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Calling all St. Agnes babies

Is your first memory the lights in the delivery room at St. Agnes Hospital? Well, OK, you probably don’t remember, but if you were born at St. Agnes Hospital, they want you back.
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Updated: CEO denies health reform prompted possible sale of Catholic hospitals

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The head of a Catholic health system has denied reports that the decision to put three hospitals in northeastern Pennsylvania up for sale was a result of the health care reform bill passed in March.
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Parishes in Minnesota, Nicaragua share long-distance bond

JINOTEGA, Nicaragua – Many people know her simply as “the tortilla lady.”
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Sister’s work comes with soundtrack

Sister Mary Roy Weiss, S.S.N.D., knew early on she was being called to a vocation, but what she didn’t know was how she would end up using music in her work.
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Baltimorean among five pleading not guilty to charges from anti-nuclear weapons protest

WASHINGTON – Five longtime peace activists pleaded not guilty in U.S. District Court to a series of federal charges stemming from an All Souls’ Day demonstration last year at a U.S. Navy nuclear weapons storage depot in Bangor, Wash.
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Court asked to throw out resolution criticizing church adoption stand

SAN FRANCISCO – A San Francisco Board of Supervisors resolution harshly critical of official Catholic teaching on adoption by same-sex couples crosses the constitutional line between church and state and should be thrown out as unlawful, an attorney for the Catholic League for Religious and Civil Rights told a federal appeals court panel.
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Pope, French president discuss wide range of topics

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI welcomed French President Nicolas Sarkozy to the Vatican for talks focused on Europe, the Middle East, Africa and the role of religions in society.
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Iran’s president asks pope to join efforts against intolerance

VATICAN CITY – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Pope Benedict XVI that he would like to work more closely with the Vatican in an effort to stop religious intolerance and the breakup of families.
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Churches in Spain experiment with staying open 24/7

VALENCIA, Spain – In 2002, Carlo Ravasio trekked more than 2,000 miles from Moscow to Valencia, stopping by churches along the way to pray for the unity of Christians.
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Curley freshmen carry on St. Francis’ Christmas tradition

The two white sheep were well-behaved on the Blessed Virgin Mary’s left and right, keeping very still. That’s because they were the only lifeless characters in Archbishop Curley High School’s Dec. 9 prayer service celebrating the Nativity at Greccio, Italy.
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Boy Scouts take Fort McHenry by storm

Fort McHenry, a historic American landmark, was once again the scene of a patriotic celebration.
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