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Powered by a wheelchair, student creates presentation

Nicholas Sabo will graduate from high school this spring, but he’s done plenty of teaching as well as learning. The 21-year-old, who attends South River High School in Edgewater and is a parishioner of Holy Family, Davidsonville, has cerebral palsy.
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Pope, young people remain together through challenges

MADRID – Pope Benedict XVI’s aides had seen enough. The pontiff was trying to lead a World Youth Day vigil Aug. 20 at Cuatro Vientos, a former air base, when a powerful thunderstorm swept into town.
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Faith is heavy hitter in major league baseball family

Though she lasted only one day on the softball field for a lack of interest in sliding, Margy Teixeira would be playing baseball, too, if she had been born a boy.
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Archdiocese establishes office for worship

Monsignor Robert J. Jaskot is stepping down as chancellor of the Archdiocese of Baltimore to take on a new role as director of a new archdiocesan office for worship.
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Share your 9/11 memories

Everyone of a certain age has recollections of Nov. 22, 1963, the day President John F. Kennedy was assassinated.
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If nuns ruled the world …

If nuns were ruling the world, peace and justice would reign!
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Plans to fly Blessed Pier Giorgio’s body to World Youth Day

ROME (CNS) -- Logistical details are being finalized in an attempt to fly the body of Blessed Pier Giorgio Frassati to Sydney, Australia, for veneration by young people at World Youth Day in July.
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Camp St. Vincent: Homeless children enjoy summer haven

For Tammie Maynard of Booth House, a homeless shelter in Mount Vernon, Camp St. Vincent has served two purposes toward her and her daughter’s well-being.
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Pope, on plane, says church can help Africa address its problems

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO CAMEROON – Making his first trip to Africa, Pope Benedict XVI said the Catholic Church can help bring answers to the continent’s chronic problems, including poverty, AIDS and tribalism.
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Youths focus on God at Religious Education Congress

ANAHEIM, Calif. – “Nowhere you’ve been or anything you’ve ever done in your life has taken you more than one step away from Christ,” speaker Steve Angrisano told a sold-out arena of high school students and their chaperones in Anaheim.
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At opening of exhibit on rescue, Chilean miners say God was with them

WASHINGTON – The dramatic and uplifting story of survival and a rescue that captivated the world one year ago unfolds in “Against All Odds: Rescue at the Chilean Mine,” a new exhibit at the Smithsonian’s National Museum of Natural History in Washington.
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No challenge too great for new authors

Margaret Patrick placed a hand on her son Jordan’s arm and smiled. Seconds later, her eyes dampened.
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