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Archbishop’s Annual Appeal to launch Feb. 7-8

Freshly invigorated with a new name and a restructured program, the Archbishop’s Annual Appeal is set to launch in parishes Feb. 7-8 with the theme “Do everything for the glory of God.”
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Priests accuse Samsung of setting up slush funds

SEOUL, South Korea – Catholic priests have called for the investigation of South Korea’s largest conglomerate, Samsung Group, and accused them of creating multimillion-dollar slush funds.
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Hedonism clouds judgment, risks annihilating morality, pope says

VATICAN CITY – Hedonism clouds people’s judgment and risks annihilating morality, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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Vatican official: Fathers should look to Jesus’ relationship with God

MANILA, Philippines – The president of the Pontifical Council Cor Unum expressed concern that weakened masculinity around the world is preventing people from grasping Jesus’ teaching about his Father.
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Bishop Malooly presents Medals of Honor

In an Oct. 28 prayer service and ceremony at St. Patrick in Cumberland, Bishop W. Francis Malooly, western vicar, recognized the outstanding service of 18 Catholics in the western 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 of...
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Americans United for Life supports legal challenge to sign law

Americans United for Life, a national pro-life group based in Washington, is offering support to pro-life pregnancy centers in an ongoing legal battle over a Baltimore law mandating the posting of signs at the centers.
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Bridal headwear offers options

While plenty of brides still opt for the traditional tiara, the once-lowly headband is adorning more and more brides.
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Space shuttle commander is graduate of Catholic school

IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. – As Bishop Kearney High School students in Irondequoit watched the Oct. 23 liftoff of the space shuttle Discovery, they also witnessed an alumna of the school add her name to the history books.
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Death penalty opponents need to push for life without parole

I really wish Tony Magliano would quit putting words in God’s mouth (CR, April 14). His article titled “The death penalty is not God’s penalty” ignores Acts 5:1-10, where Ananias and his wife Sapphira were put to death by the Holy Spirit for trying to perpetrate a skimming fraud on the Holy Spirit and the...
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New network launched to mobilize Catholics against death penalty

HARRISBURG, Pa. – The Catholic Mobilizing Network to End the Death Penalty, launched Jan. 25 in Harrisburg, is not just another initiative of the bishops but instead represents lay Catholics at the grass-roots level “taking up the challenge” put forth in bishops’ documents, statements and actions over the past three decades.
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Maskeroni lifts Magic, looks for unity

The Mercy High School, Baltimore, Magic graduated nine seniors in 2006 after capturing the IAAM C Conference field hockey title in a 1-0, double-overtime win over Baltimore Lutheran this time last year.
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Theologian defends book in letter to bishops’ doctrine committee

WASHINGTON – Fordham University systematic theology professor Sister Elizabeth A. Johnson defended her 2007 book that recently came under harsh criticism from the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine, restating concerns that her work was “thoroughly misunderstood and consistently misrepresented” by the committee.
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