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Passage of Indiana legislation gives push to Maryland BOAST tax credit

As Indiana became the seventh state to pass a scholarship tax credit that helps provide school choice, Catholic leaders in Maryland called on lawmakers to approve a similar initiative in the Free State.
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Religious leaders support reworked U.S. Senate climate-change bill

WASHINGTON – Christian and Jewish religious leaders May 21 formally threw their support behind a reworked U.S. Senate bill that addresses environmental climate change.
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New Jersey parishioner collects sewing machines for poor in Africa

HILLSBOROUGH, N.J. – Clare S. Liptak is combining her Catholic faith with a love of sewing to help the poor in Africa stitch together a better life.
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California court’s decision on same-sex marriage draws condemnation

WASHINGTON – The May 15 California Supreme Court decision that struck down the state’s ban on same-sex marriage continued to draw condemnation from Catholic leaders across the country as an act that destroys God’s plan for humanity.
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Towson Catholic community struggles with closing

An almost funereal feeling permeated the air of Towson Catholic High School’s parking lot July 7.
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Archbishop disputes use of his words by Roman Catholics for Sen. Obama

DENVER – Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver is disputing the use of his words on a Web site run by the group Roman Catholics for Sen. Barack Obama ‘08 to justify support for a candidate who supports keeping abortion legal.
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Former baseball star works with special needs people

Like any boy playing baseball, Frank Kolarek dreamed of being in the big leagues and maybe even playing in the All-Star Game.
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The Liturgy of the Word

The following is the third part in a seven-part series on the Mass. Of the articles I am writing for this series on the Mass, I am really excited about this one: the Liturgy of the Word.
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Sister Wendy delivers insight

Recently, I received a lovely book titled “Joy Lasts,” written by the famed art critic Sister Wendy Beckett. It’s my kind of book – 55 pages long with lots of pictures. The pictures, as you may imagine, are of the art work that she is commenting on.
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Pope seeks prayers that Chinese Catholics not live in fear

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI called on the universal church to pray that Catholics in China never live in fear of spreading the Gospel message and remain loyal to the Holy See.
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Church challenged to ‘keep interest’ of Catholics in new media age

PHILADELPHIA – The church’s great communications challenge today is to “keep the interest of people who have so many places to turn,” Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz., told the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management.
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Mount St. Mary’s graduates 200th class

EMMITSBURG – Holding her black graduation cap in one hand and gently dabbing a tissue to her eyes to stave off an allergy attack, Lola Jemibewon was filled with mixed emotions as she stood in line waiting for her May 11 graduation procession to begin at Mount St. Mary’s University.
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