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Baltimore pastor, city, differ on homeless relocation

It’s the Bible vs. the government for St. Vincent de Paul, Baltimore, pastor Father Richard T. Lawrence.
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Pope’s election produced ‘no miracles’ in Germany, archbishop says

WARSAW, Poland – The head of the German Catholic bishops’ conference said the 2005 election of Pope Benedict XVI produced “no miracles” for Christianity in his country and warned that the church still faced “tough challenges.”
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Youngest student ever wins archdiocesan spelling bee

Fourth-grader Michael Ehart, 9, of St. Margaret School, Bel Air, spelled his way to the top of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Spelling Bee May 16, becoming the youngest student ever to win the contest.
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College of Notre Dame grads named county teachers of the year

Four College of Notre Dame of Maryland graduates have been named “Teacher of the Year” in their respective Maryland counties: Melissa McFayden, a pre-kindergarten teacher at Ridgely Elementary School in Caroline County; John Billingslea, an AP psychology teacher at Franklin High School in Reisterstown; Bonnie Beavan, math teacher at Spring Ridge Middle School in Lexington...
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Cluster-bomb treaty shows solidarity with victims, says Vatican official

VATICAN CITY – A Vatican official said the recent agreement on a treaty to ban cluster bombs showed solidarity to victims of such weapons and opened an important new chapter in international humanitarian law.
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Seminary graduate named bishop

A graduate of Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, has been appointed by Pope Benedict XVI as auxiliary bishop for the Archdiocese of Denver.
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Churches commemorate 75th anniversary of Ukrainian genocide

People gathered May 29 at War Memorial Plaza in Baltimore to commemorate the 75th anniversary of the “holodomor,” or Ukrainian genocide of 1932-33. Father Vasyl Sivinskyi, pastor of St. Michael Ukrainian Catholic Church in Baltimore, and Father Vasyl Kryshtompol, a Ukrainian Orthodox priest in Baltimore, lead a prayer service. A torch from Ukraine was used...
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Youngest student ever wins archdiocesan spelling bee

Fourth-grader Michael Ehart, 9, of St. Margaret School, Bel Air, spelled his way to the top of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Spelling Bee May 16, becoming the youngest student ever to win the contest.
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Youngest student ever wins archdiocesan spelling bee

Fourth-grader Michael Ehart, 9, of St. Margaret School, Bel Air, spelled his way to the top of the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Spelling Bee May 16, becoming the youngest student ever to win the contest.
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What’s in your attic?

Tell us about your heirlooms! The Catholic Review is looking to profile several parishioners for our 50 PLUS section who possess interesting heirlooms or antiques. E-mail a brief description of the item along with your contact information to ssingleton@catholicreview.org before July 14.
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Loyola College earns top honors for RecycleMania

Loyola College in Maryland took top honors for Maryland in the 2008 Mid-Atlantic RecycleMania competition, recycling more than 118,000 pounds of recycled waste to help bring the Mid-Atlantic region’s total to 7.7 million pounds.
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Seton Keough seniors take next step

As The Seton Keough High School, Baltimore, settled into second place in the IAAM track and field championship May 17 at Calvert Hall College High School, Towson, two Gator seniors bid farewell to an excellent high school career.
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