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Catholic rural life directors discuss ways to connect farms, cities

CLEVELAND – Whether they’re harvesting corn in a field or grilling corn at a barbecue at a city park, Catholics from the farms, suburbs and cities are connected by their faith and their kitchen tables.
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Fargo’s vicar general hopes to return to service as chaplain

WASHINGTON – Monsignor Brian Donahue, vicar general of the Diocese of Fargo, N.D., and pastor of two parishes in the diocese, wants to do a second tour of duty as a military chaplain in Iraq.
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Stepping Out On Nothing

In light of the recent Catholic School closures in predominantly African American communities, this story reveals the impact of a catholic education on the future of black students.
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Global hunger speaker tour to connect world famine to Lent

Students of Mercy High School, Baltimore, will be given a first-hand account of world hunger in India, thanks to Rekha Abel of Catholic Relief Services.
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Vatican defends efforts by pope, church to curb sex abuse by priests

VATICAN CITY – Amid new disclosures of priestly sex abuse cases in Europe, including one in the German archdiocese formerly headed by Pope Benedict XVI, the Vatican strongly defended the church’s response to the crisis and said the pope has led the effort to root out “filth” in the church.
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Holy Childhood Association appeals to today’s kids

Catholic schools and religious education programs not only educate children about their faith, they also help children grow spiritually, including teaching them to become missionary.
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Eventual motherhood: waiting on God’s perfect timing

This month brings a milestone for my social circle: for the first time, a childhood friend will become a mother.
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A Leo III for Islam

George Weigel’s oft-stated theme regarding jihadism is reflected in the following quote from his piece in the Jan. 17 Catholic Review: “certain tendencies in Islamic self-understanding … can only be successfully overcome by reconnection in the Muslim mind with faith and moral reason.”
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Human rights attorney sounds clarion call on life issues

Warning that human life is being devalued at every level, a top human rights attorney from California urged Baltimore health care professionals to support conscience clauses that will help protect their right to uphold the sanctity of life.
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Aim of science to help not the same as respect for life

VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church supports scientific research aimed at helping people, but the destruction of human embryos or their use as “biological material” demonstrates that a desire to help does not always coincide with respect for every human being, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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School challenges lead to difficult times and hard decisions

The times are changing. Decades ago, Catholic families had a half-dozen kids or more, and Catholic schools were routinely staffed, for the most part, by a convent-full of religious sisters. High schools for boys often had religious brothers teaching. Tuition was often less than $100 a year.
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Death, resurrection of Jesus a defining moment

Early this month, I joined more than 30 bishops from the Mid-Atlantic and Southeast on a five day spiritual retreat at Our Lady of Florida Passionist Retreat House in North Palm Beach.
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