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January 19, 2012

Vatican officials say book shows Mother Teresa’s strength

VATICAN CITY – Vatican officials said a new book detailing Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta’s long “crisis of faith” illustrates her spiritual strength in the face of doubt.

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January 19, 2012

St. Mary’s Seminary commemorates Shoah

St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Roland Park remembered the victims of the Holocaust, or Shoah, with its 26th annual Yom HaShoah Memorial April 13.

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January 19, 2012

Italian official intervenes in case of woman in vegetative state

ROME – An Italian government official intervened to stop a hospital from withholding nutrition and hydration from a woman who has been in a persistent vegetative state for 16 years.

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January 19, 2012

Vatican confirms pope will meet with Israeli president

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI is scheduled to meet with Israeli President Shimon Peres at the papal summer residence in Castel Gandolfo, a Vatican official confirmed to Catholic News Service Aug. 24.

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January 19, 2012

Holy confusion? Beatification, canonization are different

VATICAN CITY – The slight differences between a beatification and a canonization are easy to miss, especially when one pope beatifies another pope.

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January 19, 2012

Students praise female caretakers in Good Samaritan contest

With nervous quick reads and high voices behind a podium almost taller than most of them, students from four Catholic schools read aloud their winning essays Dec. 4 in the “How a Woman I Love Takes Great Care of Me” student essay celebration sponsored by Good Samaritan Hospital, Baltimore.

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January 19, 2012

Peruvian earthquake: scope of damage begins to emerge

LIMA, Peru – When a violent earthquake shook southern Peru in 2001, it jolted the Ica River out of its bed, flooding part of the city of Ica and forcing Celinda Terrones and her children to spend the night on the roof of their house. When a magnitude 8 quake struck Aug. 15, however, their...

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January 19, 2012

Youth pilgrimage opens eyes, hearts in Cumberland

CUMBERLAND – Young Catholics from across Allegany and Garrett counties put their faith on display April 9.

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January 19, 2012

Pioneering Josephite priest dies

Father Robert “Rocky” Kearns, a pioneering Josephite priest, pastor and superior general who was active in the social justice movement, died in an Alabama hospital Dec. 6 from complications of cancer. He was 72.

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January 19, 2012

Father Wood faces joys and challenges in Iraq

The first time Father Tyson Wood went on a ground convoy after arriving in Iraq earlier this summer, a roadside bomb exploded nearby. No one was hurt and no significant damage was sustained, but the incident was a sudden and sobering reminder that the 40-year-old military chaplain’s ministry would be one of his most challenging...

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