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January 19, 2012

Cardinal Brady apologizes for role in Irish clergy abuse crisis

DUBLIN, Ireland – Cardinal Sean Brady of Armagh, Northern Ireland, apologized during a St. Patrick Day homily for his role in the case of a priest accused of sexual abuse.
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January 19, 2012

Sanctuary program for immigrants

WASHINGTON – With immediate plans to shelter families in Los Angeles, New York and San Diego, an interfaith coalition calling itself the New Sanctuary Movement announced plans to try to protect families from deportation in churches and other faith-affiliated places around the country. Following the example of the 1980s church-based network that sheltered Central American...
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January 19, 2012

Keeping Mum: Preserving the past while still uncovering its mysteries

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican Museums had a rare opportunity to unravel some of the secrets inside a 2,000-year-old Egyptian mummy.
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January 19, 2012

WWII Marine Veteran plans to help honor fallen

As a U.S. Marine who served during World War II, St. Casimir, Canton, parishioner Emil Kozlowski found that serving with valor means supporting fellow brothers in arms despite ones personal feelings of the conflict itself. It's a notion he will keep with him during the Memorial Day Mass, breakfast and reflection ceremony as he and...
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January 19, 2012

An Inter-Church Spiritual and Lenten Pilgrimage

Lent is a time of spiritual pilgrimage. Our readings during Sunday Liturgy reveal that Jesus is always moving to the people or with the people. We find Jesus deep in prayer in the desert, moving among angels as he combats the devil in his tricky sneaky ways.
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January 19, 2012

Three men to be ordained Jesuit priests

Three men will be ordained Jesuit priests by Cardinal William H. Keeler on June 9. Kurt Denk, Ralph Rivera and Ignatius Sasmita will be ordained at the Alumni Memorial Chapel of Loyola College in Maryland, Baltimore.
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January 19, 2012

Different laws on same-sex marriage bring different church responses

WASHINGTON (CNS) – When San Francisco passed an ordinance more than 13 years ago requiring agencies that contract with the city to provide spousal benefits to employees' domestic partners, then-Archbishop William J. Levada asked for a religious exemption, arguing that it imposed "an unconstitutional condition" on religiously affiliated organizations such as Catholic Charities.
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January 19, 2012

What about marriage?

I stipulate at the outset that religious vocations are urgently needed and vitally important to the mission of the church. In no way do I wish to denigrate the sacrifice of those so called. I remain most grateful for their commitment and service. However I am somewhat disheartened that marriage, as a vocation, is hardly...
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January 19, 2012

Governor O’Malley supports BOAST measure

ANNAPOLIS – One day before Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien was to announce a comprehensive plan to consolidate Catholic schools, a State Senate committee heard testimony March 3 on a bill that supporters say would help prevent other schools from closing.
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January 19, 2012

China’s one-child policy takes toll on vocations

BEIJING (CNS) -- China's one-child policy, begun nearly 30 years ago, still provides pastoral challenges and is taking a toll on vocations, said some Chinese church leaders. Auxiliary Bishop Paul Pei Junmin of Liaoning said that, in the past, the diocese used to have 20 young men and women enter the seminary and convent each...
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January 19, 2012

German bishops apologize, announce new measures after abuse claims

OXFORD, England – Germany’s Catholic bishops have asked forgiveness from victims of sexual abuse at church-run schools and promised to “learn lessons” from secular institutions dealing with child molestation.
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January 19, 2012

St. Frances Academy makes effort to recruit Hispanics

When the new school year begins in late August, school officials at St. Frances Academy, Baltimore, expect to see a more racially diverse enrollment with the addition of several Hispanic students, ending a two-year interlude with an all-black student body. It’s the first time in its 179-year history that St. Frances Academy officials have actively...
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