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CHA backs health bill; bishops reiterate objection to abortion wording

WASHINGTON – “Despite the good” that proposed health reform legislation “intends or might achieve,” concerns about the abortion wording in the Senate-passed bill compel the U.S. bishops to “regretfully hold that it must be opposed until these serious moral problems are addressed,” Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago said March 15.
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City officials, clergy work for solutions to crime, social ills

St. Frances Academy, Baltimore, rallies to fight being used as a drop point for the drug trade.
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Hutchen follows All-American’s lead

Add Briana Hutchen to the long, distinguished list of basketball players who used St. Frances Academy as an avenue to further their education. Hutchen, a senior from Randallstown, has guided the Panthers to Cumberland and another appearance in the Bishop Walsh Girls Invitational Tournament. Upon graduation, she will take her resume to Rutgers University, where...
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Supreme Court lifts stay of execution in Virginia man’s case

WASHINGTON – The commonwealth of Virginia ranks second to Texas when it comes to the number of executions carried out since 1976, the year the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty.
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Archbishop Gregory kicks off John Carroll Lecture series

Noting that American society places a high importance on relationships, Archbishop Wilton D. Gregory of Atlanta kicked off this spring’s John Carroll Lecture Series with a talk on the connections between bishops and their priests.
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Curley wins track championship to make it four in a row

Archbishop Curley High School, Baltimore, won the MIAA track and field championship for the fourth consecutive year by holding off Mount St. Joseph High School, Irvington, and 11 other teams on May 17 at Calvert Hall College High School, Towson.
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Knights of Columbus provide “courage lions” to hospitalized children

John Ramming is amazed by the growth that the Courage Unlimited Program he founded has experienced in just a few years.
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Polish Catholic woman who saved children from Nazis dies at 98

WARSAW, Poland – Polish church leaders paid tribute to Irena Sendler, a Catholic social worker who saved approximately 2,500 Jewish children from being killed by the Nazis during the Holocaust.
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Religious attacks by the media must be rejected, say officials

VATICAN CITY – Anti-religious commentary distributed by media outlets can create tensions and incite violence and therefore must be rejected, said Vatican and Muslim representatives.
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After nearly four decades, New Cathedral Cemetery employee to retire

For Anne Lucido, the complexities of life and death are part of the job – literally. The St. Agnes, Catonsville, parishioner has worked at New Cathedral Cemetery in Baltimore for 37 years.
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Bishops, other Catholics urge bipartisan action on health care reform

WASHINGTON – As Democratic and Republican leaders gathered in Washington for a health care summit convened by President Barack Obama, the U.S. bishops and other Catholic leaders urged all parties to commit themselves to health care reform that is affordable, accessible and protects the life and dignity of every person.
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Pope defends church’s teaching on artificial birth control

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI defended the church’s teaching against artificial birth control and said its wisdom has become clearer in light of new scientific discoveries and social trends.
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