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January 19, 2012

Catholic University sees record-breaking fundraising, enrollment

BALTIMORE – The Catholic University of America has had a record-breaking year for freshman enrollment and for national fundraising, its president, Vincentian Father David M. O’Connell, reported Nov. 10 to the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops.
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January 19, 2012

Archdiocese prepares for installation of archbishop

The church marks momentous occasions, such as the installation of the new archbishop of Baltimore, with special liturgical celebrations. Carrying out the liturgy and ceremony requires effort on the part of many and attention to the smallest of details.
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January 19, 2012

Drought, supply, speculation drive world food prices to record high

WASHINGTON – Prices for basic foods such as sugar, cereals and edible oils were at or near record highs worldwide in February, according to the U.N. Food and Agriculture Organization.
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January 19, 2012

‘Martin Luther King’s dream is coming true’

The morning after Barack Obama became the first African-American ever elected president of the United States, Skipp Sanders and fellow black Catholics in Baltimore rejoiced.
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January 19, 2012

Health care occupies Congress, churches and candidates

WASHINGTON – As a Sept. 30 deadline looms for Congress to extend the State Children’s Health Insurance Program and presidential candidates roll out the details of their plans for health care reform, new evidence is emerging that churches play an important role in filling the gaps in the current system.
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January 19, 2012

This Lent, look inside

Spiritual directors and social scientists sometimes summarize all human behavior under the three wants: wanting approval, wanting control and wanting to be safe. Most of our efforts on the ego level are seeking to attain one of these three wants.
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January 19, 2012

Was it race, or something else, that led to an Obama victory?

While supporters can scarcely contain their euphoria over Sen. Barack Obama’s historic win of the U.S. presidency – the first for a black man – I am still stuck chewing on the fact that Obama was a major political party’s nominee for president in the first place, let alone the victor in the 2008 epic...
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January 19, 2012

Relevant Radio seeks to blunt impact of FCC penalty

WASHINGTON – Relevant Radio, which calls itself the United States’ largest Catholic radio network, is negotiating with the Federal Communications Commission to erase a proposed $4.7 million penalty levied after the network withdrew its bid in an Arizona radio spectrum auction.
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January 19, 2012

Empty Bowls fill souls

A simple soup bowl – and the person who donates or buys it – can alleviate hunger. Or it can remain empty, as do the stomachs of too many people right here in Baltimore.
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January 19, 2012

Pope reminds faithful that death brings eternal life for loved ones

VATICAN CITY – The death of a loved one brings pain and sadness, but Christians believe their loved ones will have eternal life in Jesus Christ and that they will be united again with them in heaven, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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January 19, 2012

Pope prepares for busy fall and winter

VATICAN CITY – After a three-day trip to Austria in early September, Pope Benedict XVI is putting away his traveling shoes and settling in for a long fall and winter at the Vatican. The next foreign trip fixed firmly on the pope’s calendar is mid-July of 2008, when he plans to fly to Australia for...
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January 19, 2012

Catholics confront their lawmakers on same-sex marriage

ANNAPOLIS – Karen Wingard had never lobbied her lawmakers before, but hearing that Maryland was on the verge of legalizing same-sex marriage provoked her.
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