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Global food crisis caused by selfishness, speculation, says pope

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI denounced the continuing shortages of food around the world and said the causes included selfishness and “unbridled speculation.”
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Tiny T-shirt for a teddy bear pays tribute to pope’s U.S. visit

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The first officially sanctioned Washington souvenir for Pope Benedict XVI's upcoming visit to the United States is a tiny T-shirt for a teddy bear.
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Pope: Evangelization without solidarity for oppressed is unacceptable

VATICAN CITY – It is “unacceptable” to evangelize without addressing the urgent problems of poverty, injustice and oppression, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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Help for parents of children with asthma

I have suffered with asthma for most of my life and know all too vividly the horrible sensation of not knowing if I will be able to take another breath. As a child with asthma, the feeling was particularly awful, especially when acute episodes or attacks of asthma would make me feel as if I...
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Pope, Orthodox patriarch meet privately, pray together

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI and Orthodox Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople spent almost half an hour speaking privately March 6 before going into a small Vatican chapel to pray together.
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Young people lauded for pro-life efforts as shrine vigil begins

WASHINGTON – Sitting on the floor in a side chapel in the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception, Lillian Zhao knew that what she was part of was unlike anything she had ever seen in her native China.
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Monk’s display chronicles colorful history of vestments

The balding Benedictine monk points to the image of Jesus in the center of the glittering gold vestment.
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Archbishop O’Brien encourages support for Lenten Appeal

HAGERSTOWN – In his first visit to Hagerstown since his Oct. 1 installation, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien celebrated Mass with the parishioners of St. Ann and encouraged them to support this year’s Archbishop’s Lenten Appeal.
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Ivy League-bound wrestler lifts Spalding to new heights

SEVERN – In addition to the requisite athleticism and desire, Charlie Lynch applies scientific technique to his wrestling.
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Vatican’s U.N. nuncio argues for greater protection of human rights

UNITED NATIONS – Human rights are best protected through disarmament and weapons nonproliferation, argued Archbishop Celestino Migliore, the Vatican’s apostolic nuncio to the United Nations.
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William F. Buckley Jr. dies at age 82

WASHINGTON – William F. Buckley Jr., a Catholic with an extraordinary gift for the spoken and written word who was dubbed the godfather of modern American conservatism, died Feb. 27 at his home in Stamford, Conn. He was 82.
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Archdiocese launches Equip for Ministry formation program

SEVERN – Looking out over more than 100 parish ministry leaders gathered inside St. Bernadette Church Jan. 11, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien offered a challenge. They must, he said, bring Christ alive in their faith communities and homes.
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