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January 19, 2012

As Olympian, ‘lost boy’ looks to raise awareness about Darfur genocide

SYRACUSE, N.Y. – In 2001, some “lost boys of Sudan” arrived in the U.S. and the first phase of their long run from the horrors of their homeland’s civil war was fading in the distance.
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January 19, 2012

Lithuanian bishops try to keep open American parishes

VILNIUS, Lithuania – Lithuania’s Catholic bishops said they would try to do everything within their authority to help keep open Lithuanian-American churches in the United States. “Lithuanian bishops cannot directly deal with the issues of the parishes that are in the territory of another bishops’ conference, but will seek in their own turn that those...
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January 19, 2012

Hundreds visit Capitol Hill to promote new poverty-fighting legislation

WASHINGTON – Hundreds of Catholic Charities leaders and staffers took to Capitol Hill Sept. 28 to promote new legislation that they believe could transform the U.S. approach to fighting poverty.
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January 19, 2012

Holy Name goes to bat for seminarians

Two Baltimore Archdiocesan Holy Name Union (BAHNU) members of the year were recognized and eight seminarians presented with stipends at the 55th annual Holy Name Baseball Night July 25 at Oriole Park at Camden Yards.
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January 19, 2012

Bears chaplain looks forward to Super Bowl Mass

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – Amid the media hype at Super Bowl XLI Feb. 4 in Miami, at least eight players and coaches from the Chicago Bears were expected to spend about 30 minutes on bended knee the morning of game day as Scalabrinian Father Nick Marro, Bears chaplain, celebrated Mass at the players’ hotel. While his...
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January 19, 2012

Wardrobe of well-loved, and well-dressed, statue on display in museum

SANTA FE, N.M. – A 384-year-old local tradition of reverence and devotion to a 30-inch wooden statue of Mary has crossed over into New Mexico’s museum culture with the opening of “Threads of Devotion: The Wardrobe of La Conquistadora,” displaying a sample of the hundreds of garments in the statue’s wardrobe.
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January 19, 2012

Baltimore City hospitals work together

Mayor Sheila Dixon and the leaders of 11 Baltimore City hospitals announced an agreement for cooperation in the event of a bioterrorist attack or other public health catastrophe, on Jan 23. “Just as our first responders talk to each other through interoperable communications equipment, this step means that our hospitals can collaborate efficiently in the...
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January 19, 2012

Pax Christi bishop calls for end of US-led war in Afghanistan

WASHINGTON – The American bishop who serves as president of Pax Christi USA has called for the end of the U.S.-led war in Afghanistan.
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January 19, 2012

The Joy of Football

As half the nation eagerly awaits the kickoff of the Super Bowl, the other half looks on in wonderment at what could be so enthralling about grown men running up and down a field carrying an oblong ball. Football fans who cannot articulate why they feel such passion for the game may retreat to their...
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January 19, 2012

Church spokesmen downplay German cardinal’s remarks about Britain

LONDON – Spokesmen for the Vatican and the Catholic Church in England worked to downplay remarks by a former Vatican official who compared Britain to a “Third World country” in the grip of a “new and aggressive atheism.”
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January 19, 2012

Foundation established for Coach Flynn’s children

The late Bob Flynn, head men’s basketball coach for McDaniel College and former athletic director and head basketball coach for Cardinal Gibbons High School, liked to keep it simple and liked to keep it real. As evidenced by the recent outpouring of support during the week of Jan. 14, after the 49-year-old Flynn’s unexpected death...
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January 19, 2012

Son picks rosary over ‘soccer stuff’ during fire, helps mom ‘refocus’

BOULDER, Colo. – When Boulder County Sheriff deputies and fire officials appeared on Michelle Murphy-Pauletto’s doorstep to tell her family to evacuate their home near Fourmile Canyon, she and her husband made one last request of their three children after most of the rushed packing was done.
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