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Retiring Cumberland priest has ‘loved every second’

Even as a little boy growing up in a row house in Baltimore City, Father Milton A. Hipsley loved to “play priest.”
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Notre Dame task force calls for new policies, research on life issues

WASHINGTON – A task force appointed in September by Holy Cross Father John I. Jenkins, president of the University of Notre Dame, has issued a set of preliminary recommendations designed to “broaden and deepen the pro-life culture” at the university.
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Georgetown lawyers give tips on how to hold media firms accountable

MINNEAPOLIS – A little bit of savvy Web surfing, combined with some diligent research, can keep media companies on their toes and accountable to the public they serve, according to Georgetown University law professor Angela Campbell.
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Tips to help Social Security treat others with kindness, respect

This is a true story. A couple of weeks ago I went to the Social Security Office on West Road in Towson to apply for Social Security and Medicare. I was told that I had to apply a few months before or after my 65th birthday on March 1. (Subsequently I have learned that I...
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A New Pentecost, A New Evangelization… The Challenge of Pope Benedict

Our role at the Catholic Center, where the offices for the central services of the Archdiocese are located, is to provide the support that will allow the outstanding work of our parishes, schools and other institutions to continue for the benefit of those we serve. I have been extremely impressed by the dedication of the...
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Christophers distribute new pamphlet on abortion

NEW YORK – A new brochure distributed by the Christophers addresses abortion not as a religious issue but as one of human rights.
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Father Ralph Ransom Jr., S.S.J.

A funeral mass for Father Ralph Ransom Jr., S.S.J, was offered June 12 at St. Joseph Manor, Baltimore. Father Ransom, who was 76, spent most of his priestly life in southeast Texas, but began it as associate pastor of St. Peter Claver in Baltimore. He died June 7 at St. Joseph Manor.
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Pope prays for victims of Haiti quake; Archbishop Miot’s body found

VATICAN CITY - Pope Benedict XVI prayed for victims of a massive earthquake in Haiti and urged the international community to provide generous assistance to the stricken population of the Caribbean nation.
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Vatican rejects canonical appeal on Boston parish closings

BRIGHTON, Mass – The Catholic Church’s highest court has rejected appeals of the closures of eight Boston-area parishes, the Archdiocese of Boston confirmed June 10.
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A tightrope act? Pope prepares to visit Rome synagogue

VATICAN CITY – A cartoon in the January edition of an Italian Jewish newspaper showed Pope Benedict XVI crossing the Tiber River on a tightrope, trying to balance himself using a pole labeled “dialogue” on one end and “conversion” on the other.
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James K. ‘McKay’ McManus dies at age 86

Some of the institutions that helped shape the man who delivered one of the most distinctive catch phrases ever spoken on television were paid back in full.
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Philadelphia philanthropist makes difference in Baltimore

What do The Walters Art Museum, the Baltimore Basilica, and Our Daily Bread in Baltimore have in common? Each played a role in what started one man's giving to the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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