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U.S. ambassador says migration policies are ethical issue

ROME – U.S. Ambassador to the Vatican Miguel Diaz said migration policies represent a growing ethical issue for the international community, requiring an examination of root causes and promotion of just laws.
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Summer reading: Darwin, design and divine intervention

VATICAN CITY – A series of articles on creation, intelligent design and Darwinism made reading the Vatican newspaper seem like taking a crash summer course in Evolution 101.
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Peter, the risen Lord and the early Church

Pope Benedict XVI will visit Washington and New York shortly after Easter. The timing of this papal visit raises the question: Is the ministry of the pope affected or even shaped in a particular way by the resurrection of the crucified Jesus? Is preaching the risen Lord at the heart of what St Peter and...
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Survey shows big gaps in religious literacy

WASHINGTON – Catholics know about as much as Americans in general about religion, getting right only half of the 32 questions in a survey for the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
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Mercy project strengthens city, downtown corridor

Its outreach and impact have always been formidable. Now Mercy Medical Center is about to get an edifice just as impressive.
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Pope to gather with 200 religious leaders at interfaith prayer service

WASHINGTON – When Pope Benedict XVI comes to the Pope John Paul II Cultural Center in Washington for an early-evening interfaith prayer service April 17 with Buddhists, Hindus, Jews, Muslims, Sikhs and representatives of other religions, space will be at a premium.
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Mercy sisterhood thrives 50 years later

Decades after they graduated from Baltimore City’s Mercy High School, Eileen Kohles Baird and Stacy Baird still wear their Mercy High School rings with pride.
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More than 35,000 pilgrims climb peak in Ireland to honor St. Patrick

DUBLIN, Ireland – More than 35,000 pilgrims climbed to the summit of Croagh Patrick for Reek Sunday, making this year’s journey one of the busiest ever.
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Archbishop: It will be possible to display Padre Pio’s body

SAN GIOVANNI ROTONDO, Italy – Almost 40 years after his death, the body of St. Padre Pio shows uneven signs of decay, but can be treated in a way that will make it possible to place the body on display for the veneration of the faithful, the local archbishop said.
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Doctrine committee says 2008 book errs in views on moral issues

WASHINGTON – In their 2008 book, “The Sexual Person,” theologians Todd A. Salzman and Michael G. Lawler “reach a whole range of conclusions that are contrary to Catholic teaching,” the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Doctrine said in a 24-page critique.
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Robertson retires after 34 years with Goretti

At the end of this month, Cokey Robertson, head basketball coach for St. Maria Goretti High School, Hagerstown, will turn 70 years old and will retire from the Gaels program – which he put on the map.
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