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Controversy averted at St. Dominic School site

About 200 concerned Hamilton-area residents breathed a collective sigh of relief as developers abandoned a plan to convert the vacant St. Dominic School into a low-income apartment building – instead constructing a mostly senior housing project. Residents of the Hamilton, Arcadia, Lauraville and Beverly Hills neighborhoods were prepared for a slugfest with developers, representatives of...
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Sick Zimbabweans turned away from South African hospitals

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – Sick Zimbabwean refugees in Johannesburg are being turned away from South African hospitals, despite an official policy that outlaws discrimination against noncitizens, a priest said.
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Curiosity, faith to be answered at World Youth Day

Every few years, Matt and Meghan Sprankle would go to the airport with their father during the summer months and watch as Pat embarked on an international journey to celebrate World Youth Day.
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Celebration of the Arts showcases students’ talent

Four Mercy High School, Baltimore, students gently touched the ivory keys on shiny, black, baby grand pianos, filling the lobby of the Joseph Meyerhoff Symphony Hall with music as hundreds of visitors viewed various works of art from aspiring young artists. On April 9, some 350 students from about 50 Catholic schools in the archdiocese...
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Daughter of Charity reflects on ministry

Sister Mary Catherine Warehime wasn’t yet Catholic when she first felt called to consecrated life.
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Knights install new state deputy

Richard V. Siejack was installed as state deputy of the Maryland State Council Knights of Columbus during a July 5 Mass at St. John the Evangelist in Hydes.
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Bishops vote to establish new Subcommittee on Health Care Issues

The U.S. bishops voted Nov. 14 to establish a permanent Subcommittee on Health Care Issues under the jurisdiction of their Committee on Doctrine.
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US-Vatican diplomacy: 25 years official, centuries behind the scenes

WASHINGTON – From the earliest days of the nation, U.S. and Vatican leaders have considered it worthwhile to keep diplomatic channels open, despite the sometimes rocky political paths involved.
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INTERDEPENDENCE DAY

The proud observance of July 4 is enriched by our growing awareness of the extent to our dependence on one another, as individuals and as a group. The other big current jawbreaker, globalization, reinforces our mutual need for one another. This is not a new phenomenon, but the news of the day drives it home...
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Chaplains care for soldiers’ religious, morale needs, says chief

ARLINGTON, Va. – Soldiers “are making life and death decisions” every day in Iraq and Afghanistan, and military chaplains “are out there in the field with them day in and day out,” said the Catholic priest who is the new Army chief of chaplains.
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Year for Priests will show pride in, love for priests, cardinal says

VATICAN CITY – The 2009-10 Year for Priests will demonstrate that the Catholic Church “is proud of her priests, loves them, honors them (and) admires them,” said Cardinal Claudio Hummes, prefect of the Congregation for Clergy.
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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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