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January 19, 2012

Student journalist keeps John Carroll informed

BEL AIR – Kate Froehlich figures that journalism will thrive, as long as the field is blessed with curious people who are conscientious about keeping the public informed.

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January 19, 2012

St. Lea

St. Lea lived in the fourth century. After she became a widow, she went to a Roman monastery and would later become the superior there. Writing after St. Lea’s death, St. Jerome praised St. Lea for living such a devout life free of the things of the world. He proposed a life of renunciation.

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January 19, 2012

Year for Priests event draws requests from Catholics seeking change

ROME – As thousands of priests arrived in Rome for events marking the end of the Year for Priests, two other groups of Catholics arrived with some very specific requests.

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January 19, 2012

St. Mark the Evangelist

St. Mark the Evangelist was a disciple of St. Peter. Sometime before the year 60 he wrote the second Gospel, which he wrote in Greek for the converts to Christianity. He traveled with St. Barnabas and St. Paul on a missionary trip through Cyprus. St. Mark also evangelized in Alexandria, Egypt, where he established the...

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January 19, 2012

Monsanto’s 475-ton seed donation challenged by Haitian peasants

WASHINGTON - Advocates for Haitian peasants said a U.S.-based company’s donation of up to 475 tons of hybrid vegetable seeds to aid Haitian farmers will harm the island-nation’s agriculture.

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January 19, 2012

St. Simeon Stylites

St. Simeon Stylites the Younger was born in Antioch around in 521. When St. Simeon was 5 years old his father died, and a monk nearby undertook his care. At age 7, St. Simeon and the monk began to live solitary lives on top of platforms. The saint attracted a number of followers and eventually...

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January 19, 2012

Vatican supreme court upholds closing of 10 Boston parishes

WASHINGTON – The Vatican supreme court has denied the appeals of parishioners trying to save 10 parishes in the Archdiocese of Boston from closing, according to a spokesman for a group fighting the closures.

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January 19, 2012

Ss. Mark and Marcellian

Ss. Mark and Marcellian were twin brothers and deacons who lived in the third century. The two men were arrested because they would not make sacrifices to the Roman gods. Although they converted their captors and escaped, the deacons were recaptured soon afterwards. They died for their faith in Rome.

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January 19, 2012

Justice attorney backs Vatican’s claim of immunity from abuse lawsuit

WASHINGTON – In one of two cases that seek to draw the Holy See into U.S. courts over liability for sexual abuse by priests, the Obama administration’s solicitor general said lower courts were wrong to conclude both that an abuser was acting within “the scope of his employment” and also that as his “employer,” the...

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January 19, 2012

St. Camillus of Lellis

St. Camillus of Lellis was born in Italy in 1550. After an idle youth, he was converted by the Capuchins while doing construction work for them. He tried to enter the order, but a leg injury stopped him each time. St. Camillus later became an administrator of a hospital and a priest. The saint founded...

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January 19, 2012

Back to the future? Reform may return Catholic health care to its roots

WASHINGTON – Although the Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act will undoubtedly have profound consequences for the nation’s hospitals and physicians, its exact effects remain unclear – and dependent on rules still to be written.

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January 19, 2012

St. Oswald

St. Oswald of Northumbria, the song a pagan king, was born circa 605 in England. After his father was killed, 11-year-old St. Oswald fled with his mother and six siblings. The young boy converted to Christianity soon after. A soldier, he formed is own army in 634 and defeated the king of Northumbria to take...

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