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Pope’s message one of hope for U.S., Baltimore

It was a week that most of us will long remember and gratefully recall! In a message videotaped before his arrival, Pope Benedict XVI clearly stated the theme he would develop in keeping with “three simple but essential words: ‘Christ Our Hope.’ ” He said he wished to “proclaim this great truth: Jesus Christ is...
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Holy Angels opens in Baltimore City

Kathleen Filippelli beamed with pride as she stood in front of a crowd of about 300 people the morning of Sept. 7.
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Diplomats welcome Pope Benedict’s visit to United Nations

NEW YORK – Ambassador Maria Luiza Ribeiro Viotti, Brazil’s representative to the United Nations, said the pope’s April 18 U.N. visit will confirm the resolve of delegations to fulfill the world body’s purposes, “including peace among nations, the respect for human rights and development for all.”
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Speakers of various faiths offer perspective on N.Y. mosque controversy

WASHINGTON – Jewish, evangelical and Catholic speakers, some with backgrounds in national security and interfaith relations, called the controversy over plans to build an Islamic community center and mosque a few blocks from ground zero in New York “contrived” and likely to help those who would recruit potential terrorists.
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At New York synagogue, pope encourages ‘bridges of friendship’

NEW YORK – In a brief, movingly simple visit to a New York synagogue, Pope Benedict XVI expressed his respect for the city’s Jewish community and encouraged the building of “bridges of friendship” between religions.
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New students welcomed at receiving schools, Holy Angels

Pamela Walters saw the future of St. Clement Mary Hofbauer School in Rosedale develop right before her eyes Aug. 23.
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St. Mary filmmaker wins prize, thanks to ‘God’s guidance.’

It’s been quite a ride, possibly a supernatural one, for Christopher Strackbein, the former youth and young adult minister at St. Mary, Annapolis, who never dreamed he’d make it into the filmmaking winner’s circle.
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Mexican Catholics pray for 72 migrants found massacred on ranch

MEXICO CITY – Catholics in the northeastern Mexican state of Tamaulipas offered prayers for the 72 undocumented migrants from Central and South America whose bodies were discovered Aug. 24 in what was possibly the largest mass slaying since the country began cracking down on drug cartels and organized crime.
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Catholic University students thrilled to welcome pope ‘on our turf’

WASHINGTON – The pope doesn’t visit a U.S. college campus very often. So when four seniors at The Catholic University of America heard that Pope Benedict XVI was coming to their campus, the roommates knew they wanted to witness it.
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Bishop Madden observes halting progress in Haiti

Whether it was local citizens using wheelbarrows to haul off rubble or holding an umbrella to protect the body and blood of Christ at Mass during a downpour that broke through a tent, there is much about the spirit of the Haitian people that inspires Bishop Denis J. Madden.
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U.S. ambassador says pope-Bush meeting was proud day for Americans

WASHINGTON – For the U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, the meeting between Pope Benedict XVI and President George W. Bush was a proud day for Americans.
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Use of new Roman Missal to begin in U.S. at Advent 2011

WASHINGTON – Catholics in the United States will begin using the long-awaited English translation of the Roman Missal on the first Sunday of Advent in 2011, Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago said Aug. 20.
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