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Parishes in and out of tsunami inundation zones go with the flow

HONOLULU – While the large tsunami waves predicted to hit Hawaiian coastlines Feb. 27 turned out to be much smaller and left no damage, local Catholics took the threat seriously.
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Mercy project strengthens city, downtown corridor

Its outreach and impact have always been formidable. Now Mercy Medical Center is about to get an edifice just as impressive.
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Bishops of England and Wales welcome assisted suicide policy that protects vulnerable

LONDON – The Catholic bishops of England and Wales welcomed new guidelines governing prosecutions in assisted suicide cases, saying that the most vulnerable people are better protected under the revisions.
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Church leaders cautiously hopeful over Zimbabwe power-sharing deal

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Church leaders expressed cautious hope over a deal signed by Zimbabwe’s President Robert Mugabe and opposition leader Morgan Tsvangirai that lays the framework for negotiations aimed at forming a power-sharing government.
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John Carroll Lectures to focus on priesthood

In the Year for Priests, three speakers will address aspects of the priestly life during the John Carroll Lectures held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore.
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St. Frances Academy dreams of big expansion

Walking along the Johnston Square streets that surround St. Frances Academy in a forgotten corner of East Baltimore, Tom Nealis passed vacant lots overrun with weeds and boarded-up row houses tagged with graffiti.
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Archdiocesan Catholics celebrate 40 Days for Life

Carolyn and Karl Schumaker will go anywhere to protect and pray for life. The parishioners of St. Mary’s in Annapolis drove through more than an hour of evening traffic to take part in a “40 Days for Life” gathering at St. Agnes parish in Catonsville Feb. 16.
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U.S. church official says Haiti desperately needs political stability

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti desperately needs political stability so that jobs can be created to lift the poor out of a critical situation, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on International Policy.
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Be a pray-er these 40 days

It is a bit ironic that pro-life pregnancy centers in Baltimore City are being forced by a new law to put signs in their facilities stating they do not perform or refer for abortions – under the guise of truth-in-advertising – yet abortion clinics continue making outrageous claims seemingly to no one’s chagrin.
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The Church’s Beacon Shines Brightly

An article in last weekend’s New York Times dramatized the victimization of foreigners living in our country without proper documentation and the frenzied, all out effort of some to capture and prosecute them as criminals. Pastors across the country – including our own Archdiocese – tell of raids upon young immigrants who are simply seeking...
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Vatican officials address difficult conditions of seafarers

VATICAN CITY – Vatican officials have called for greater church attention to the more than 30 million seafarers around the world, who often live and work in hazardous conditions.
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Loyola sets new records with fundraising efforts

Loyola College in Maryland enjoyed yet another record-setting fundraising year in 2007-08. At fiscal year-end May 31, gifts received totaled $10,113,000, the highest single-year total in college history.
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