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Guest columnist: Exist to evangelize

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has asked four individuals to serve as guest columnists in August. The first is Paulist Father John Hurley, the executive director of the archdiocesan Department of Evangelization.
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Teens beautify Baltimore, build bonds during summer work camps

Sweat trickled down the teens’ paint droplet-covered faces, and dirt was embedded in their fingernails. Their hair was tussled, and they were tired after days of hard work in the blistering sun.
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Church aid workers try to reach Pakistanis homeless, hungry from floods

BANGALORE, India – Church aid workers in Pakistan were trying to reach hundreds of thousands of people displaced and rendered homeless by the rain and floods that had claimed more than 1,200 lives in Pakistan’s mountainous northwestern region.
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Nuclear proliferation problem greater now

George Weigel reminds us in his latest column (CR, June 19) that there was indeed a time, not so long ago, when the bishops of America were willing to seriously discuss important issues of peace and justice. I agree with him that “Today, it is virtually impossible to imagine the bishops’ conference taking on a...
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Take charge of your attitude

In the midst of the intense heat in mid-July I heard a line that reflected both good advice for coping with the heat, as well as good advice for coping with life. Allow me to give some background.
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Jesuit-educated AIDS researcher awarded Presidential Medal of Freedom

WASHINGTON – Dr. Anthony S. Fauci, an award-winning physician and AIDS researcher, was among six recipients of the Presidential Medal of Freedom June 19 in the East Room of the White House.
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Church’s work on disabilities helped bring about law marking 20th year

WASHINGTON – When the Americans with Disabilities Act was being debated in the U.S. Senate 20 years ago, excerpts from the pastoral statement on people with disabilities issued by the U.S. bishops 12 years earlier were read on the Senate floor in support of its passage.
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Archbishop Borders celebrates 40 years as a bishop

Looking back to the day a delegate for Pope Paul VI asked him to become the founding bishop of Orlando, Fla., 40 years ago, Archbishop William D. Borders admitted he was somewhat shocked.
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Catholic Charities president urges federal measures to help Gulf relief

WASHINGTON – Catholic Charities, one of the major organizations providing relief to Gulf Coast residents impacted by the BP oil spill, reports that its agencies in the region have provided services to more than 20,000 individuals and more than 7,000 families since the spill.
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St. Agnes Hospital names nurse of the year

During National Nurses’ Week, St. Agnes Hospital has named Angela Keppley, R.N., its 2008 Nurse of the Year. Ms. Keppley is a nurse in one of the hospital’s medical/surgical units and a parishioner of St. Clement, Lansdowne.
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Cardinal praises HHS for reiterating abortion exclusion in health plans

WASHINGTON – The chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee for Pro-Life Activities praised the Department of Health and Human Services July 15 for reaffirming that no federal funds will be provided to cover elective abortions under state-run health insurance plans.
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Mount de Sales grad top rookie for Navy’s lacrosse team

Meg Decker capped a sensational inaugural lacrosse season at the U.S. Naval Academy by being voted Rookie of the Year by LaxPower.com.
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