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Seniors find socialization, help with daily life in assisted living

For those living independently in continuing care retirement communities, making the move to assisted living may, at first glance, have a negative connotation. Yet, often the transition can dramatically improve the quality of life for an individual.
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Archbishop says HHS nomination ‘troubling,’ bad for US health policies

KANSAS CITY, Kan. – The archbishop who told Kansas Gov. Kathleen Sebelius not to present herself for Communion unless she repudiates her support for keeping abortion legal says her nomination as secretary of the Department of Health and Human Services does not bode well for health care policies in this country.
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101-year-old Josephite priest, Father Robert O’Connell dies

A funeral Mass was offered Nov. 27 for Father Robert O’Connell, S.S.J., who at 101 was the longest-lived Josephite priest, one who had served God for 66 years.
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Pope’s visit prompted new abuse allegations in Britain, church reports

MANCHESTER, England – The visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Britain and Scotland in September prompted a wave of fresh allegations of historical clerical sexual abuse, church child protection officials said.
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Writer impressed by Legion priests

I am proud to say that my brother is a Legion priest. He is a good man who has not been “programmed,” but who has used his intellect, his spirit and his heart to discern the call of the Lord in his life.
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Cardinal criticizes idea of fatherless babies in bill

LONDON – A British cardinal has criticized proposals to allow lesbians to become joint legal parents of children created for them through in vitro fertilization.
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Orange Diocese bids $50 million to buy Crystal Cathedral complex

ORANGE, Calif. – The Diocese of Orange has made a formal bid of $50 million to buy the Crystal Cathedral complex in Garden Grove, once the home church of the Rev. Robert Schuller, a noted television preacher.
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House failure to consider abortion-related amendments draws protest

WASHINGTON – A Catholic congressman is protesting a decision of the House leadership to block consideration of two abortion-related amendments to the $410 billion omnibus spending bill for fiscal 2009.
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Father Leo Patalinghug to appear on EWTN

Father Leo Patalinghug, director of pastoral field education at Mount St. Mary’s Seminary in Emmitsburg, will be the featured guest on EWTN’s Life on the Rock program Nov. 29. The live broadcast is scheduled for 8-9 p.m.
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Christian leaders: Pilgrimages must change to help Holy Land peace

LONDON – Catholic and Anglican leaders have challenged Christians to find new ways to establish lasting peace in the Holy Land, including changing the nature of pilgrimages.
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Flu bug buzzes through Catholic High

An intense flu virus led to 53 students missing a day of school at The Catholic High School of Baltimore last week.
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Churches join for ecumenical World AIDS Day service

For the past several years’ parishioners of St. Cecilia, Baltimore, have paid homage to men and women living with HIV/AIDS and those who have died as a result of the virus with a special service on World AIDS Day.
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