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Warming hearts, hearth at St. Alphonsus

The first dinner Gladys Kemp made for the priests at St. Alphonsus Rodriguez in Woodstock didn’t turn out too well – she burned the meal.
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Growth Chart, Part II: Cristo Rey Jesuit High’s first senior class thinking college

Mariah Gangapersad, Ruben Torres and Chris Ellis had never set foot on a college campus until they were freshmen at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Baltimore. Three years later, they are close to actually attending one.
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U.S. cardinal emphasizes how to listen to, proclaim Gospel

ROME – How to listen well to the word of God and how to proclaim it well have emerged as the key questions for the Synod of Bishops on the Bible, said Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago.
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Restoration of historic chapel brings new life to St. Athanasius

Mason work that has stood since the 19th century is enhanced by orange walls and a light blue vaulted ceiling that are set off by double crown molding.
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Religious leaders call for action on New York City’s high abortion rate

NEW YORK – New York City has one statistic in particular that it can’t be proud of and needs to change, according to local religious leaders: 41 percent of pregnancies in the city end in abortion, almost double the national rate.
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Pope Benedict prays sainthood cause of Pope Pius XII proceeds smoothly

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI prayed that the sainthood cause of Pope Pius XII, whose pontificate spanned the “tumultuous years” during and after World War II, would proceed smoothly.
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The name game

In late April and early May, the blogosphere was in an uproar over two documents circulated by the National Counterterrorism Center, which is charged with strategic coordination among federal agencies of the war against terrorism. “The Words That Work” and “Terminology to Define the Terrorists” urged government officials and U.S. diplomats to avoid “Islamism” and...
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Jesus was a refugee, pope says on world migration day

VATICAN CITY – Jesus was a refugee - a fact that should be remembered as societies deal with modern issues of emigration and immigration, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS

Mother Seton School, Emmitsburg, students took part in the international fourth annual Pinwheels for Peace Sept. 22 by planting handmade pinwheels containing peace messages on the school lawn.
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Soup kitchens as political activism: What’s appropriate for whom?

WASHINGTON – Theologian Georgia Masters Keightley believes the way Catholics live out their faith obligations to social activism ought first to be by creating neighborhood food pantries and participating in town council elections.
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National collection for church in Latin America set for Jan. 22-23

WASHINGTON – The year 2010 was extraordinary “in terms of needs but also in terms of the response of Catholics all across the United States” to their fellow Catholics in Latin America and the Caribbean, according to Coadjutor Archbishop Jose H. Gomez of Los Angeles.
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Economic crisis makes voters take harder look at presidential race

WASHINGTON – Voter registration is up nationwide and the U.S. presidential election captured the world’s attention some time ago, but the current economic crisis that prompted Congress to approve a $700 billion financial recovery package seems to be creating a more intensive focus by voters on the candidates.
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