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January 19, 2012

MCC lauds N.J. death penalty recommendation

Praising the recommendation by a New Jersey panel to abolish the death penalty in favor of life imprisonment without parole in New Jersey, Richard J. Dowling, executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference, said it could serve as a “model” for Maryland. The New Jersey Death Penalty Study Commission, created in 2005, submitted its findings...
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January 19, 2012

Catholic schools careful with social media

Doug Heidrick wasn’t so sure Calvert Hall College High School should get into Facebook, a popular online social media page. The school’s communications director wasn’t convinced it was an appropriate venue for a Catholic school and he feared a presence on Facebook would siphon visitors from the school’s well-established website.
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January 19, 2012

Catholics honor Baltimore’s homeless at memorial

Wearing a black tattered coat, gloves with a hole in the left palm and a knit skull cap, a homeless woman calling herself Miss L.A. shed a tear as Baltimore City political leaders called out the names of her fellow street dwellers who died in the past year. The 16th Homeless Persons’ Memorial Service held...
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January 19, 2012

Theology on Tap marks 30 years of wine, young adults and the Lord

CHICAGO – At a Champaign pizzeria in the spring of 1981, a youthful Tim Leeming pulled Father Jack Wall into a private conversation and offered an impromptu confession.
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January 19, 2012

Tradition gives way to vigil

ST. LOUIS (CNS) -- Midnight Mass used to be one of the mainstays of a Catholic Christmas. But in recent years the tradition once celebrated at virtually every parish has given way to Masses at 11 p.m., 10 p.m. or even earlier. "The midnight Mass is a tradition that goes back to the 11th century,"...
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January 19, 2012

Archdiocesan Missions Office director, 76, keeps helping his homeland of Haiti

ST. MARC, Haiti – It is well after hours for the students of The Good Samaritans School, but Dieula, one of its bright 13-year-olds, is in the home of its founder, using the evening to polish a foreign tongue that will supplement her native Creole.
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January 19, 2012

Traditional Interfaith service to center on blessings for 2007

Maryland Gov.-elect Martin O’Malley heads the list of participants expected at the 14th Annual New Year’s Eve Interfaith Service at St. Ignatius, Baltimore, Dec. 31. The traditional Jewish, Christian and Muslim interfaith service will begin at 8 p.m. with a 30-minute musical program, followed by prayers for blessings in the New Year.
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January 19, 2012

Prayers, money needed for bombing victim

Emily Munn was surfing the website Facebook.com recently when she looked at the bottom right of the screen at the chat function. She saw a list of friends who were online at the time.
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January 19, 2012

Vatican officials gauge life span, geographic reach of Turkey visit

Buoyed by Pope Benedict XVI's successful visit to Turkey, Vatican officials began trying to gauge its long-term effect on ecumenical and Catholic-Muslim dialogue in other parts of the world. Would the rave reviews and upbeat headlines carry over into coming weeks and months? And in the case of Islam, would the pope's outreach to a...
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January 19, 2012

Apostolic Signature upholds right of bishops to close any parish

WASHINGTON - Canon law – the legal rules that guide church operations and decision-making – allows a local bishop to close any parish as long as his decision is made with the best interests of the entire diocese in mind.
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January 19, 2012

Illinois Catholic says faith has helped him cope with AIDS, prejudice

WHEATON, Ill. (CNS) -- A typed copy of a Scripture passage is taped to the front door of Tom Hogueisson's apartment in a housing complex supported by Wheaton Franciscan Services and designated for people with AIDS.
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January 19, 2012

At church’s universal center, there’s more news than sex abuse

VATICAN CITY – A small article in the Vatican’s missionary newsletter, Fides, recently announced the first diocesan-wide meeting of the Kaifeng Diocese in China’s Henan province.
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