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Pope lauds North American College on its 150th anniversary

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI marked the 150th anniversary of the Pontifical North American College, and said the seminary deserves thanks for “training generations of worthy preachers of the Gospel and ministers of the sacraments.”
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Papal liturgist endorses ‘reform of the reform’ of the liturgy

VATICAN CITY – The pope’s chief liturgist, Monsignor Guido Marini, endorsed calls in the church for a “reform of the reform” of Catholic liturgy.
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Pope confers title of monsignor on Baltimore priests

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien had the look of a proud father as he stood inside the archbishop’s residence in Baltimore Dec. 30.
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Synod, saints, shroud all on papal calendar for 2010

VATICAN CITY – As Pope Benedict XVI says goodbye to 2009, his 2010 calendar is already being filled.
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Three more Irish bishops resign in wake of Dublin abuse report

DUBLIN, Ireland – Three more Irish bishops have announced their resignations, bringing the total to four who have resigned as a result of a recent report on how the Dublin Archdiocese covered up clerical sex abuse allegations and put children at risk of further abuse.
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2009 in Review: Obama at Notre Dame fuels debate over schools’ Catholic identity

WASHINGTON – An ongoing debate about U.S. Catholic institutions of higher education maintaining their Catholic identity escalated in 2009 when the University of Notre Dame in Indiana invited President Barack Obama to deliver the commencement address.
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2009 in Review: Catholic influence seen in House health bill, but what about Senate?

WASHINGTON – Although the ultimate fate of health reform legislation in the U.S. Congress remained up in the air as the end of 2009 neared, one thing is certain: With their unequivocal call to keep the legislation abortion-neutral, the U.S. bishops had a strong influence on the debate.
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Vatican official calls for ‘new thinking’ to address climate change

COPENHAGEN, Denmark – The world must confront its current moral crises, ranging from hunger to environmental destruction, with “discernment and new thinking,” said the head of the Vatican delegation to the United Nations climate change conference.
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Technology a priority for schools in archdiocese

Kids will blog anyway – why not teach them how to blog correctly? So goes the general mindset of the Division of Catholic Schools in its major effort to stay ahead of technology, beginning with a strategic plan spearheaded in 2000.
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Climate change hurting poor seminarians in Africa, says priest

VATICAN CITY – Climate change is hurting poor farmers, including farming seminarians in Africa.
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Supporting abortion is monumental scandal

It is foolish to think eliminating the death penalty is the “final step” to civilizing the world (CR, July 17). Each generation faces a world under Satan’s influence. The final step is dying with Christ.
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Ecumenical allies? Orthodox, Catholics take aim at European secularism

VATICAN CITY – For years, the Vatican has suggested that a promising area of ecumenical cooperation was a joint struggle by Christian churches against the moral and social challenges posed by a predominantly secular society.
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