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Latin patriarch offers words of hope to Christians living in Holy Land

JERUSALEM – The confluence of the Eastern and Western Christian calendars that leads to a common celebration of Christ’s resurrection this year is a “symphony that expresses the unity of faith,” said Latin Patriarch Fouad Twal in his Easter homily at the Church of the Holy Sepulcher.
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‘Golden hope of promise always kept’

It has been said that the wood of the cross was never far from the wood of the cradle. In December, we celebrated the birth of the Messiah. Now, in April, in Holy Week, we celebrate his death. Time goes even faster liturgically!
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Receiving school principals named

A month after finding out her school was one of 13 chosen for consolidation in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Kathleen Filippelli has been charged with leading a new elementary institution in the Archdiocese of Baltimore this fall.
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Vatican defends action in case of Wisconsin priest abuser

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican defended a decision not to laicize a Wisconsin priest who sexually abused deaf children, despite the recommendation of his bishop that he be removed from the priesthood. In a statement responding to a report in the New York Times, the Vatican said that by the time it learned of the...
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House passes health reform; effort to insert abortion language fails

WASHINGTON – The House of Representatives passed historic health reform legislation late March 21 but rejected a last-ditch effort to send a package of legislative fixes back to committee in order to insert language on abortion supported by the U.S. bishops.
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Nolan Bishop Walsh’s No. 1 booster

Paula Nolan has spent a good portion of her after-school hours this March moving between the tennis court, the basketball gym and a college field house.
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Catholics pray for peace after Lahore bombings kill 60, injure 100

LAHORE, Pakistan – Prayers for peace were offered at a Mass and at prayer services in Lahore March 14, two days after a series of deadly bombings left 60 people dead and 100 injured.
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Arizona bishops criticize bills increasing immigration enforcement

PHOENIX – The Catholic bishops of Arizona have expressed concern that new legislative proposals requiring greater enforcement of immigration laws by local police could harm public safety and separate families.
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Cumberland parishioners grateful for support

For the past six months, St. Patrick in Cumberland has been dealing with the loss of our pastor. We have been experiencing many different feelings because of this loss. However, this experience has not been all negative.
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Snow teaches us not to miss the miracle

Mother Teresa once said: “I know God won’t give me more than I can handle, but sometimes I wish he wouldn’t trust me so much!”
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Father Barr to lead Towson parish

When Monsignor Richard Cramblitt, temporary administrator of Church of the Immaculate Conception in Towson, called Father Joseph F. Barr to congratulate him on his appointment as Immaculate Conception’s new pastor, his first words were: “Welcome home.”
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Olympic prodigy trades skates for sandals of Franciscan sister

LONDON – In the silence of St Joseph’s Convent in Leeds each morning, Sister Catherine dresses herself in a gray habit. She fixes a black veil on her head and fastens to her waist a cord tied into three knots – representing the evangelical counsels of poverty, chastity and obedience – and she slips her...
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