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Father Mueller returns to eastern Baltimore County

Father Kevin A. Mueller should not require a large learning curve when he becomes pastor of Our Lady Queen of Peace in Middle River Jan. 1.
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Father DiMattei to add St. Rose of Lima to duties

Father Robert A. DiMattei, pastor of St. Athanasius in Curtis Bay, is in the midst of a St. Rose of Lima parish crash course.
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Execution wrong no matter the method, says Ohio Catholic official

COLUMBUS, Ohio - When Ohio inmate Kenneth Biros was executed Dec. 8 with a one-drug lethal injection - the first person in the U.S. to be executed in this manner - the Ohio Catholic Conference did not specifically address the execution but instead reiterated the church’s opposition to all means of capital punishment.
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After Philippine massacre, some bishops say short-term martial law OK

COTABATO CITY, Philippines – Bishops in the southern Philippines said they would tolerate martial law for a short time, providing it is not abused, following the massacre of 57 people in Maguindanao province.
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Amid violence, Catholics in northern Pakistan plan quiet Christmas

LAHORE, Pakistan – Catholics in northern Pakistan are preparing for quiet, scaled-back Christmas celebrations as militant attacks continue to terrorize the country.
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Archdiocese mourns passing of Monsignor Tinder, 67

Monsignor F. Dennis Tinder died Dec. 4, days after his retirement as pastor of Immaculate Conception Parish in Towson.
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Bridgeport Diocese releases documents on abuse case to newspapers

BRIDGEPORT, Conn. – The Diocese of Bridgeport announced Dec. 1 it has released thousands of pages of court documents related to clergy sexual abuse cases that were settled in 2001.
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Two city parishes to host gun turn-in-days

Coming off the success of more than 50 guns turned in at a West Baltimore church in September, but concerned that gun violence in the city remains high, St. Gregory the Great Catholic Church will sponsor its eighth “Gun Turn-In Day” Dec. 5, from 10 a.m. to 2 p.m. at the church at 1542 N....
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Swiss bishops criticize country’s ban on construction of minarets

VATICAN CITY — The bishops of Switzerland said the country’s ban on the construction of minarets, the Muslim prayer towers, represents an obstacle to interreligious harmony.
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Soldier killed in Afghanistan is remembered as Renaissance man

As more than 800 mourners sang “America the Beautiful” and the bells of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen tolled on a sunny Nov. 21 afternoon, Toni Coffland silently reached out and touched the gray casket that held her 43-year-old son, Christopher.
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Monsignor Armstrong, longtime rector of cathedral, set to retire

When Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien referred to the rector of the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen as “the indomitable, irrepressible Monsignor Robert Armstrong,” hundreds of parishioners interrupted the archbishop’s Nov. 15 cathedral homily with applause.
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Mass at St. Alphonsus Turkey Bowl

Father Gerard Francik, Father Richard B. Hilgartner, Father Michael S. Triplett and Monsignor Arthur W. Bastress will celebrate a Mass for Thanksgiving at 8:30 a.m. Nov. 26 at the Shrine of St. Alphonsus in Baltimore, prior to the annual Turkey Bowl between Calvert Hall College High School and Loyola Blakefield.
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