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CCHD collection focuses on defending human dignity by fighting poverty

WASHINGTON – Human dignity can be defended by fighting poverty, said the leaders of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development as they prepared for the program’s 2010 annual collection, which will be taken up in most parishes Nov. 20-21.
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A Bible for every taste, but are they piquing Catholic interest?

WASHINGTON – These days you can get a Bible that coincides with pretty much any interest.
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Australian bishops urge lapsed Catholics to return

PERTH, Australia – The Australian bishops have undertaken a nationwide newspaper advertising blitz, inviting lapsed Catholics to return and asking for forgiveness for any hurt the church caused individuals in the past.
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Love for his dad helps drive John Carroll athlete

When 17-year-old John Carroll School senior Robert Darin Owens Jr., known simply as “D.J.” to friends, teachers and teammates, endured the sudden death of his father a little over a year ago, football became his mainstay.
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Youths need to limit computer use, keep moving

During the 1980s, computers weren’t for the cool kids. Now, everyone and their Web-savvy grandmother are perched in front of their monitors – at home, work and the coffee shop.
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Youthful enthusiasm still lingers from papal visit

What is God whispering to you? That was the question Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien posed to a group of youths at St. John, Westminster, June 14, during a Mass that reunited many who saw Pope Benedict XVI during his April visit to the U.S.
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Pope calls on world community to help end savage violence in Iraq

VATICAN CITY – A deadly militant siege of a Catholic cathedral in Baghdad, Iraq, was a “savage” act of “absurd violence,” Pope Benedict XVI said.
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Western vicariate is changing fast

In the seven years Bishop W. Francis Malooly has led the western vicariate, he has faced the challenge of overseeing a part of the archdiocese experiencing significant demographic changes.
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Catholics, Muslims in south Florida team up to aid Myanmar

WASHINGTON – The majority of citizens of Myanmar are Buddhist, but that’s not stopping Catholics and Muslims in Miami from trying to help them.
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Finishing the Race

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien’s column this week includes excerpts from his Respect Life Sunday homily.
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Baltimore and Wilmington, forever linked

When Monsignor John O. Barres heard that Bishop W. Francis Malooly was going to be named the ordinary of the Diocese of Wilmington, Del., he looked for a cross he owned.
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Look for DVT warning signs

Because I write my columns a few weeks in advance, it’s impossible to stay current with all the events of life. However, from the evening of May 12 to the morning of May 21, I was a patient at St. Joseph’s Medical Center. A new blood clot had apparently formed in my right leg, and...
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