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Howard County Pregnancy Center celebrates 30 years

There’s nothing more rewarding for Kim Hartman than visiting a young woman who has chosen to keep her baby rather than have an abortion.
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More prayer and less rhetoric on life issues

I was extremely disappointed to read the angry letters from writers who are very upset by the election of Barack Obama. The majority of U.S. Catholics did not vote for Mr. Obama because he is “pro abortion.” I believe that I voted for a very moral man.
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Airport chaplains minister to a flock on the move

WASHINGTON – Can you find holiness at an airport? Father Michael Zaniolo thinks so.
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New pavilion in St. Mary’s City traces story of birthplace of religious freedom in United States

ST. MARY’S CITY – Marylanders of all ages celebrated the state’s 377th birthday at Historic St. Mary’s City March 26, in a colorful program that included 24 fourth-graders from across the state carrying the flags of their counties and an opening procession with seven men in colonial garb portraying the St. Maries Citty Militia from...
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Vatican official says Galileo was a man of faith

ROME – Fourteen years after Pope John Paul II said the Catholic Church erred when it condemned the 17th-century astronomer Galileo Galilei, the Vatican secretary of state said the astronomer was “a man of faith” who recognized God as creator of the cosmos.
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New service ministry aims to continue where St. Joseph left off

GARY, Ind. – While little is known of the quiet, gentle man who served as the protector and human father of Jesus, the image of Joseph as a carpenter invokes creative thoughts of how he might have served his God and neighbors. With this fatherly saint as inspiration, St. John the Evangelist Parish in St....
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Ferraro dies; was first woman to seek vice presidency for major party

BOSTON – Geraldine Ferraro, a lawyer and former congresswoman who in 1984 became the first woman to seek the vice presidency on a major political party ticket, died March 26 at Massachusetts General Hospital in Boston.
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Making use of your ‘last time’

It happened several years ago, but the thought continues to bother me. John had made the comment at one of our group get-togethers. “Don’t mention those words ‘last time’ to me,” he said.
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Bill McKinley becomes first president of St. Maria Goretti

With a strong background in administration in the public school system of Washington County, Bill McKinley said he is ready to take on a new challenge as the first president of St. Maria Goretti High School in Hagerstown.
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Libyan bishop calls on African Union to mediate end to crisis

VATICAN CITY – After five nights of listening to bombs exploding, the apostolic vicar of Tripoli, Libya, said it is time for the African Union to try to mediate an end to the violence.
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Advent begins Nov. 30

Even before the last pieces of meat are picked clean from the leftover Thanksgiving turkey, many Americans are already listening to Christmas carols on the radio and cramming into stores to buy holiday gifts.
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Long-lasting ‘Christopher Closeup’ show to end its 55-year run

NEW YORK – “Christopher Closeup,” the television show sponsored by the organization that says it’s better to light one candle than to curse the darkness, will no longer be broadcast after the end of the summer.
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