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Legislators hide behind flawed process

The Catholic Review (April 15 and 22) has discussed the defeat of the BOAST bill in the Annapolis legislature; it would have benefited non-public school children. The bill was never voted on by the entire House of Delegates, but was killed in committee.
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Archdiocesan Institute proves moving experience

You gotta move – especially when ValLimar Jansen sings and speaks in a way that gets you on your feet. Ms. Jansen, the keynote speaker at this year’s Archdiocesan Institute, brought her Broadway-caliber soprano and considerable performing arts experience to the Oct. 13 event.
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Body of Archbishop Borders arrives at Cathedral of Mary Our Queen

As two lines of Knights of Columbus Honor Guard members stood at attention, the body of Archbishop William D. Borders, the 13th spiritual shepherd of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, arrived at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland April 22.
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No signs of clogging: Saint-making on track

VATICAN CITY – When Pope Benedict XVI was elected in 2005, one of his first decisions was to stop presiding over beatification ceremonies.
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Polish institute publishes book showing police tracking of Wojtyla

WARSAW, Poland – Poland’s National Remembrance Institute has published a book of documents detailing how the communist secret police kept the future Pope John Paul II under surveillance and sought material for blackmailing him.
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Sailors sweep Gators on Homecoming weekend

The Mount de Sales Academy, Catonsville, Sailors triumphed over the The Seton Keough High School Gators Oct. 6-7 during their annual homecoming celebration.
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Mexican bishops’ conference acknowledges priests under threat

MEXICO CITY - The Mexican bishops’ conference acknowledged that priests have suffered threats of violence, kidnapping and extortion from Mexico’s narcotics-trafficking cartels.
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Sociologist says good news outweighs bad

The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate honored sociologist James D. Davidson of Purdue University in Indiana and Monsignor Francis J. Maniscalco, former U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops spokesman, for their contributions to church research.
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The planet you save may not be yours

A Native American proverb says, “We don’t inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our children.” As we approach the 40th anniversary of Earth Day next week, those are wise words.
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Human race machine alters image

It’s impossible to change one’s race, but for a short time, students at Mount St. Mary’s University, Emmitsburg, were able to view themselves differently. Using the Human Race Machine, which the university hosted for five days, students were able to change their faces into six different races, mapped from their own images.
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A faith-filled journey

This year’s holy season of Lent offered us a chance to journey on an Inter-Church Spiritual and Cultural Lenten Pilgrimage. Our four sacred journey stops were St. Matthew, St. Ann, St. Edward and New All Saints. The spiritual part of our journey began with praying the Stations of the Cross. Each sacred place offered a...
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Sister Annella has a heart for history of Mercy

Do not make the mistake of calling Sister Annella Martin, R.S.M., a former nurse. Although she’s been a nun for 50 years now, the Waverly native has not gone far from her roots as a medical ward nurse at Mercy Hospital in the 1950s, a position she held for seven years after graduating from Seton...
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