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Pope thrills Massgoers at Washington ballpark

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The instant the slow-rolling white popemobile made its entrance into Nationals Park April 17, a wave of applause rippled through the packed stadium – easily rivaling any ovation a hometown slugger might receive.
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A soldier’s story, and hundreds of others, honored at Orioles’ game Aug. 30

A lament from the Vietnam era was that American soldiers were rarely honored upon their return. Many were treated with disdain, as protesters against the war lumped them in with the White House and Pentagon brass.
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Pope urges U.S. Catholic educators to lead students to deeper faith

WASHINGTON – Pope Benedict XVI urged U.S. Catholic educators April 17 not to simply transmit knowledge to their students but to bring them to a deeper understanding of faith “which in turn nurtures the soul of a nation.”
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EEOC accuses Catholic college of discrimination in health care plan

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Equal Employment Opportunity Commission has sided with claims from eight employees at Belmont Abbey College in Belmont, N.C., that the institution’s 2007 decision not to offer employees coverage of prescription contraceptives discriminates against women.
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Nine-year-old boy gets impromptu audience with pope

WASHINGTON – Before Pope Benedict XVI headed to a prayer service with the U.S. bishops April 16, he had a series of brief encounters with an extremely small group of people both inside the Vatican nunciature and outside it.
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LCWR says Vatican has not fully disclosed reasons for US visitation

WASHINGTON – Leaders representing 59,000 women religious are questioning what they say is a lack of full disclosure about what is motivating the Vatican’s apostolic visitation that will study the contemporary practices of U.S. women’s religious orders.
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Pope: U.S. should uphold traditional role of religion in public life

WASHINGTON – Pope Benedict XVI, meeting at the White House with President George W. Bush, said it was important to preserve the traditional role of religion in American political and social life.
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Second Amendment letter made no sense

To equate the right to bear arms under the Second Amendment to be the prime supporter of the right to life (James E. Dickinson letter, CR, July 30) is unbelievable. The carnage in Baltimore City, the opposition of the proliferation of guns by every police department in the country and common sense refute this idea....
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Study explores support for vocations, response to decline in priests

WASHINGTON – Although three-quarters of U.S. Catholic respondents in a new survey have noticed a decline in the number of priests serving in parishes, few of the men said they have considered becoming a priest and less than a third of all respondents said they would encourage their own child to pursue a religious vocation.
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Aug. 15 feast day marks Mary’s assumption into heaven

While Catholics are normally obligated to attend Mass on the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, they are not required to do so this year because the Aug. 15 feast falls on a Saturday.
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Bishop Malooly awards 35 archdiocesan Medals of Honor

In an April 13 prayer service and ceremony at St. Ann in Hagerstown, Bishop W. Francis Malooly, western vicar, will recognize the outstanding service of 35 Catholics in the central region of the western vicariate by conferring on them the archdiocesan Medal of Honor. The medal is made of lucite with the coat of arms...
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