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Basket business is a gift to homeless residents of My Sister’s Place Lodge

Although Dianna is homeless, she’s not looking for a handout; she’s interested in giving back. That’s why working with Benevolent Baskets, a theme gift basket business in place at My Sister’s Place, Baltimore, “has been a tremendously good experience,” she said.
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Books, DVD aim to ready preschoolers for learning Catholic faith

WASHINGTON – After nearly 30 years of teaching religious education to children ages 3 to 14, Peggy Olds of Willowbrook, Ill., was convinced of one thing.
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Archdiocese releases youth technology guidelines

Facebook invitations and instant messaging buddy requests fly fast and furious in the Internet age.
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Tragic deaths foster Christian hope

Father Terry Weik, S.M., counts her among the “most extraordinary” young people he’s ever met.
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Senior dancer gracefully glides in victory

Minutes after she entered the world 81 years ago, Darlene Carter was given her last rites.
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Chinese Catholics observe silence to mourn quake victims

CHENGDU, China – Catholics joined other Chinese in observing three minutes of silence May 19 to pray for and mourn those killed by the earthquake that hit southwestern China a week earlier.
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Health care reform promotes socialism

I have heard and read a great deal about health care reform proposed by the president and Congress, but what the bills in Congress and the Senate propose is not reform but change from our current system of providing health care to a government controlled system. I entered the health insurance industry in 1963 and...
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Catholic leaders decry court ruling striking down ban on gay marriage

SAN FRANCISCO – Archbishop George H. Niederauer of San Francisco and other California Catholic leaders condemned the May 15 ruling by the California Supreme Court that struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage.
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Visiting clergy inspire Missouri couple to help build Guyanese village

WASHINGTON - Joe and Judy Roetheli of Kansas City, Mo., made their fortune with a treat that cleans dogs’ teeth, and now the Catholic couple are using the fruits of their labor to house and feed those in need in far-off lands.
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Science, religion not in conflict, bishops say in stem-cell document

WASHINGTON – The brief policy statement on embryonic stem-cell research that is to come before the U.S. bishops at their June 12-14 meeting in Orlando, Fla., is designed to set the stage for a later, more pastoral document explaining why the Catholic Church opposes some reproductive technologies.
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Pope confirms visit to Shroud of Turin; new evidence on shroud emerges

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI confirmed his intention to visit the Shroud of Turin when it goes on public display in Turin’s cathedral April 10-May 23, 2010.
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Response to war, violence must be love, compassion, priest says

BURLINGAME, Calif. – The response to terrorism should not be war and violence, but love and compassion, Franciscan Father Louis Vitale said May 1 at St. Catherine of Siena Church in Burlingame.
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