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Mexico’s challenge: Improving its image among neighbors over migrants

MEXICO CITY – Mexico’s National Immigration Institute is looking to boost the country’s image among its neighbors.
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Obama, McCain to address Al Smith dinner in New York Oct. 16

NEW YORK – The Democratic and Republican presidential nominees both have agreed to be guest speakers at the Al Smith dinner Oct. 16 in New York, the Archdiocese of New York announced Sept. 17.
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Scouting family strengthens Overlea parish

St. Michael the Archangel School and parish in Overlea have forged a mutually beneficial bond with the Kempske family.
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Catholic leaders mourn death of U.S. Muslim leader

WASHINGTON – Catholic interreligious leaders mourned the death of Imam Warith Deen Mohammed, who after his father’s death assumed the leadership of the Nation of Islam, a controversial U.S. “Black Muslim” group, and guided it toward more conventional Islamic faith and practice.
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Bishop says weapons of war must be abolished ‘before they abolish us’

WORCESTER, Mass. – War has evolved to mean nothing but indiscriminate destruction, retired Auxiliary Bishop Thomas J. Gumbleton of Detroit told the crowd gathered for the Catholic Worker Movement’s 75th anniversary celebration in Worcester.
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Pope meets Iraqi Catholics receiving medical treatment in Rome

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI met privately Dec. 1 with two dozen Iraqis who were injured when their cathedral in Baghdad was attacked Oct. 31.
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Over time, Latin American church leaders change response to HIV, AIDS

MEXICO CITY – The Catholic Church in Latin America is changing its approach to the continuing epidemic of HIV and AIDS, and many are welcoming the changes.
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Taking steps toward peace in city

Walter Stokes Jr. showed off pews, stained-glass windows and a sanctuary that were part of the restoration that St. Gregory the Great undertook in 2004, on the occasion of the 120th anniversary of its establishment in West Baltimore.
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Vatican has not endorsed genetically modified food, official says

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican did not endorse an 11-page final statement in favor of easing restrictions on and allowing more widespread use of genetically modified crops, especially in poorer nations, said a Vatican official.
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Catholic Education: A Right or a Luxury?

The toll our sluggish national economy has taken on the average American family is reported nearly every day by the news media and is evident in almost every aspect of our daily lives. It seems like everything costs more these days, from groceries to gasoline to the electric bill. For many people, the substantial increase...
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Angela Calamari sees St. Katharine School as positive force

Angela Calamari was attracted to St. Katharine School in Baltimore because she saw it as a school that can be a positive force in the community. Strengthening that community presence is a big part of the new principal’s agenda.
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Concern grows over wage theft from low-income workers

WASHINGTON – Wage theft is one of the biggest problems facing low-wage workers as well as American taxpayers, said the leader of Interfaith Worker Justice.
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