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Audio from Mike Patin’s presentation at NCYC

INDIANAPOLIS – New Orleans’ own Mike Patin stirred the crowd at the National Catholic Youth Conference with a talk about sharing Jesus and he wove in a comparison to iPods. It had the crowd riveted and the audio is below.
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Baltimore teens talk NCYC in video interview

Think teenagers aren’t introspective and reflective? You might re-think that after watching this. Don’t let the cheeseburger and cow hats fool you, these kids from the Archdiocese of Baltimore know their faith and they’re happy to share it at NCYC.
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Familiar names lead Loyola University men’s soccer

The men’s soccer team at Loyola University Maryland again recorded double-digit regular season wins in 2011. Much of that success was owed to fifth-year senior goalkeeper Kyle Wittman and sophomore forward Geaton Caltabiano, whose surnames should be familiar to local fans. Wittman recorded all 10 regular season wins for the Greyhounds, earning a Metro Atlantic...
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San Diego law student’s advocacy for immigrants gains CCHD recognition

When Rosibel Mancillas Lopez meets undocumented immigrants living in the shadows of mainstream U.S. culture, she goes into action.
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French-based Catholic movement says founder was sex abuser

VATICAN CITY – A Catholic movement based in France has acknowledged with “humility and repentance” that acts of sexual abuse were committed by its founder and other important members of the organization.
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US Melkite bishop urges study of ordaining married men as priests

WASHINGTON – To address a shortage of priests in his nationwide eparchy, the Melkite Catholic bishop of Newton, Mass., is exploring the possibility of ordaining married men as priests.
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Phoenix bishop issues new norms on distribution, reception of Communion

PHOENIX – Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted has issued new norms for the distribution of Communion in the Diocese of Phoenix that entrust to pastors the decision to make available Communion under both kinds in their parishes.
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Public humiliation unnecessary

I was extremely disappointed in the article (CR, Nov. 3) on the resignation of the pastor at Our Lady of the Fields. The Catechism defines detraction as one who, without objectively valid reason, discloses another’s faults and failings to persons who did not know them. While the parish certainly had a right to know about...
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Little Flower principal made an impact

The obituary (CR, Nov. 10) for Sister Francine McDermott failed to mention that she was the principal of Shrine of the Little Flower School in Baltimore, nor does it acknowledge the love and care with which she carried out that service. As a parent of children at Little Flower during her “reign” as principal, I...
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‘Occupy the Vatican’

  The new English translation of the Roman Missal goes into effect Nov. 27. (CR/Bill McAllen) It’s no secret that some priests – especially those who were energized by the Second Vatican Council – aren’t very pleased with the pending Nov. 27 implementation of the new English translation of the Roman Missal. They think the new...
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In Benin, pope to outline church’s pastoral direction in Africa

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI is making his second trip as pope to Africa, spending three days in Benin and presenting an important document on the future of the church on the continent.
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(Video) Baltimore takes center stage at NCYC

Four Archdiocese of Baltimore young people, who were highlighted in one of my posts last night through an audio interview, were on stage as animators for NCYC. Here they are in action, leading everyone in prayer, song and dance.
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