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Growing number of births to unwed mothers in US raises concerns

WASHINGTON – A recent federal report showing a rise in U.S. births in 2007 also revealed another statistic: 40 percent of the births were to unwed mothers.
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Christians seek federal intervention in anti-Christian attacks

BHUBANESWAR, India – Christian leaders in India have sought intervention from the federal government to end anti-Christian violence which has killed two Christians since the attacks by Hindu radicals began Dec. 24.
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Hurricane Irene dampens start to school

It was a day Chris Leavens had been anticipating with enthusiasm all summer.
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Anglican priest returns to Catholic Church

Albert and Abby Scharbach took bites of fruits, crackers and cheese inside their Federal Hill home, which they only moved into just before Lent.
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West Bank villagers celebrate St. Nicholas as protector

BEIT JALLA, West Bank – Once there was a poor man with three daughters. When the daughters came of age to be married, the man did not have enough money for their dowries. But, miraculously, someone threw three bags of gold into their home on three consecutive nights, enabling the girls to be wed.
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Catholic High welcomes new principal

The first time Marsha Meyd visited The Catholic High School of Baltimore, she was amazed by its contrasts. The school featured old-fashioned wooden chalk rails, yet was the location for sophisticated programs like STEM – a program focused on science, technology, engineering and math.
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Panel needed on parish family life, not schools

This is in regard to the Blue-Ribbon panel on Catholic Schools in the archdiocese. It is obvious that the problem we have with Catholic schools isn’t a school problem at all. It’s a family problem, or more specifically a parenting problem.
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Sister M. Dorinda Dougherty, I.H.M.

A funeral Mass was offered on Dec. 22 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa., for Sister M. Dorinda Dougherty, I.H.M. Sister Dorinda died on Dec. 19; she was 87.
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CCHD grants empower poor to effect change

Michele Granruth walked out of prison with nowhere to go and no plan. “So, I made a deal with God,” she said, speaking to attendees of the annual Catholic Campaign for Human Development Awards Luncheon at Baltimore’s St. Francis of Assisi Aug. 25.
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North Dakota seminary partially evacuates because of flood alert

WASHINGTON – Monsignor Gregory Schlesselmann, rector of Cardinal Muench Seminary in Fargo, N.D., was doing all he could during a heavy snowstorm March 26 to prepare for the expected rise in two days of floodwaters of the adjacent Red River.
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Logo shows pope with open arms, ‘Christ Our Hope’

WASHINGTON – The logo for Pope Benedict XVI’s April 15-20 trip to the United States bears the message “Christ Our Hope” atop an image of Pope Benedict XVI with outstretched arms in front of the dome of St. Peter’s Basilica.
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Study finds cohabitation even more harmful to children than divorce

WASHINGTON – While studies have long shown the negative effects on children of divorce compared to those from two-parent households, a new study has determined that children born to cohabiting couples fare even worse than children from divorced families.
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