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Weigel column distorted by ideological bias

George Weigel’s recent review of the presidential election (CR, Nov. 20) was most disappointing. Without examining the reasons why 54 percent of Catholics voted for Senator Obama or these voters’ views on abortion, Mr. Weigel nevertheless describes these voters as “stupid” and “mindless.” Mr. Weigel’s view of the facts is distorted by his ideological biases.
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What do elementary school age children worry about?

Failing a test, new teachers, more homework and different classmates are all things elementary school students think about as they work their way toward the doors of their school buildings.
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Parishes and schools reach out to Japan

Parishes and schools throughout the archdiocese are pulling together to pray for and help the people of Japan following the March 11 earthquake and tsunami that struck the island nation.
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Study: Overseas aid needed to keep poor from falling further behind

WASHINGTON – Officials from a variety of nongovernmental organizations have urged the United States to continue overseas development assistance despite the current global financial crisis.
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IND appoints new president

The Institute of Notre Dame (IND), Baltimore, has appointed Charisse Fenari Wernecke as its new president.
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Philippine Catholics rally against reproductive health legislation

MANILA, Philippines – Thousands of Philippine Catholics rallied in Manila against the government’s proposed reproductive health law.
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Cristo Rey mourns staff member

A month after students at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School participated in the making of a video that promoted a message of peace in Baltimore, members of that fledgling institution were left to make sense of the violent demise of one of their own.
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Archdiocese reaches agreement with more than 500 claimants

LOS ANGELES – The Los Angeles Archdiocese July 15 announced the largest church settlement of sexual abuse lawsuits to date, agreeing to pay more than 500 alleged victims a total of $660 million.
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Church Chatter: Hibernians honor executive director of Catholic Charities

William J. McCarthy Jr., the executive director of Catholic Charities of Baltimore, had a most emotional St. Patrick’s Day.
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Public health crisis in Zimbabwe puts more than a million at risk

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – As world health professionals urged an international response to a public health crisis in Zimbabwe, where state hospitals are barely functioning and more than a million people are at risk, a Jesuit priest working in the country told of the effects on ordinary citizens.
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Special Mass offered to Filipino teachers as they arrive in Baltimore

With the arrival of about 110 new teachers from the Philippines to fill open slots in Baltimore area schools, the Catholic community seized the opportunity to welcome about 65 of the foreign educators with a special Mass and reception July 11.
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Christians: Pakistani Catholic charged with blasphemy was murdered

LAHORE, Pakistan – Pakistani Christians said a Catholic businessman imprisoned for life for blasphemy was tortured and murdered and did not die of a heart attack as stated in a medical report.
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