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January 19, 2012

MCC to face battles as General Assembly convenes

ANNAPOLIS – With issues like same-sex marriage, the death penalty and immigration likely to dominate much of the upcoming session of the Maryland General Assembly, it’s shaping up to be a contentious year in Annapolis.
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January 19, 2012

BOAST schools forum in Annapolis Oct. 6

Hundreds of parents, teachers, enrichment program leaders and business supporters are expected in Annapolis Oct. 6 for a forum designed to raise awareness about the BOAST Maryland Tax Credit.
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January 19, 2012

Brazilian bishop ends hunger strike to protest water project

SOBRADINHO, Brazil – Brazilian Bishop Luiz Cappio of Barra announced he was ending a 23-day hunger strike that protested a $3.7 billion project to divert the Sao Francisco River.
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January 19, 2012

Pope says roles of priest, laity should not be blurred

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – The special role of priests should be kept distinct from that of lay people even in parts of the world where there is a shortage of ordained clergy, Pope Benedict XVI told Brazilian bishops.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic prayed a lot before leaping into business at 50

Lawrence “Larry” Wilson never dreamed of owning his own business, but a good deed resulted in him doing just that.
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January 19, 2012

Hiroshima photo caption didn’t tell whole story

I was disappointed with the photo of a little girl (CR, Aug. 13) getting ready to release a paper lantern in Hiroshima, Japan. The caption said she was doing this in remembrance of the anniversary of the world’s first atomic bombing and that more than 75,000 people were killed when the United States dropped the...
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January 19, 2012

Head of London hospital quits after Catholic code is passed

LONDON – The head of a London Catholic hospital popular with celebrities quit his post following the adoption of a new code of ethics banning doctors from making abortion referrals and from handing out contraceptives and the morning-after pill.
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January 19, 2012

V-chip and beyond: Parental control technology in a multimedia age

WASHINGTON – The Federal Communications Commission, under new chairman Julius Genachowski, gave notice in September that it intends to look at parental control technologies and how they are used in the multimedia age.
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January 19, 2012

Love blossoms for couple with developmental disabilities

Jeannette Hudak said she was “scared to death” last year about the impending marriage of her now 35-year-old daughter Maria, who had always lived at home under the watchful eye of five older brothers and her parents.
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January 19, 2012

Religions, dialogue can lead to path to peace, say religious leaders

KRAKOW, Poland – Religious faith and dialogue can lead humanity away from the abyss of war, hatred and fear and point to the path to peace, said leaders representing Christianity, Judaism, Islam, Buddhism and other religions around the world at a congress in Poland.
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January 19, 2012

Archbishop O’Brien to host discernment retreat

Continuing a tradition of his predecessor, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien will serve as retreat master for a Jan. 4-5 gathering of men who are thinking about becoming archdiocesan priests.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic parish joins Muslim students to help after Indonesian quake

TASIKMALAYA, Indonesia – A Catholic parish in the predominantly Muslim Indonesian province of West Java is working to provide emergency aid to victims of the magnitude 7 earthquake that struck Sept. 2.
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