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Priests for Life takes education campaign on abortion to Congress

WASHINGTON – Abortion supporters, including members of Congress and candidates for public office, are being challenged to explain their understanding of abortion by Priests for Life and other pro-life leaders.
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Books, DVD aim to ready preschoolers for learning Catholic faith

WASHINGTON – After nearly 30 years of teaching religious education to children ages 3 to 14, Peggy Olds of Willowbrook, Ill., was convinced of one thing.
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St. Ignatius to hold 18th annual interfaith service

A Baltimore New Year’s Eve tradition will be renewed at historic St.Ignatius Church, Calvert and Madison Streets, when the 18th Annual Interfaith Service will be held Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. Jewish, Muslim and Christian faiths will be represented during the hour-long prayer service.
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Pope Benedict says Pope Pius worked bravely, secretly to help Jews

VATICAN CITY – Pope Pius XII worked courageously, secretly and silently to help save Jews targeted by the Nazis’ “criminal plan ... to eliminate them from the face of the earth,” said Pope Benedict XVI.
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Tragic deaths foster Christian hope

Father Terry Weik, S.M., counts her among the “most extraordinary” young people he’s ever met.
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Nun, Former Iona College official, charged with embezzling $800,000

WASHINGTON – A Sister of St. Joseph who was Iona College’s chief financial officer has been charged by federal prosecutors with embezzling $800,000 from the Christian Brothers-run school over a decade.
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Clear church teaching on prolife issues is needed

Where can we go to get the clear Catholic Church’s teachings and stay properly informed?
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Chinese Catholics observe silence to mourn quake victims

CHENGDU, China – Catholics joined other Chinese in observing three minutes of silence May 19 to pray for and mourn those killed by the earthquake that hit southwestern China a week earlier.
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Mount de Sales’ Schmidt covers all courts

In just six years, Hannah Schmidt became one of the Baltimore area’s best young volleyball players.
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Prayers offered at Capitol for poverty to become a campaign issue

WASHINGTON – The needs of poor and marginalized people deserve the same attention from government officials as the current needs of Wall Street’s failing financial firms, said a group of religious leaders.
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Catholic leaders decry court ruling striking down ban on gay marriage

SAN FRANCISCO – Archbishop George H. Niederauer of San Francisco and other California Catholic leaders condemned the May 15 ruling by the California Supreme Court that struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Papal comments on condoms reflected pastoral concern, theologian says

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI’s recent comments about condoms represented a “normal and traditional” pastoral application of moral theology, according to a theologian who advises the Vatican on doctrinal matters.
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