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January 19, 2012

Catholic radio host prepares MP3 players for troops, wounded soldiers

WASHINGTON – It has been a year in the making, but the first 1,000 MP3 players prepared by the host of a Catholic radio program are making their way to Catholic troops and wounded soldiers.

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January 19, 2012

Cumberland-area parishes consolidate Masses

With a shortage of priests and a declining population base, five Cumberland-area parishes have reduced their Mass schedules and are making plans to work more collaboratively.

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January 19, 2012

Revised norms send clear signal on sex abuse, Vatican official says

VATICAN CITY – A leading Vatican official said Pope Benedict XVI’s approval of revised norms on clerical sex abuse sent a clear signal that the church is serious about protecting children and punishing abusive priests.

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January 19, 2012

Seven released Cubans arrive in Spain after church-brokered deal

MADRID – Seven men – former political prisoners released by the Cuban government, some accompanied by family members – arrived in Madrid July 13, the first of 52 prisoners released in a deal partially brokered by the Cuban Catholic Church.

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January 19, 2012

Blakefield graduate does mission work in El Salvador

Larry Parr has one fear. “The violence,” he said. “Where I am, there’s a lot violence. Just seeing that, and how people are affected, is something that’s very tough.”

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January 19, 2012

Nebraska town’s immigration law puts it on path with no clear end

WASHINGTON – When residents of Fremont, Neb., voted June 21 to bar undocumented immigrants from renting housing or getting jobs in their city, they stepped onto a path that other U.S. towns have already blazed, with legal and political results that remain unclear years later.

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January 19, 2012

Deep Catholicism

During the long Lent of 2002, I started using the phrase “Catholic Lite” to denote a cast of mind that, in my judgment, had contributed mightily to the crisis of fidelity that was at the root of clerical sexual abuse and episcopal misgovernance. Within that mindset, one of the fundamental questions shaping ecclesial life had...

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January 19, 2012

Catholic artist inspires with personal paintings

In the same week Matthew D’Adamo was laid off after nearly a decade as a graphic designer with The Baltimore Sun, he and his girlfriend of three years broke up. It was a devastating one-two punch that left the lifelong artist reeling more than a year ago.

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January 19, 2012

Sudanese bishops call for end to violence

As a critical election in Southern Sudan draws near, Sudanese Catholic leaders are appealing to the United States and Western nations to speak out more strongly against violence that could plunge the African nation back into a full-scale civil war.

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January 19, 2012

Texas priest urges consumers to support local fishing communities

WASHINGTON - A priest who oversees a Catholic ministry to people who make a living from the sea said consumers should know that shrimp in Texas has not been tainted by the massive oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico and urged them to support the local seafood industry.

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January 19, 2012

Eagle of the Cross honorees “hard-wired for God”

Julia Schmidt looks at serving others as a natural extension of Catholicism.

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January 19, 2012

Maryland Catholic parish rooting for one of its own in World Cup

DAMASCUS, Md. – When the U.S. men’s national soccer team takes the field in South Africa June 12 to face England in the World Cup, parishioners from St. Paul Parish in Damascus will be rooting for one of their own.

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