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January 19, 2012

Priest removed from D.C. after allegations of sex with girls in Germany

COLOGNE, Germany – A priest of the German-speaking Catholic community in Washington has been recalled to Germany after accusations that, while he lived in Germany, he had sex with young women in his pastoral care.

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January 19, 2012

St. Eulalia of Merida

St. Eulalia of Merida was born circa 290. This consecrated virgin wanted to be a martyr. During the persecutions of Christians by Emperor Diocletian, Eulalia confessed her faith. She was tortured and burned alive for her faith circa 304. St. Eulalia is patron saint of torture victims and Merida, Spain.

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January 19, 2012

Young people ask pope for guidance in facing their fears, doubts

VALLETTA, Malta – In an unexpected display of honesty and frankness, five young Maltese men and women spoke to Pope Benedict XVI about their hopes, doubts and fears as well as the contradictions they sense within the Catholic Church.

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January 19, 2012

Irish religious offer more to abuse victims; government says not enough

DUBLIN, Ireland - Irish religious congregations have offered an additional 348 million euros ($470 million) to compensate victims of abuse in church-run industrial schools over a 40-year period.

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January 19, 2012

Ellicott City school confronts bullying head on

Three years ago, Karen Murphy started to see a rise in bullying – particularly on the Internet – among students at Resurrection-St. Paul School in Ellicott City.

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January 19, 2012

Cash, status lure youths to drug trade in troubled parts of Mexico

APATZINGAN, Mexico - Father Javier Cortes vividly recalls being approached recently with an unusual request by a group of teenagers in this agricultural town 300 miles west of Mexico City.

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January 19, 2012

Building peace includes not accepting unjust laws, pope says

VATICAN CITY – Christians are called to a nonviolent struggle for peace and justice, including the civil disobedience of laws that are morally wrong, such as abortion, Pope Benedict XVI said.

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January 19, 2012

Archdiocese celebrates priestly unity at Chrism Mass

Being a priest can admittedly be demanding for Father Michael S. Triplett. With a declining number of clergymen, ministerial schedules can be tight for the associate pastor of Church of the Resurrection in Ellicott City – just as they are for priests throughout the archdiocese.

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January 19, 2012

Abuse victims call for universal norms to deal with clergy sex abuse

ROME – Four victims of clergy sex abuse came from the United States to Rome to call on the Vatican and Pope Benedict XVI to “break down the walls of secrecy” and to seek harsher, universal measures in dealing with clergy accused of the sexual abuse of minors.

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January 19, 2012

Human rights report gets little U.S. notice, but has a broad reach

WASHINGTON – While much of Washington focused on health care legislation, the annual release of the State Department’s country reports on human rights practices was largely out of the limelight this year, though the massive electronic document – more than 2 million words – helps shape U.S. policy approaches to the world.

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January 19, 2012

Stoops family reaches out to city’s homeless

Despite enormous eight-foot mounds of snow that still lined Baltimore’s streets two weeks after the February blizzard, hundreds of homeless people found their way to St. Vincent de Paul Feb. 19.

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January 19, 2012

Archbishop commends receiving school principals

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien met with principals from institutions designated elementary receiving schools March 12.

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