to a new...
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Hindu militants storm Catholic school, demand enrollment for children

VATICAN CITY – About 50 Hindu extremists burst into a Catholic school in southern India, demanding enrollment for two children, the Vatican missionary news agency Fides reported.
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Ads urge Catholics to see the light – and go to confession

If you haven’t been to confession in a while, the Archdiocese of Baltimore has a message for you.
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