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Priest faces removal from Maryknoll for supporting ordination for women

WASHINGTON – The superior general of the Maryknoll order warned Father Roy Bourgeois that he will proceed under canon law to seek the priest’s removal from the order and request that he be laicized unless he recants his belief that women should be ordained as Catholic priests.
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Vatican confirms tentative plans for papal visit to Holy Land in 2009

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican has confirmed tentative plans for Pope Benedict XVI to visit the Holy Land in 2009.
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Crime and punishment: Vatican City tackles vast array of crimes

VATICAN CITY – From picked pockets to a 1998 double murder and suicide, the Vatican legal system has dealt with a vast array of crimes and misdemeanors over the decades.
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Robert Twynham, acclaimed Baltimore composer and musician, dies at 80

Robert Twynham, an internationally known composer of liturgical music and the longtime music director at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland, died March 23. He was 80. A memorial Mass is being planned for early May at Corpus Christi in Baltimore, his home parish.
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Returning teacher finds new challenges

I recently returned to teaching high school in the Archdiocese of Baltimore after an absence of more than 30 years. The things that I have learned (and in some cases relearned) are as numerous as the challenges a teacher faces today.
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On the death, and aging, of princes

The death of Cardinal Bernardin Gantin of Benin this past May 13 marked the passing of one of world Catholicism’s noblemen.
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Bad bookworms: Precious library collection on Christian East risks ruin

VATICAN CITY – The Pontifical Oriental Institute has the best general collection in the world on Eastern Christianity.
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Buckeystown youths fast to help hungry

Sixteen hours since he last had a full meal, 15-year-old Evan Kadan’s stomach was growling and he wasn’t feeling like himself.
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Anglican bishop expects new wave of converts to join Catholic Church

LONDON – A traditionalist Anglican bishop has called on the Catholic Church to accommodate a potential new wave of converts following the decision by the Church of England to allow the ordination of women bishops.
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Catholic experts: Japan disaster raises ethical questions about energy

LIMA, Peru – The ongoing nuclear plant disaster in Japan raises not only environmental and health issues, but ethical questions about energy use and the future of nuclear power, according to Catholic scholars and other ethicists.
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St. Timothy youths support Haiti

St. Timothy in Walkersville got to test out the acoustics in Lystra Hall of their new parish center Nov. 16 during an open mic night to benefit an upcoming teen service trip to their sister parish, St. Jérôme, in Haiti.
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Good Samaritan lands burn unit pioneer

For some, psychological scars can be as difficult to treat as physical wounds. Both sides of that dynamic are treated at the recently opened National Burn Reconstruction Center at Good Samaritan Hospital.
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