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God made pre-humans into people, Vatican newspaper says

VATICAN CITY – While apes evolved naturally into pre-human creatures, it was the will and desire of God that turned them into humans, an article in the Vatican newspaper said.
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Historical Stone Chapel offers a holy, spiritually enriching atmosphere

Brimming with history, the Stone Chapel at St. Francis de Sales, Abingdon, has welcomed worshipers since 1866. Once a mission of St. Ignatius in Hickory, this quaint and authentic stone structure served area Catholics for 98 years before St. Francis de Sales became a parish in 1964. In 1992, with more than 3,500 parishioners, St....
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What drives Catholics to sit with God other than Sunday?

The only obligation Jerry Frank felt driving downtown to St. Jude Shrine, Baltimore, was an obligation of heart.
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Tridentine Mass should not become mascot for those attacking church

I was concerned to read the article a few weeks ago “Cardinal says liberalized use of Tridentine Mass is bearing fruit ,” saying that it is causing many “traditionalists” who left the church to request to return to full communion. These “traditionalists” did not simply leave the church. They attempted to form schismatic churches; they...
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Cures for global warming may be worse than disease

In your editorial “The morality of going ‘green’” (CR/May 1), you touch upon several good points about respecting the environment and the wisdom of conservation. You also mention that the poor are the most affected by climate change. You neglect to mention that the poor are also the most negatively affected by many of the...
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School Sisters celebrate jubilees

While marking the 175th anniversary of the founding of their order, some local School Sisters of Notre Dame will also celebrate their own milestones. Eleven sisters from Baltimore will celebrate jubilees at Villa Notre Dame in Wilton, Conn., May 3.
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Distinctive Scholars Convocation names winners

For 16 years, the Division of Catholic Schools has taken the opportunity to call together students for the Distinctive Scholars Convocation.
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Archbishop urges justice, not death for Iraqis on trial for genocide

ROME – An Iraqi archbishop said justice should be served, but no death sentence should be handed down to eight defendants facing charges of genocide in Iraq.
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Historical Stone Chapel offers a holy, spiritually enriching atmosphere

Brimming with history, the Stone Chapel at St. Francis de Sales, Abingdon, has welcomed worshipers since 1866. Once a mission of St. Ignatius in Hickory, this quaint and authentic stone structure served area Catholics for 98 years before St. Francis de Sales became a parish in 1964. In 1992, with more than 3,500 parishioners, St....
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Web site chronicles Catholic High Schools from long ago

NEW YORK – If you’re a 1943 graduate of Immaculate Conception Academy in Davenport, Iowa, and you lost your class photo, you’re in luck. Rita Piro has a copy.
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Manchester parish to celebrate traditional Latin Mass on Pentecost

It was during a trip to Poland more than 15 years ago when Father Michael Roach last celebrated the traditional Latin Mass – only the third time in his 37-year priesthood he had celebrated the liturgy he knew from his youth.
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Baltimore members encouraged to attend NACAR conference

The North American Conference of Associates and Religious (NACAR) will meet May 30-June 1 at the Sheraton Premier at Tyson’s Corner in Vienna, Va., for their annual conference.
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