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Greed helped cause global financial crisis, say two Vatican officials

VATICAN CITY – The global financial crisis has been caused in part by greed and is likely to have grave repercussions on the world’s poor, said two Vatican officials.
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Apply now for life-changing experience next summer

Each year, the Missions Office offers a limited number of students the chance to volunteer for one week at a summer camp – in another country. Often they go to Haiti; last year they went to El Salvador.
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Washington Letter: Prospects good for pro-life legislative success, but challenges remain

WASHINGTON – With apologies to Charles Dickens, it is the best of times or the worst of times, the spring of hope or the winter of despair.
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Loyola student was a ‘man for others’

The sky turned a mournful grey, and finally black, as evening arrived Sept. 30 in Towson. Thunder cracked and lightning danced ominously.
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Hearing on domestic partnerships outrages MCC

In a move described by Catholic leaders as startling, a legislative committee approved regulations defining domestic partnerships Jan. 10.
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Stained-glass windows offer art, education, inspiration, illumination

WINOOSKI, Vt. - Some people have PowerPoint presentations to illustrate their topics; Monsignor Richard G. Lavalley has windows.
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Mexican church officials call for change to stop crime, corruption

MEXICO CITY – Catholic Church officials in Mexico have called for changes in public attitudes toward crime and corruption as well as the tactics being employed in the Mexican government’s war on narcotics-trafficking cartels.
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Archdiocese to participate in March for Life

Hundreds of Catholics from the Archdiocese of Baltimore will be among the more than 100,000 people expected to converge on Washington, D.C. for the 35th annual March for Life Jan. 22.
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Archbishop O’Brien to commemorate anniversary of Haiti earthquake with Jan. 12 Mass at cathedral

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will celebrate 5:30 p.m. Mass at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland Jan. 12, the one-year anniversary of earthquake that devastated Haiti.
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Longtime John Carroll volunteer dies

St. Ignatius, Hickory, parishioner George Barenz, a longtime volunteer at The John Carroll School, died Sept. 28.
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St. John’s purchases property for new school campus

The Thomas family shares a long history with St. John’s Catholic Prep, Frederick, so it was fitting that the school purchased more than 49 acres from The Charles B. Thomas and The George L. Thomas III Trust to build a new state-of-the-art campus.
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Our God, of now

A new year reminds us of both birth and death. It’s not always easy to let go of the old.
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