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European court says Ireland’s abortion laws breach European rules

DUBLIN – The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Ireland’s laws banning abortion breach European human rights law.
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Q&A With Josh Blakesley

Nationally known Christian rock artist Josh Blakesley will perform at the Sept. 28 Immersed in God’s Love event at The John Carroll School in Bel Air. The event will feature an outdoor Mass and a concert with Mr. Blakesley and Jackie Francois. Single tickets are $5 and families pay $20. The event begins at 5:15...
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Bishops say Christians’ disappearance threatens hope

ROME – The disappearance of Christian communities from the Middle East threatens hope for finding a way to preserve traditional Arab values while also recognizing individual human rights, said two of the region’s Catholic bishops.
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Anglicans joining faith for wrong reasons

The Catholic Review (Oct. 28) reported of a small Anglican Church membership in Baltimore voting to join the Catholic Church. More recently (CR, Nov. 25) we read of five Anglican bishops of the Church of England also choosing to join the Catholic Church.
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Site realcatholictv.com disappoints

I read with interest the article (CR, Sept. 11) on the new Internet TV site, realcatholictv.com and clicked on the site with equal interest. Imagine my disappointment when I discovered it to be more of the ‘same old, same old.’
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Micah 6:8 instructs, energizes youth

Some 32 high school students have returned to their communities with plans for a social justice project, thanks to training they received at Micah 6:8.
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Government-controlled Catholic groups in China elect new leaders

BEIJING – The Chinese-government-controlled National Congress of Catholic Representatives elected new leaders for the Bishops’ Conference of the Catholic Church in China and the Chinese Catholic Patriotic Association, the two groups responsible for the public life of the church in the communist country.
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Tri-modality therapy for lung cancer boosts survival rates

A three-pronged approach to treating lung cancer is boosting survival rates, even if the patient is diagnosed after the cancer has spread to the nearby lymph nodes. Tri-modality therapy for lung cancer is about 12 years old, and doctors now have enough data to see its benefits.
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Neeson: Narnia’s Aslan the lion represents all great spiritual leaders

LONDON - Catholic actor Liam Neeson said he thinks the magical lion of C.S. Lewis’ “The Chronicles of Narnia” series not only represents Christ but also symbolizes other great spiritual leaders.
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Franciscan Center has been a blockbuster for 40 years

As Baltimore’s Franciscan Center celebrated its 40th anniversary with a block party, Sept. 10, volunteer Ellen Daniels stood in the hubbub and spoke about how the nonprofit organization was able to help her.
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Let subtraction put you ahead during Lent

The journey of the season of Lent always includes my own journeying around the archdiocese. On Ash Wednesday I had Masses for the students at Maryvale, and later a Mass at Annunciation Parish. The first weekend of Lent I had the privilege of leading a parish mission at St. Joseph in Sykesville.
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