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Liberation theology nearly drove Brazilian archbishop from church

VATICAN CITY – The Brazilian archbishop who now heads the congregation for religious said he almost abandoned the seminary and the Catholic Church because of the ideological excesses that emerged in the early years of liberation theology.
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Oregon court’s ruling on frozen embryos raises ethical problems

PORTLAND, Ore. – An Oregon divorce ruling that frozen embryos can be considered as property confirms an outcome predicted and feared by Catholic leaders decades ago.
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Space shuttle commander is graduate of Catholic school

IRONDEQUOIT, N.Y. – As Bishop Kearney High School students in Irondequoit watched the Oct. 23 liftoff of the space shuttle Discovery, they also witnessed an alumna of the school add her name to the history books.
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Packers’ chaplain expects record Super Bowl crowd – at pre-game Mass

ALLOUEZ, Wis. – If the Super Bowl is anything like the National Football Conference championship game, Norbertine Father Jim Baraniak said he expected an overflow crowd. The Packers’ Catholic chaplain wasn’t referring to the attendance at Cowboys Stadium in Arlington, Texas, but rather the Mass to be celebrated before the big game Feb. 6.
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Indulgences available at St. Paul

During the Year of St. Paul, which concludes June 28, 2009, pilgrims who visit St. Paul in Ellicott City may obtain a special plenary indulgence (remission before God of the temporal punishment of sin).
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Maskeroni lifts Magic, looks for unity

The Mercy High School, Baltimore, Magic graduated nine seniors in 2006 after capturing the IAAM C Conference field hockey title in a 1-0, double-overtime win over Baltimore Lutheran this time last year.
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School board, new programs evidence of vision coming to fruition

A simple printout is posted on a bulletin board in the Office of Schools Planning and Implementation at the Catholic Center.
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God’s Great Gift

Permit me to expand on my homily from Respect Life Sunday, as reported in last week’s account of that Mass in these pages.
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Parishes to celebrate feasts of All Saints, All Souls

While costumed Halloween revelers will parade around Maryland Oct. 31 collecting candy door to door, children dressed as saints will help worshippers of the National Shrine Grotto of Lourdes, Emmitsburg, prepare for the feast of All Saints on Nov. 1.
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Hruz making most of time at Mercy

Samantha Hruz is a parishioner of St. Stephen in Bradshaw and plays most of her basketball for an AAU team based in Harford County.
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Zimbabweans suffer while leaders play politics, say church officials

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – With Zimbabwe’s power-sharing deal in jeopardy, the country’s leaders are playing politics at the expense of the suffering majority, a church official said.
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Stained-glass windows at St. Casimir nearly all restored

As Mark Willyard installs one of the restored 82-year-old stained-glass windows in St. Casimir, Canton, he can tell immediately the sunlight illuminates the holy image in the panel more radiantly than the religiously colored glass that has yet to be refurbished.
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