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Stateless people struggle to gain rights that full citizenship assures

MANOGUAYABO, Dominican Republic – Until her son was born, Maria Rosa Remier never questioned her nationality. By all measures, she considered herself Dominican.
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Vatican urges protection of religious freedom, response to trafficking

VATICAN CITY – A leading Vatican diplomat called for better protection of religious freedom in the face of increasing acts of violence and discrimination against Christians and members of other religions.
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David Brown is new principal of Cardinal Gibbons

After 30 years working in secondary education at Westminster High School, David Brown is transitioning to the Catholic school system as the new principal of The Cardinal Gibbons School in Baltimore.
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Nun, laywoman aiding Philadelphia’s homeless to get 2011 Laetare Medal

NOTRE DAME, Ind. - A Mercy nun and a laywoman who co-founded a program that is widely credited for reducing Philadelphia’s homeless population by half have been named the winners of the 2011 Laetare Medal given by the University of Notre Dame.
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New computer technologies pose dangers, pope says

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI warned young people of some of the dangers provoked by new computer technologies.
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Gun collection reveals trend

For the second time since May, St. Gregory the Great is encouraging citizens to bring guns to its rectory July 21 to get them off of the street in response to an escalating violent-crime rate in the city.
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Exorcist boot camp: Church leaders call for more training against evil

VATICAN CITY – A call to arms – to take up the weapons of the rosary and prayer – rang out at a recent international conference on exorcism in Rome.
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St. Agnes opens new parish center

Father Carl F. Cummings and Susan Banks couldn’t contain their glee. The pastor of St. Agnes, Catonsville, and its elementary school principal watched as the eighth grade girls’ basketball team became the first group to use the new $4 million parish center.
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Thinking outside the lunch box

Lunch “box” hardly describes any longer the containers used by students to tote food to school.
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Stand up for working class

Readers were well served by George Weigel and Tony Magliano side by side (CR, March 24). I agree with Weigel’s assessment of the reactionary behavior of teachers’ unions blocking school vouchers for selfish reasons, to preserve their own empire, but he goes far beyond to attack all public unions and place the blame for the...
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Bishops urge Washington governor to commute inmate’s death sentence

SEATTLE – The Catholic bishops of Washington state have asked Gov. Christine Gregoire to commute the death sentence for Darold Stenson and give him life imprisonment without parole.
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Military priests describe new archbishop as caring, capable

As a former military chaplain and Archbishop for the Archdiocese for the U.S. Military Services for 10 years, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has touched the lives of many in the armed forces.
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