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Baltimore celebrates St. Patrick

Thousands of Baltimoreans turned out on a sunny day to honor a saint and celebrate all things Irish during the 58th-annual St. Patrick’s Parade, held March 10 in the city.
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Catholic school students pepper Archbishop Lori with conclave questions

15 Archdiocese of Baltimore Catholic elementary and middle schools participated in a 45-minute Web chat with Archbishop Lori about the papal conclave.
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John Carroll School teacher, student honored by foundation

Math teacher Jean Willan and senior Claire Zurkowski of The John Carroll School in Bel Air were recently honored by The William J. Sacco Critical Thinking Foundation.
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Reading and getting ready for the conclave

Like most Catholic journalists, I’ve been doing as much reading as possible about the church and the papal transition since Pope Benedict XVI announced Feb. 11 he would renounce the papacy at the end of February. I’ve been through four papal transitions in my life (but only one while working for the Catholic press),
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No white smoke yet, but habemus Irish soda bread

  They’ve closed the doors to what our 5-year-old calls “the Sixteen Chapel.” All we can do is wait and pray for our cardinals and our new pope. Still, we can do both of those things while baking Irish soda bread, and St. Patrick’s Day happens to be on Sunday. And, as long as
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The Maryland March for Life

Where are you going to be tonight? Right, I’ll see you at the Maryland March for Life.With the current situation in Washington, it is unlikely that any pro-life initiatives are going to be successful on the national level. It is, therefore, important to push small, incremental changes on the state
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In digital age, Vatican sticks with smoke, bells to announce results

Though the Vatican has more modern forms of communication, it’s still sticking with swirling smoke and tolling bells to announce the new pope.
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Church leaders grow in faith at Mid-Atlantic Congress

Hundreds gathered at the Hilton Baltimore for the second annual Mid-Atlantic Congress March 7-9.
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Consumerist conception

In addition to unleashing uncertain genetic consequences, assisted reproductive technologies including egg and sperm donation carry other medical and emotional consequences for the donors and the resulting children.
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7 Quick Takes Friday (Vol. 3)

— 1 —I’ve had a drink machine installed in our minivan. The boys are always asking for drinks during our commute. I was tired of saying no, so I started taking requests instead. I press an invisible button on the van’s ceiling and the boys can have whatever they want—orange
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Paca Street exhibit features St. Elizabeth Ann Seton’s Bible

A Bible belonging to St. Elizabeth Ann Seton is on display at St. Mary's Spiritual Center and Historic Site.
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