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Oak Crest residents warm to digital technology

PARKVILLE – When it comes to computer skills, there is little doubt that teenagers and young adults appear to rule the high tech, cyberspace world, but don’t tell that to many of the seniors at Oak Crest.
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Theologians’ task is to reflect on truth taught by church, pope says

VATICAN CITY – While theologians can make valuable contributions to society’s reflections on justice, peace and ecology, their main task is to reflect on the truth of Christian revelation and not simply its practical applications, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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Retired law school dean, widowed grandfather, ordained to priesthood

GARY, Ind. – A 71-year-old retired law school dean and widowed grandfather became one of three newly ordained priests June 7 in the Diocese of Gary.
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Howard County Pregnancy Center celebrates 30 years

There’s nothing more rewarding for Kim Hartman than visiting a young woman who has chosen to keep her baby rather than have an abortion.
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More prayer and less rhetoric on life issues

I was extremely disappointed to read the angry letters from writers who are very upset by the election of Barack Obama. The majority of U.S. Catholics did not vote for Mr. Obama because he is “pro abortion.” I believe that I voted for a very moral man.
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New pavilion in St. Mary’s City traces story of birthplace of religious freedom in United States

ST. MARY’S CITY – Marylanders of all ages celebrated the state’s 377th birthday at Historic St. Mary’s City March 26, in a colorful program that included 24 fourth-graders from across the state carrying the flags of their counties and an opening procession with seven men in colonial garb portraying the St. Maries Citty Militia from...
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Vatican official says Galileo was a man of faith

ROME – Fourteen years after Pope John Paul II said the Catholic Church erred when it condemned the 17th-century astronomer Galileo Galilei, the Vatican secretary of state said the astronomer was “a man of faith” who recognized God as creator of the cosmos.
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Archbishop Rodi installed to head Archdiocese of Mobile

MOBILE, Ala. – Archbishop Thomas J. Rodi, a native of New Orleans who as bishop of Biloxi, Miss., was lauded for his leadership following Hurricane Katrina, was installed as the second archbishop of Mobile during a pageantry-filled liturgy June 6 at the Cathedral-Basilica of the Immaculate Conception.
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Ferraro dies; was first woman to seek vice presidency for major party

BOSTON – Geraldine Ferraro, a lawyer and former congresswoman who in 1984 became the first woman to seek the vice presidency on a major political party ticket, died March 26 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
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Making use of your ‘last time’

It happened several years ago, but the thought continues to bother me. John had made the comment at one of our group get-togethers. “Don’t mention those words ‘last time’ to me,” he said.
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Gerard McCarron, beloved coach and teacher, dies

In the athletic history of Calvert Hall College High School, Gerard McCarron was a standard-bearer.
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