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EWTN acquires National Catholic Register; newspaper launched in 1927

IRONDALE, Ala. – The Eternal Word Television Network, based in Irondale, has signed a letter of intent to acquire the National Catholic Register, which describes itself as “the nation’s leading Catholic newspaper.”
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Catholic Medical Association adds new life

Amid the business attire, networking and note-taking that marked the Catholic Medical Association’s 77th annual Educational Conference, Patrick Tomeny stood out.
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Conference launches new emphasis on bioethics

STEUBENVILLE, Ohio – The beginning and end of human life were the focus of Franciscan University of Steubenville’s first bioethics conference, marking the rollout of a new emphasis on Catholic bioethics education at the school.
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Tunis archbishop says people surprised at how quickly government fell

JERUSALEM – Despite hopes that calm would return to Tunisia following a violent weekend after the fall of the Tunisian government of Zine el Abidine Ben Ali, demonstrations and violence continued.
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Be careful how you invest

What profit a man if he gains on Wall St., but suffers the loss of his soul? Many eyes were on the bail-out of our financial infrastructure, perhaps an appropriate concern for normalcy in a modern material world. However, the true long-term investor may realize that his portfolio should include stocks that appreciate in the...
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Catholic university strengthens adobe homes in Peru

PACHACUTEC, Peru – Higinia Rupay remembers her terror as the ground began to heave and bricks from the neighbor’s wall crashed through the flimsy roof of her home.
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Toronto Catholic high schools work to eliminate bottled water

TORONTO – Catholic high schools in the Archdiocese of Toronto are working to create “bottled water-free zones” within their schools.
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Oblate Sisters of Providence break ground on new facility

They devoted their lives to educating and ministering to others, often in some of the most troubled urban areas of the country. Now the retired and infirmed Oblate Sisters of Providence are getting a state-of-the art retirement facility that will allow others to minister to them.
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Anti-poverty program distributes $9.5 million in grants

WASHINGTON – The Catholic Campaign for Human Development, the U.S. bishops’ domestic anti-poverty program, is awarding more than $9.5 million in grants this year to support local projects that working to eliminate the root causes of poverty in the United States. The grants totaling $9,578,000 will be distributed to 314 projects in 46 states, the...
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General Assembly preview: Maryland legislators face major public-policy decisions

It’s becoming a familiar problem in Annapolis: an empty checkbook. One year after lawmakers dealt with a $2 billion budget deficit, they are facing another enormous shortfall – this one projected at more than $1.4 billion.
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Local surgical teams heading to Peru

A dozen health care professionals from Good Samaritan Hospital, headed by orthopaedic surgeon Dr. Harpal S. Khanuja, will be among a contingent of 56 from Operation Walk Maryland that were to head to Peru Oct. 9.
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The athletic shoe should fit the activity

While Maryland Catholics are told cardiovascular exercise is good for their body and soul, it’s another sole that can prevent injuries during their fitness regimen.
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