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Youth who ‘follow path of Jesus’ honored

St. Cecilia parishioner Alexis Gear looked around Archbishop Borders Hall June 1 and wondered how she stacked up.
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Archbishop Jadot, former papal delegate in US, dies in Belgium

BRUSSELS, Belgium – Retired Belgian Archbishop Jean Jadot, former apostolic delegate in the United States, died Jan. 21 at his home in Brussels. He was 99 years old.
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Vatican Library to be closed to public for three years

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican Library is closing its doors to the public for the next three years for renovation. Starting July 14, the library will be closed until September 2010 in order to carry out “major structural renovation of one wing of the library,” the library’s vice prefect, Ambrogio Piazzoni, told Catholic News Service.
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U.S.-based child protection expert says Irish church at ‘tipping point’

DUBLIN – A leading international expert on child protection warned that the Catholic Church in Ireland is at “tipping point” and appealed for bishops and religious superiors to fully cooperate with the church’s own watchdog.
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Archbishop appoints leaders to schools panel

With many schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore facing declining enrollment and dwindling revenue, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has appointed two prominent local Catholic figures to help enact his plan of reinvigorating the Catholic schools.
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Estonian Catholics shaken after repeated riots

WARSAW, Poland – Catholics in Estonia remain “shaken and afraid” by repeated riots in the capital, Tallinn, after a government decision to dismantle a Soviet war memorial sparked angry reactions from ethnic Russians. “People aren’t accustomed to such violence here,” said Father Alfonso Di Giovanni, the Italian rector of Tallinn’s Sts. Peter and Paul Parish.
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Court order to cut California prison population seen as rights victory

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s May 23 decision upholding orders to reduce the population at dangerously overcrowded California prisons was hailed as a step toward improving inmates’ physical and mental health and religious rights.
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Christian leaders urge focus on poor in Obama stimulus package

WASHINGTON – Nine Christian leaders said the transition team of President-elect Barack Obama listened attentively to their urging that the needs of the poor be included in a planned economic stimulus package once Obama assumes the presidency.
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Catholic High Cubs command respect in lacrosse this year

After a heartbreaking 11-10 overtime, sudden-victory loss in the 2006 IAAM C Conference lacrosse finals, The Catholic High School of Baltimore is on a mission to get back to the finals game and walk away with title honors this year. The Cubs are undefeated on the season, 13-0 overall and 9-0 in conference play. They...
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I have come to serve

It was 2 a.m. I was in the midst of a four-hour layover in the Anchorage, Alaska, airport, drowsy and sluggish and looking forward to my connection to Japan to visit our military members and their families. I was in no shape or mood for evangelizing, but off to the side sensed someone approaching.
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Speaker says best way to continue Rev. King’s mission is to love

GARY, Ind. – If you ask the question “What’s love got to do with it?” from the Tina Turner song, Vincent Guider replies, “Everything.”
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MySpace page helps minister stay online with youth

When St. William of York, Baltimore, youth minister, Wayne Hipley, started his youth ministry career five years ago, he was told to “go where the kids are “– meaning find out what activities young people are interested in, what music they are listening to and what is “cool” and incorporate it into the youth group...
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