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January 19, 2012

Lobby night is Feb. 19

Maryland Catholics are urged to rally at Lobby Night in Annapolis Feb., 19, Presidents’ Day, to learn about important public-policy initiatives and meet their elected state officials. The 23rd annual Lobby Night, sponsored by the Maryland Catholic Conference, will begin at 3 p.m. at St. Mary’s School, Marian Hall, with issue briefings. The briefings will...
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January 19, 2012

Event marks 30 years, honors brother of US nun slain in El Salvador

WASHINGTON – William Ford, the late brother of Maryknoll Sister Ita Ford, was honored in a Capitol Hill event Jan. 6 for his 28-year pursuit of justice for his sister and three other U.S. churchwomen murdered in December 1980 in El Salvador at the height of the nation’s civil war.
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January 19, 2012

New book, report assess status of abortion at state level

CHICAGO – A new book by constitutional scholar Paul Benjamin Linton assesses the legal status of abortion in each of the 50 states, concluding that more than half the abortions performed in the U.S. would remain “constitutionally protected” if Roe v. Wade were overturned.
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January 19, 2012

Become evangelists for forgiveness

WASHINGTON – Use of the sacrament of penance makes each Catholic “an evangelist for the forgiveness of Christ and a witness to God’s wondrous mercy,” said Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl in his first pastoral letter as head of the Washington Archdiocese. Archbishop Wuerl called confession “a great gift” that offers new life in Christ. “When...
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January 19, 2012

Genetically modified crops breed economic dependence, new form of slavery, says Cardinal Turkson

VATICAN CITY – If farmers in Africa had greater access to fertile, arable land safe from armed conflict and pollutants, they would not need genetically modified crops to produce food, said the head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace.
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January 19, 2012

Blind swimmer competes in Paralympics

Phil Scholz arrived late for the fall semester at Loyola College in Maryland, but not without some experiences that he can incorporate into his combined major of global studies and communications.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic Charities Day in Annapolis

As Del. Steven J. DeBoy Sr. prepared for a busy day representing Baltimore and Howard counties in the Maryland General Assembly, a group of Catholic Charities employees ushered an ex-convict into his office. The Catholic state delegate and special investigator for the Howard County Police Department sized up 51-year-old Edwin Gregory of Baltimore as he...
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January 19, 2012

Year in Review: Pope faced tough challenges inside and outside the church

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI will look back on 2010 as a challenging year for the priesthood and a time of trial for Christian minorities.
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January 19, 2012

Homeless mother of two rebuilding her life

Somehow it seemed unthinkable.
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January 19, 2012

Schools find priceless help in volunteers

When it comes to the worth of St. Ursula School volunteers, Sister Joan Kelly, S.N.D. de N., says she could never “put a dollar figure on it.” “They help as classroom volunteers, they work in the library, and they work in the lunchroom and schoolyard,” the principal of the Parkville school said. “They assist in...
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January 19, 2012

Schools Sisters of Notre Dame receive $220,000 from sale of baseball card

Christmas came a little early for the School Sisters of Notre Dame.
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January 19, 2012

Clergy, other critics call for end to Maryland death penalty

ANNAPOLIS – Clergy members criticized the death penalty as immoral in testimony before a commission that will make recommendations to state lawmakers by year’s end.
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