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Mercy Medical Center launches groundbreaking stem cell program

Nineteen-month-old Mason Shaffer has no qualms about somersaulting off a couch in his family’s Pennsylvania home. He’s equally fearless when exploring new surroundings or playing a spirited round of peek-a-boo with his mother.
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Catholic philanthropies give post-Katrina aid to women religious

WASHINGTON – Catholic philanthropies have delivered a big shot in the arm to eight New Orleans congregations of women religious still suffering from the devastation of Hurricane Katrina in 2005.
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Panthers look to defend their title for another year

The St. Frances Academy, Baltimore, Panthers come into the 2007-2008 basketball season ranked second behind an experienced Seton Keough team. Despite the early polls, the Lady Panthers have been reigning champions for the past five seasons. Can they make it six?
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Vatican rep says U.N. has obligation to do more to help world’s poor

UNITED NATIONS – The United Nations must fulfill its responsibilities to address extreme poverty, said the Vatican’s new representative to the United Nations.
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Pope tells priests to be generous giving sacraments to young people

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI said the church should be generous when it comes to administering the sacraments to young people, recognizing that Jesus would have done the same.
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Mount Carmel places third in invitational

The Our Lady of Mount Carmel High School, Essex, Cougars accepted an invitation to the 38th Annual Mercer Invitational Tournament at the Hill School in Pottstown, Pa., Dec. 14-16 and placed third in a field of eight teams to improve their overall record to 8-1.
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Stem-cell scientists challenged to justify research involving embryos

DETROIT – As more than 1,200 business, academic and government leaders from 25 countries gathered in Detroit for the World Stem Cell Summit, Archbishop Allen H. Vigneron of Detroit said research that destroys human embryos “deserves our scrutiny and scorn.”
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As Olympian, ‘lost boy’ looks to raise awareness about Darfur genocide

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – In 2001, some “lost boys of Sudan” arrived in the U.S. and the first phase of their long run from the horrors of their homeland’s civil war was fading in the distance.
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Document reminds Catholics of duty, right to share Gospel

VATICAN CITY – When Catholics fulfill their right and duty to share their faith with others, they are not engaging in proselytism or showing contempt for the beliefs of others, said a new document from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.
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Spanish archbishop will lead visitation of Legionaries’ lay movement

VATICAN CITY – A Spanish archbishop, who was part of the Vatican-led investigation of the Legionaries of Christ, will be the apostolic visitor of the congregation’s lay movement, Regnum Christi.
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New principals ready to lead schools

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is welcoming 14 new principals and one interim principal for the 2008-09 school year.
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Theologian’s book could mislead faithful, committee says

WASHINGTON – A Vietnamese-American theologian’s 2004 book on religious pluralism contains “pervading ambiguities and equivocations that could easily confuse or mislead the faithful,” the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine said in a Dec. 10 statement.
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