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Catholic community ready to give back to retired religious

When anti-Catholic prejudice was still rampant in the South during the early 1950s, Sister Marietta Russell was knocking on doors and sharing her faith in the small towns of South Carolina.
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Catholics, Muslims must learn more about religions

VATICAN CITY – Catholics and Muslims must learn more about each other’s religions if they want to get along better, said the Vatican ambassador in Egypt and former president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue.
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Story of John Horse, a Black Seminole warrior

Although November was established as the month we celebrate National Black Catholic History, it is also the month we celebrated National Native American Heritage.
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Cardinal tells Cubans of hope for renewed evangelization

HAVANA – At a meeting with Cuban bishops and an open-air Mass, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, Vatican secretary of state and the highest-ranking Catholic Church representative to visit Cuba in the past 10 years, said he hoped his visit would help advance church-state relations.
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Updated: Pro-life leaders ready to fight City Council bill

Pro-life leaders are vowing to fight a measure passed Nov. 23 by the Baltimore City Council that imposes new requirements on four pregnancy resource centers in the city.
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One school, two campuses and room to grow

One year after the announcement that Our Lady Queen of Peace School, Middle River, would close, the classrooms are full – of preschoolers and infants.
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27 things I’m grateful for at Thanksgiving

Some years back, a book came out titled “14,000 Things to Be Happy About.” This compendium of gratitude simply listed thousands of items – from ice cream sandwiches to extra-inning baseball games – that made the author thankful, and inspired others to reflect along similar lines.
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Norms for saints’ causes call for careful study

VATICAN CITY – In a new set of rules encouraged by Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican is requiring dioceses to be more meticulous and objective when they prepare local sainthood causes.
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Some South Korean Catholic priests become Anglican so they can marry

SEOUL, South Korea – The Catholic Church in South Korea has lost four priests to the Anglicans in recent years, with marriage cited as the most important reason.
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IAAM names winter all-stars

The Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland named the following Catholic high school athletes winter sports all-stars.
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Baltimore offers wide range of independent living options

For seniors looking to live an active lifestyle without the responsibility of maintaining their own houses, there are a wide variety of independent living communities in the Baltimore area that offer many different features.
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In Gaza, electricity–or lack thereof–powers daily activities

JERUSALEM – The first question friends in the Gaza Strip ask each other when they meet these days is, “Do you have electricity?” “Three days a week we have no electricity for eight hours straight, depending on the area,” said Omar Shaban, project manager for the Gaza office of the U.S. bishops’ Catholic Relief Services....
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