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St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock 5K

The Institute for Foot and Ankle Reconstruction at Mercy Medical Center, Baltimore, will serve as the gold sponsor for the 2007 Kelly St. Patrick’s Day Shamrock 5K at 1:15 on March 11. This year’s race is presented by Kelly & Associates and benefits the Leukemia & Lymphoma Society, as well as Baltimore’s 2007 St. Patrick’s...
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Chic Davis, Catholic Review advertising director, ‘approached each day with faith-filled joy’

Cecil “Chic” Davis, The Catholic Review’s longtime advertising director and general manager, died May 31. He was 71.
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Don’t reverse policies protecting unborn, cardinal urges Obama

WASHINGTON – It would be “a terrible mistake” for President Barack Obama to reverse current policies on embryonic stem-cell research, conscience protection and other life-related matters, the president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops told him in a new letter.
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March for Life draws young, old to nation’s capital

As Michael Hoos stood ready to march on the freezing, winter morning of Jan. 22, he held a sign, made by one of the students at St. Agnes School, Catonsville, which read, “Give me a chance to rock your world.” He said it reminded him of his adopted son, who is learning to play the...
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Camp heals wounds for young people

Lucas Wunderer ran around Camp Puh’Tuk’s Thunderbird Lodge May 15 like he didn’t have a care in the world.
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Bishop says ACLU suit over USCCB trafficking grants without merit

WASHINGTON – An American Civil Liberties Union of Massachusetts lawsuit against the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services over human trafficking grants allocated to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops is without merit, according to the chairman of the USCCB Committee on Migration.
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Children must get health care

WASHINGTON – Among four U.S. senators in Washington, there was optimistic talk of a bipartisan commitment to expand health coverage for the nation’s 9 million uninsured children. But 40 miles away at a Catholic hospital in Baltimore, there was more nitty-gritty talk of getting children into state and federal health programs – and keeping them...
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Cities, towns along swollen river prepare for worst, hope for the best

BATON ROUGE, La. - Preparing for the worst and hoping for the best is the approach being taken by those making decisions about the flooding Mississippi River and the effects of opening spillways to divert floodwater onto farmland to spare towns and cities in its path.
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Pope has right prescription for economic crisis

Our pope spoke (CR, Jan. 8) eloquently and let us hope persuasively about the global economic crisis when he said “are we ready to read it in all its complexity as a challenge for the future and not just an emergency needing short term responses?” The pope’s prescription needs to be taken seriously. The politicians...
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Laura Bush lauds ‘vital role’ of Catholic schools

HARVEY, La. – Catholic schools played a “vital role” in the Gulf Coast’s path to recovery after hurricanes Katrina and Rita, first lady Laura Bush said on a visit to St. Rosalie Catholic School in Harvey. After her midmorning visit to St. Rosalie, Bush had lunch at Cafe Reconcile in New Orleans, a program of...
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Priests visit schools on World Vocations Day

ESSEX – At age 5, Our Lady of Mount Carmel kindergartner Kamran Jagadesan knows what he wants to be when he grows up: a priest.
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Pope baptizes infants, emphasizes parents’ formation role

VATICAN CITY – In an annual liturgy, Pope Benedict XVI baptized 13 infants and emphasized the duty of parents and godparents to educate them in the faith.
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