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St. Joseph Medical Center unveils Heart Institute

This is not your grandfather’s hospital. From private patient rooms furnished with sleeper sofas, to a refurbished chapel, to the kinetic sculpture in the main lobby, St. Joseph Medical Center is celebrating a monumental opening.
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Therapeutic reflecting garden for Baltimore homeless

When the homeless dine at the new Our Daily Bread facility when it opens in June, they will have a grand view of a superbly landscaped garden intended for reflection. However, a vision is all they will have of the oasis, unless they are accepted into a program designed to advance their employability. The reflecting...
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After emotional debate, bill to legalize civil unions in Colorado dies

DENVER – Nearly eight hours of emotional testimonies and legislator commentaries at the state Capitol in Denver March 31 ended in the defeat of a bill that would have created civil unions in Colorado.
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Answers for the Aging: Advice for retirement planning

Question: My parents are in their 80s. They have been retired for 10 years. They have experienced their share of health problems, which have created some financial difficulties. Fortunately, we have a big family and we have been able to give them the financial support they need. My husband and I want to try to...
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Pope tells addicts that drug dealers will face God’s judgment

GUARATINGUETA, Brazil – In a meeting with recovering Brazilian drug addicts, Pope Benedict XVI said drug dealers will face God’s judgment for the damage they have inflicted on individuals and society.
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Maryland Department of Health and Mental Hygiene to draft abortion clinic regulations

After two committees in the Maryland Legislature failed to act on legislation that would regulate abortion clinics as ambulatory surgical facilities, the Maryland Department of Department of Health and Mental Hygiene (DHMH) is planning to draft its own regulations by July, according to the Maryland Catholic Conference (MCC).
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No instructions needed on how to exercise vote

I am a Catholic who proudly voted for Barack Obama and the slots referendum, which will allow the Preakness to stay at Pimlico. The slots referendum passed in Allegany County, in spite of a letter in my church bulletin suggesting parishioners vote against it. I don’t need instructions from the church or the pulpit on...
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Sanctuary program for immigrants

WASHINGTON – With immediate plans to shelter families in Los Angeles, New York and San Diego, an interfaith coalition calling itself the New Sanctuary Movement announced plans to try to protect families from deportation in churches and other faith-affiliated places around the country. Following the example of the 1980s church-based network that sheltered Central American...
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Rome expecting at least 300,000 pilgrims for John Paul’s beatification

ROME – Church and local government organizers are planning to accommodate at least 300,000 people in St. Peter’s Square and the surrounding area for Pope John Paul II’s beatification Mass May 1.
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Federal appeals court rules abuse case against Vatican can go forward

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court ruled Nov. 24 that a lawsuit can move forward against the Vatican involving three men who claimed to have been sexually abused when they were children by priests in the Archdiocese of Louisville, Ky.
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WWII Marine Veteran plans to help honor fallen

As a U.S. Marine who served during World War II, St. Casimir, Canton, parishioner Emil Kozlowski found that serving with valor means supporting fellow brothers in arms despite ones personal feelings of the conflict itself. It's a notion he will keep with him during the Memorial Day Mass, breakfast and reflection ceremony as he and...
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Papal preacher: Separating types of love can lead to ‘moral deviations’

VATICAN CITY – Human love and divine love go hand in hand, and separating the two leads to problems that create alienation within and outside the church, said the papal preacher.
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