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Recycled stars make right materials for life, says Vatican astronomer

VATICAN CITY – Life emerged on earth thanks to a 12 billion-year-old process of stars caught in a cycle of collapsing, re-forming and collapsing again, said the former director of the Vatican Observatory.
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Patriots continue to improve

With only a handful of varsity players and a majority of junior varsity players, John Carroll School’s indoor soccer program (5-1-2 as of Jan. 14) is in the hunt for the IAAM A Conference championship, just three weeks away.
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Archdiocese takes to Washington for immigration reform

Saying they were following in the footsteps of civil rights activists Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. and Dorothy Day, a contingent from the Archdiocese of Baltimore traveled to Washington to pray for immigration reform.
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MLK Day honored with blood drive and testing

In memory of slain civil rights leader Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., the Office of African American Ministries of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and the American Red Cross will sponsor a blood donation drive and a bone marrow testing Jan. 21 from 10 a.m.-4 p.m. at St. Frances Academy, Baltimore.
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Bishops call for Congress to pass immigration reform by year’s end

SAN ANTONIO – Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago urged President Barack Obama and Congress to enact comprehensive immigration reform before the end of 2009.
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Pregnancy centers can’t meet demand without help

A few years ago, the Greater Baltimore Center for Pregnancy Concerns (GBCPC) experienced such a crushing budget crunch it was forced to close its offices in Highlandtown and Dundalk.
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More than 1,000 celebrate ordination of four priests

An hour before he was ordained a priest for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, 38-year-old Hector Mateus-Ariza walked quietly to the spot in the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen where Pope John Paul II had prayed nearly 14 years earlier. There, he knelt and prayed to God to help him as he began his priestly journey.
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African saint turns death-row inmate’s life upside down

PORTLAND, Ore. – From a windowless cell at the Oregon State Penitentiary, a Catholic death-row inmate evangelizes across the world.
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Sister Kathleen Feeley leaves legacy of learning for seniors

Sister Kathleen Feeley, 80 years young, remains a great influence, in Baltimore and around the planet.
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Charity begins at home: Pope visits Vatican shelter

VATICAN CITY – They welcomed him with a red paper garland, smiles and a few whispered words about themselves.
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Nuns use high-tech methods to spur vocations to religious life

WASHINGTON – With an estimated 184 million adults using the Internet and 75 percent of 18- to 34-year-olds having a Facebook or MySpace account, the Sisters of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus are going high-tech to spread information about their order and the call to a religious vocation.
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Catholic bishops appeal for dialogue to resolve violence

NAIROBI, Kenya – Following days of violence and death after the announcement of disputed election results, Kenya’s Catholic bishops appealed to political leaders to make every effort to engage in dialogue to resolve the crisis.
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