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Group begins fast to push Obama to close Guantanamo Bay prison

WASHINGTON – Undertaking 11 days of fasting, prayer, meditation and public action, a group of Catholic and other activists has renewed its push for the immediate closing of the military-run prison at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.
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Jesuit: Globalization is not just economics

TORONTO – If globalization is necessary and inevitable, then economic progress everywhere is connected ethically to development in countries like Zambia, said a prominent U.S. Jesuit.
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Vancouver Archdiocese embraces ‘radical hospitality’ for Olympics

VANCOUVER, British Columbia – The Archdiocese of Vancouver is warming up for its own type of Olympic event. However, it won’t take place on ice or snow; it will be on the streets of the city.
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Rain blocks Philly Regatta for NDP Crew team

Leaving home hours before sunrise on Oct. 27, 14 members of the Notre Dame Preparatory School’s crew team were traveling north to compete in the Thomas Eakins’ Head of the Schuylkill Regatta. It’s an annual trek for the Towson Blazers’ club team but this year, the boats never hit the water.
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Catholic corporal steps up to tend to spiritual well-being of company

COMBAT OUTPOST SPIDER MONKEY, Afghanistan – Like all Marines, Cpl. Matthew Munoz is there for his buddies, but the 23-year-old also has stepped forward to help tend to the spiritual well-being of his comrades in arms.
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Sister Mary Irene Pekar, S.S.N.D.

A funeral Mass for Sister Mary Irene Pekar, S.S.N.D., was offered Oct. 23 at the Villa Notre Dame Chapel in Wilton, Conn. Sister Mary Irene died on Oct. 19; she was 89.
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Father Muth to head Blessed Sacrament

When Father Joseph L. Muth Jr., pastor of St. Matthew, Northwood, also took over as shepherd of Baltimore’s Church of the Blessed Sacrament Jan. 1, he looked to Third World countries for inspiration.
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Football star’s wife says faith helped fight cancer

GREEN BAY, Wis. – Most wins by a starting quarterback. Most consecutive games played by a quarterback. Most touchdown passes thrown.
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Hundreds of Christmas gifts pour in to replace what ‘Grinch’ stole

VIOLET, La. – The Grinch wore a size 11½ shoe, weighed about 240 pounds and was down a few drops of blood.
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Computers, ex-offenders get second chance

If unwanted computers, tossed televisions and mediocre microwaves fill a 104,000 foot warehouse, can you imagine what they’d do to a landfill?
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Archbishop O’Brien to bless restored Cathedral organs

Music from two newly restored pipe organs at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen, Homeland, will fill the vast church with regal sounds Oct. 28, as Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien blesses the dual organ system featuring 7, 231 pipes ranging from 32 feet wide to the width of a pencil.
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