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January 19, 2012

Baltimore faith community encourages others through Operation Faith Lift

A diverse group of more than 40 parishioners from St. Anthony of Padua/Most Precious Blood parishes in East Baltimore gathered April 26 to take part in Operation Faith Lift. Operation Faith Lift is an annual event sponsored by the archdiocese’s Office of African American Catholic Ministries, and is promoted as a neighborhood evangelical outreach effort...

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January 19, 2012

Pope names couple from Archdiocese of Baltimore to Pontifical Council for the Family

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI named Cardinal Sean P. O’Malley of Boston and five other U.S. Catholics to positions on the Pontifical Council for the Family.

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January 19, 2012

States take up immigration bills as Congress stays on sidelines

WASHINGTON – States have considered more than 1,100 bills that deal with aspects of immigration this year, while a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus April 23 called the Democratic leadership “spineless” for not taking up comprehensive immigration reform.

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January 19, 2012

Overlea parishioner launches prayer campaign for priests

During his last daily Mass as pastor of St. Michael, Overlea, in June, Father James Proffitt encouraged parishioners to pray for priests.

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January 19, 2012

English cardinal moves closer to sainthood with U.S. deacon’s healing

LONDON – The sainthood cause of a 19th-century English cardinal has taken a step forward after the Vatican’s medical commission ruled that there was no natural explanation for the healing of a U.S. deacon who prayed for the cardinal’s intercession.

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January 19, 2012

Name change another step in Loyola’s evolution

Change is rarely easy, but few do it better than Loyola College in Maryland.

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January 19, 2012

Paraguayans elect retired Bishop Lugo as president

ASUNCION, Paraguay – Retired Bishop Fernando Lugo was elected president of Paraguay April 20, ending the six-decade rule of the Colorado Party.

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January 19, 2012

Woman whose father knew Blessed Damien brings family back to Hawaii

KALAUPAPA, Hawaii – As Sacred Hearts Father Christopher Keahi handed out new “St.” Damien prayer cards in St. Francis Church in anticipation of the priest’s Oct. 11 canonization in Rome, a guest with a most special connection to Hawaii’s first saint sat in a middle pew.

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January 19, 2012

Text of Pope Benedict’s Yankee Stadium Mass homily

NEW YORK – Here is the text of Pope Benedict XVI’s homily at the Yankee Stadium Mass April 20.

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January 19, 2012

‘Bell rung?’ No, that player may have a concussion

Despite the reaction they elicit among many football fans and media analysts, a concussion is not a laughing matter, “Got his bell rung” and “dinged” have long been in the sport’s nomenclature.

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January 19, 2012