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Society benefits from tolerance, interreligious dialogue, pope says

VATICAN CITY – When different religions are protected and respected rather than ignored or attacked, society benefits from a climate of dialogue and a commitment to upholding common values, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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Knights of Fatima give awards

The Knights of Fatima honored those who serve their community at an awards luncheon on Jan. 26. Although recipients do not need to be from Our Lady of Fatima, Baltimore, this year those honored are all parishioners.
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Catholic Relief Services has benefited from Hackett’s hand

Hackett, 64, directs nearly 7,000 employees in more than 90 countries. He has dealt with the high and mighty, both “seen the devil’s work” and commiserated with popes and Mother Teresa, but a practical appreciation of human nature preceded his unique perspective of the universal church.
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Only a higher power can save us

Alcoholism is an equal opportunity destroyer. It destroys rich or poor, single or married, religious or irreligious.
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Archdiocese names new development director

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has named Patrick Madden the new executive director of development for the Archdiocese of Baltimore. Mr. Madden, a parishioner of St. Augustine in Elkridge, succeeds Tom Sonni, who served in the same post from 1995-2007.
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Bishops’ agenda more devoted to internal matters than to societal ills

WASHINGTON – The U.S. bishops’ fall general assembly in Baltimore will be shorter than usual and focus primarily on the inner workings of the church than on larger societal issues.
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Father Muckerman dies at 92; known for Catholic press work, ministry

LIGUORI, Mo. – Redemptorist Father Norman Muckerman, a former editor of Liguorian magazine and a former president of the Catholic Press Association, died May 19 at St. Clement’s Health Care Center in Liguori after a long illness. He was 92.
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University fiasco shows scholars miss pope’s point

VATICAN CITY – It was a first, at least in modern times: In Rome, the center of the Catholic world and the capital of Catholic Italy, a pope felt unwelcome to give a speech at the public university.
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Young partners cite benefits of Baltimore Haiti project

HUNT VALLEY – Some of the strongest advocates for the Baltimore Haiti Project are the students from the Archdiocese of Baltimore who give a portion of their summer to the children of the town of St. Marc and The Good Samaritans School.
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All life is sacred: We are family

When I travelled to Ghana, I befriended a woman named Adama who worked for Catholic Relief Services. As we travelled from one destination to another, we entered into a wonderful conversation about family members and family-hood. My heart was lifted when Adama answered the question of who her family was by talking first about the...
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House of Lords rejects banning of hybrid embryos

LONDON – The House of Lords has rejected a move to ban the creation of human-animal hybrid embryos for research.
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Catholics in San Francisco, Denver pray rosary, ask for Mary’s help

SAN FRANCISCO - It was the hands of those who gathered at San Francisco’s Civic Center Plaza to take part in Family Rosary Crusade 2011 that told the story.
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