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January 19, 2012

Football fans try to find alternatives for pre-game rituals

Crab cakes and football. That’s what Maryland does.
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January 19, 2012

Pastor finds faith and karate keep him in top form

Though Father Joseph G. Bochenek finds everlasting solace in his Catholic faith, the 62-year-old pastor of St. Brigid, Canton, has discovered the four hours of karate he studies each week keeps him nimble and in top form. A fan of Eastern disciplines, Father Bochenek joins 20 other disciples in a basement martial arts studio in...
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January 19, 2012

Archdiocese releases standardized test scores

Students in Catholic schools within the Archdiocese of Baltimore performed better than the national average on standardized test scores in every age group tested, according to data released Sept. 10 by the archdiocese.
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January 19, 2012

Jews react strongly to remarks made by German bishops

COLOGNE, Germany – Remarks made by German bishops during a recent visit to the West Bank have caused a storm of reaction from Jewish leaders in Germany. The Central Council of Jews in Germany and the Israeli Embassy responded angrily to comments by Bishop Gregor Hanke of Eichstaett, who compared the situation of Palestinians in...
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January 19, 2012

USCCB, CHA officials encouraged about Obama’s address on health care

WASHINGTON – President Barack Obama’s pledge to continue the ban on the use of federal funds for abortion and to maintain conscience protections for health care workers in any health reform legislation was welcomed by two officials of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops and the president of the Catholic Health Association.
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January 19, 2012

Australia takes charge of World Youth Day cross, icon

SYDNEY, Australia – Australia has taken charge of the World Youth Day cross and Marian icon, symbols of the world’s largest youth event which have traveled tens of thousands of miles around the world. The cross and icon left Madagascar in February for Korea, where Australia’s stewardship began and will continue until the end of...
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January 19, 2012

Legionaries’ letter to lay members details reforms order has made

WASHINGTON –The Legionaries of Christ have initiated a number of reforms since publicly acknowledging Feb. 4 that the order’s founder, Mexican Father Marcial Maciel Degollado, fathered a child, two U.S. Legionaries priests said in a letter to members of the order’s lay association, Regnum Christi.
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January 19, 2012

Agency demands that Angola drop charges against activist

LONDON – A British Catholic aid agency has demanded that charges are dropped against a British activist who was arrested in Angola. Sarah Wykes, who works for the nongovernmental organization Global Witness, was taken from her hotel Feb. 18 by armed police in the oil-rich province of Cabinda and imprisoned amid accusations of espionage. She...
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January 19, 2012

St. Margaret parishioner gives $100,000

Minutes after he gave away checks totaling $100,000 of his own money, Robert Melville just shrugged.
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January 19, 2012

Kissling retires; led 25-year fight

WASHINGTON – After a quarter-century as head of an organization working to change the Catholic Church’s stand on abortion, Frances Kissling is stepping down as president of Catholics for a Free Choice. Ms. Kissling and others describe Catholics for a Free Choice, which supports legal abortion, as a “church reform group.”
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January 19, 2012

Bobby Flay throws down challenge to cooking priest, Father Leo

Father Leo Patalinghug is not the kind of guy who steps down from a challenge. The 39-year-old priest is a former national full-contact stick fighting champion, a black belt in tae kwon do and an 80s break dancer who can still bust the moves with the best of them.
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January 19, 2012

Baseball’s ironman stresses teamwork and family

HYATTSVILLE, Md. – Instead of facing a pitcher throwing a 95 mph fastball, baseball ironman Cal Ripken Jr. faced 800 people Feb. 12 at DeMatha Catholic High School in the Washington suburb of Hyattsville. The crowd of students and alumni, teachers and coaches cheered loudly as the Baltimore Orioles’ former shortstop – who is to...
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