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Statute of limitations bill withdrawn

Del. Eric Bromwell of Baltimore County has withdrawn a bill that Catholic leaders feared would have devastated parishes, schools and ministries had it become law.
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Time in Afghanistan made deacon grateful for country, religious freedom

HARLINGEN, Texas – When Deacon Catarino Villanueva arrived on Forward Operating Base Ghazni, Afghanistan, in 2005 for a yearlong deployment with the National Guard, he immediately looked for opportunities to practice his Catholic faith.
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Priest’s decision to be an Episcopalian said to harm church relations

MIAMI – Archbishop John C. Favalora of Miami expressed disappointment May 28 at both Father Alberto Cutie's decision to join the Episcopal Church and the public way he was received into his new church.
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Bush, pope to discuss Middle East, human rights

WASHINGTON – When President George W. Bush and Pope Benedict XVI meet in April in Washington, they will continue discussions begun during Bush’s 2007 visit to the Vatican on the two leaders’ “common commitment to the importance of faith and reason in reaching shared goals,” according to the White House.
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Bishop Blaire calls for good stewardship to protect God’s gift of air

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The gift of clean air provided by God to humanity deserves to be protected through strong environmental stewardship by making changes in daily life so that fewer pollutants enter the atmosphere, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice Human Development.
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Blue Mass honors police, firefighters

The Sunday morning quiet on Cathedral Street was disrupted May 24, when a Baltimore City Fire Department hook and ladder truck pulled in front of the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary.
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Penance and Reconciliation: A Sacrament of Healing

“Is Christ here or not?” Jarred by the sudden and insistent voice as I exited the Church, I looked up, turned and found a woman standing beside me. She said, again, “Is Christ here or not?”
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Latin America’s indigenous demand voice in use of their lands

LIMA, Peru – Most of the environmental battles Brother Paul McAuley fights seem endless, mainly conflicts between indigenous communities and loggers operating on their lands or oil companies that have spilled toxic substances into their waterways.
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Only 48 Gazans attended papal Mass, say Holy Land church officials

JERUSALEM – Only 48 residents of the Gaza Strip – about half as many as originally reported – were able to attend the May 13 papal Mass in Bethlehem, West Bank, said Archbishop Antonio Franco, Vatican nuncio to Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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World Marriage Day celebrates enduring unions

It was during the Great Depression when Virginia said “hi” to Sebastian LaRossa at a dance. She left to say hello to the bandleader, and when she walked back, Sebastian said to her, “You know I’m going to marry you.”
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New program nurtures priest leadership skills

Two years into his pastorate, Father Dale Picarella realized he wanted to improve his management and leadership skills for the good of St. Philip Neri in Linthicum.
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Monsignor Kerr, scholar and counselor, dies after suffering stroke at Mass

WASHINGTON – Monsignor William A. Kerr, whose work as a priest included college president, vocations director and spiritual counselor to convicted murderer Ted Bundy, was buried at Roselawn Cemetery in Tallahassee, Fla., May 19 following his funeral Mass.
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