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Retiring music director glorifies God with her organ-playing

For Joanne Gardner, the music she plays on the organ at St. Stephen in Bradshaw has always been “for the honor and glory of God.”
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Legionaries’ letter to lay members details reforms order has made

WASHINGTON –The Legionaries of Christ have initiated a number of reforms since publicly acknowledging Feb. 4 that the order’s founder, Mexican Father Marcial Maciel Degollado, fathered a child, two U.S. Legionaries priests said in a letter to members of the order’s lay association, Regnum Christi.
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Vatican official says ‘Humanae Vitae’ defends freedom of women

VATICAN CITY – Although bitterly criticized as burdensome on Catholic couples when it was published in 1968, the encyclical “Humanae Vitae” has ended up defending the freedom of women and the fullness of married love, a top Vatican official said.
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St. Margaret parishioner gives $100,000

Minutes after he gave away checks totaling $100,000 of his own money, Robert Melville just shrugged.
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Ijamsville family to serve as missionaries in Honduras

Like many young couples, Nissa and Guthrie Quill hoped to live their dreams in retirement. Unlike those who look forward to golf or travel, however, the Quills’ dream was to serve as missionaries. Four years ago, they decided they couldn’t wait.
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Bobby Flay throws down challenge to cooking priest, Father Leo

Father Leo Patalinghug is not the kind of guy who steps down from a challenge. The 39-year-old priest is a former national full-contact stick fighting champion, a black belt in tae kwon do and an 80s break dancer who can still bust the moves with the best of them.
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Kayaking helps keep priest afloat

Father Brian Rafferty has a motor that won’t stop and the arms to match. After celebrating two early morning Masses at Our Lady of the Chesapeake, Lake Shore, on a sweltering June morning, the pastor was ready for more.
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Vote on gay clergy may cause rift in Lutheran denomination

WASHINGTON – A vote to permit the ordination of homosexuals in committed monogamous relationships for the United States’ largest Lutheran denomination may provoke a rift among its members and leaders.
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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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Optimism about change spurs participants’ involvement in health event

WASHINGTON – Two participants in a nationwide teleconference organized by religious organizations that are supporting health care reform said they were optimistic that legislation will pass this year and that they don’t believe government funding of abortion will be a part of the bill.
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Venezuelan cardinal says new law removes religious ed from schools

CARACAS, Venezuela – An education bill signed into law in mid-August by Venezuelan President Hugo Chavez will remove religious education from the nation’s schools, said Caracas Cardinal Jorge Urosa Savino.
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