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Church must adapt to the way media are impacting culture, pope says

VATICAN CITY – New media are not just instruments for communicating, but they are having a huge impact on culture -- on the way people interact and think, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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Archbishop thanks parents, faculty during Calvert Hall Founder’s Day Mass

In honor of the founder of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, St. John Baptist de La Salle, Calvert Hall College High School’s 1,250 student body gathered for a special Mass celebrated by Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien May 15.
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Parishioners reflect on New Jersey pastor slain in stabbing

CHATHAM, N.J. – Father Edward Hinds touched many people during his 35 years of priestly life, the last six of which were spent as pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Chatham in the Paterson Diocese.
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Pope urges Israel to help keep Christians as force for peace, stability

VATICAN CITY – Welcoming Israel’s new ambassador to the Vatican, Pope Benedict XVI urged Israel to help its Christian citizens remain in the country where they could be a force for peace and understanding.
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Key post: US archbishop will help shape the world’s episcopate

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI’s naming of U.S. Archbishop Raymond L. Burke to the Congregation for Bishops was a small but significant appointment that could have an impact on the wider church for many years to come.
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Cardinals, bishops to be among Americans at eucharistic congress

QUEBEC CITY – About 40 cardinals and bishops from the United States are among the nearly 500 Americans who have registered for the 49th International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec City June 15-22.
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Wanted: 93,000 bricks

We Oblates have fallen in love with bricks! There is something so solid and satisfying about a brick wall. It resists wind and rain, snow and hail. From our childhood days of fairy tales, we always wanted to be the pig who built his house of brick. He was the smart one. No straw house...
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Many new U.S. priests are in their 30s and foreign-born, study says

WASHINGTON – The age and nationality of many of the new priests to be ordained in the United States this year continues a trend of recent years as more foreign-born men in their mid-30s are entering the priesthood.
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Father Poston named pastor of St. Mary’s, Hagerstown

When Father J. Collin Poston arrived at St. Mary’s in Hagerstown a year ago as administrator, he was struck by the parish’s deep spirituality.
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Washington archbishop says denial of Communion is up to local bishops

WASHINGTON – Following criticism that high-profile Catholic politicians who support keeping abortion legal were permitted to receive the Eucharist during the U.S. papal Masses in Washington and New York, Washington Archbishop Donald W. Wuerl reiterated his position that such an action should be left to the discretion of the bishop heading an individual lawmaker’s diocese.
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Artie Donovan to appear at Calvert Hall event

The Men of Calvert Hall will hold a Ravens Bash with Artie Donovan Oct. 18 at the school’s dining hall.
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Blessed Virgin Mary exemplifies motherhood

With Mother’s Day rapidly approaching, Father Leo Patalinghug believes it’s the perfect time to look to the Blessed Virgin Mary as the model for what motherhood is all about. Mary exemplifies the best qualities for raising children, he said, and she is a powerful intercessor for families looking for help rearing children.
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