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Philadelphia Catholics give support to Italy’s earthquake victims

PHILADELPHIA – Philadelphia Cardinal Justin Rigali celebrated an April 19 Mass at the Cathedral Basilica of SS. Peter and Paul in Philadelphia remembering earthquake victims in Abruzzo, Italy.
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Pope urges Ukraine’s bishops to closely work with Latin rite

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI urged Ukraine’s Eastern-rite Catholic bishops to improve dialogue and work more closely with the nation’s Latin-rite Catholics.
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Bingold’s miraculous journey leads to Baltimore

Richard Bingold has been to hell and back. Now, he’s walking a path to heaven and hoping to take many other people along for the journey.
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Archbishop to host health care symposium

The assault on the conscience rights of physicians and others in the health care field has led Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien to host his first symposium on Catholic health care and ethics.
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Archbishop O’Brien kicks off Catholic Schools Week

Since his Oct. 1 installation, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien kicked off Catholic Schools Week Jan. 28 by celebrating Mass at St. John Regional Catholic School for more than 750 students, parents, teachers and guests.
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In Germany, pope makes pilgrimage to a community that kept the faith

ETZELSBACH, Germany – The Marian sanctuary of Etzelsbach does not show up on most maps of Germany.
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MCC leader looks at ups and downs of legislative session

In her inaugural year as executive director of the Maryland Catholic Conference, Mary Ellen Russell and her staff helped pass landmark legislation in Annapolis this legislative session.
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Parishioners focus on blessings, grace during last Masses

Sue Barnabae nearly skipped Saturday evening Mass at St. Peter the Apostle, Jan. 26, because she thought the last regular Mass at her longtime west Baltimore parish would be too sad.
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Jerusalem patriarch: Palestine U.N. bid a step toward two-state solution

BETHESDA – The Latin patriarch of Jerusalem said he hoped that an effort to grant full U.N. membership to Palestine would be a step toward eventual peace in the region, leading to the “two-state solution.”
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Leaving the Counting to God

The Easter season provides the media with the opportunity each year to report on the state of the Catholic Church, Christianity and basically all-things-religion. This Easter was no different. The Easter-week edition of Newsweek contained an article entitled, “The End of Christian America,” based largely on the recently released 2009 American Religious Identification Survey which...
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Turkish officials fail to discuss plans for Pauline year

WARSAW, Poland – A church official in Turkey said the country’s authorities are failing to consult about plans for the 2,000th anniversary year of St. Paul’s birth in the southern city of Tarsus.
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Media send unhealthy messages to women, says Catholic talk show host

ROME – A new book by a Catholic talk show host looks at how media and culture are sending unhealthy messages to women and how the church can fill the emotional and spiritual void left behind.
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