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Philanthropist supports Mercy Medical Center

Mary Catherine Bunting, the granddaughter of the founder of the Noxzema Chemical Co., never had to work.
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In Malawi, aid agencies eye simple changes to help resist drought

SAGAWIKA, Malawi – With a little mulch from last season’s corn stalks, a deeper hole with more seeds and a few other tweaks of traditional corn-planting techniques, the villages of Nduwa and Sagawika might make it through the next drought in better shape.
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Vatican condemns North Korean nuclear test, missile launches

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican has condemned the latest round of nuclear testing and missile launching by North Korea, warning that these acts of aggression threaten “the very survival” of the country's own people by exacerbating its isolation.
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Take a truly global view about global climate

Tony Magliano’s “Perspective” (CR, Nov. 15) recites the usual list of global-warming-alarmist slogans, but adds a Catholic twist by quoting Cardinal Renato Martino (head of the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace), and implies that Cardinal Martino agrees with the IPCC report, the Al Gore movie, etc. In reality, Cardinal Martino would be categorized among...
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Two seminarians take different paths to same goal

PORTLAND, Ore. – Two seminarians – a monk and a future diocesan pastor – say their differing paths complement each other.
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Bishop Rozanski accepts vows of Cumberland hermit

Marie Laura Tellier has privately lived the life of a hermit for the last 10 years in Western Maryland – spending many hours of every day in prayer and contemplation.
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Hopkins to mentor Notre Dame students

College of Notre Dame of Maryland, Baltimore, and The Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, signed an agreement to open the doors of Hopkins research laboratories to promising College of Notre Dame science students.
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Catholic Volunteer Network gets back 75 percent of AmeriCorps funding

WASHINGTON – After several months on a “real roller coaster,” federal funding for the AmeriCorps Education Awards Program run by the Catholic Volunteer Network is back to 75 percent of its funding level a year earlier.
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Irish church, government leaders welcome abuse report, express sorrow

DUBLIN, Ireland – Irish Catholic Church and government officials welcomed a report by an independent commission on child abuse and expressed sorrow about the incidents it documented.
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Texas group gives immigrant cemetery touch of dignity

SARITA, Texas – There is little evidence of dignity in the deaths of the undocumented men, women and children found among the south Texas cactus and brush over the past few decades.
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Maryknoll called the gift of mission US church has given to world

NEW YORK – Maryknoll is the gift of mission that the church in America gave to the universal church, and will continue to give, Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick told more than 1,800 participants at a festive Mass at St. Patrick’s Cathedral Oct. 30.
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Guatemalan cardinal urges restraint amid allegations against president

GUATEMALA CITY – Cardinal Rodolfo Quezada Toruno called for restraint and calm as Guatemala confronted its worst political scandal since its civil war ended in 1996.
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