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Knights, Sisters of Life host WYD center for English speakers

VATICAN CITY – At World Youth Day Madrid, they will be back, bigger and offering more variety than ever.
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Gang intervention priest captivates convocation participants

Jesuit Father Greg Boyle, who runs the largest gang intervention program in the U.S., will bury his 165th youth this week. The executive director of the Los Angeles-based Homeboy Industries, Father Boyle has gotten former gang members invited to the White House for dinner with Laura Bush, blessed the daughter of a gang member before...
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Speakers examine what it means to be ‘servant church’

NEW YORK – Speakers at the 15th annual meeting of the Society of Catholic Social Scientists heard diverse contemporary examples of those following Jesus’ exhortation from the Gospel of Mark: “If anyone wishes to be first, he shall be the last of all and the servant of all.”
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Various aid agencies accepting donations for African famine relief

WASHINGTON – The following international aid agencies are working with partner agencies and local religious leaders in eastern Africa and are accepting donations for refugees affected by the region’s drought and famine.
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Monsignor Kenney retires after life in ‘healing ministry’

Monsignor Jeremiah F. Kenney can’t even begin to guess how many thousands of annulment cases he has presided over as judicial vicar of the Interdiocesan Tribunal of Appeals for the Province of Baltimore.
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Dead could be in purgatory, says Vatican official

VATICAN CITY – While Christians should hope that their deceased loved ones are in heaven, they must pray for them in case they are in purgatory, said Nigerian Cardinal Francis Arinze.
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High Li teens accept challenge to lead

SPARKS – The High School Leadership Institute is a breathless week, and Shelby Kestler learned that lesson well at the Monsignor O’Dwyer Retreat House.
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RCIA class of 892 largest this decade

Sharon Bogusz could not contain herself when she saw the number of people committing to the Catholic faith in Rite of Election and Call to Continuing Conversion ceremonies.
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Grotto of Lourdes retreat inspires holiness

When a group of ninth graders disembark at the National Shrine Grotto of Lourdes, Emmitsburg, for a day-long retreat Nov. 9, they will have an opportunity to breathe in fresh air, take in the magnificent mountaintop scenery and achieve a spiritual cleansing.
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As debt-ceiling debate continues, faith leaders protest on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON – As U.S. lawmakers continued to wrangle over a decision on the nation’s debt ceiling and proposed budget cuts, representatives of faith groups held a protest on Capitol Hill and Catholic leaders urged lawmakers to remember the nation’s poor and vulnerable people.
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Non-Catholics enrich our schools in many ways

Julian Bauer’s letter (CR, Feb. 26) questioned why non-Catholics are in Catholic schools. I say, why not? As a teacher in an archdiocesan school, I’ve had a number of wonderful non-Catholic children in my classroom. I find their parents actively engaged. I do not believe we are in competition with public or private schools. Any...
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Hospitals collaborate on palliative care

A newly formed consortium of four area Catholic hospitals will meet quarterly to collaborate on palliative and end-of-life care.
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