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Bishop honors miners lost in Monongah disaster of 1907

MONONGAH, W.Va. – One hundred years to the day after the Dec. 6, 1907, Monongah mine disaster – the worst coal-mine disaster in U.S. history – the people of Monongah came together to remember the 361 miners and others who lost their lives in the tragedy.
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New Yorkers protest refusal to light building to honor Mother Teresa

NEW YORK – More than 1,000 people dressed in blue and white filled a cordoned traffic lane across from the Empire State Building Aug. 26 to protest the decision of the building’s owner to deny a request to illuminate the upper floors in honor of the 100th birthday of Blessed Teresa of Calcutta.
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Catholics called to be people of hope, says papal preacher

VATICAN CITY – Catholics are called to be people of hope and to demonstrate by their happiness the fact that they know God will provide, said the preacher of the papal household.
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Ruling on embryonic stem-cell funding called ‘victory for common sense’

WASHINGTON – Cardinal Daniel N. DiNardo praised a federal judge’s recent ruling that temporarily stopped federal funding for embryonic stem-cell research, but the U.S. Department of Justice said it would appeal the decision.
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Mother Seton School searches for alumni

Mother Seton School, Emmitsburg, is asking for help in locating alumni and memorabilia from all graduating classes, especially the class of 1958 who will celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2008.
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New York mosque controversy echoes anti-Catholicism of another era

WASHINGTON – The controversy over plans to build an Islamic cultural center and mosque a couple of blocks away from ground zero in New York is but the latest manifestation of a historic cycle of distrust of immigrants - and their faith.
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Second league meet leads to close second-place finish

Seven events won by The Seton Keough High School, Baltimore, highlighted the second IAAM group indoor track and field meet on Dec. 14 at the Prince George’s Sports and Learning Complex.
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A snapshot of our new priests

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has asked four individuals to serve as guest columnists in August. The third is Sulpician Father Thomas R. Hurst, the president-rector of St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Baltimore.
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Pro-life official praises bill aimed to help pregnant women

WASHINGTON – A U.S. bishops’ pro-life official gave high marks to a bill introduced in the U.S. Senate in December that would provide resources and support to pregnant women. “The bill will empower pregnant women to make healthy choices for themselves and their children, born and unborn,” said Deirdre McQuade, director of planning and information...
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Runners have opportunity to create fun, help a cause

September and October are traditionally filled with some of year’s road-racing events. Some of the more popular events and those sponsored by institutions in the Archdiocese of Baltimore follow.
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Cardinal Mahony tells candidates to focus on immigration

LOS ANGELES – In letters to all the presidential candidates sent Dec. 12, Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony urged them to “show leadership on the issue of immigration” and to work to find a “humane and comprehensive solution to our broken immigration system.”
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Cardinal calls Mexican court decision on marriage ‘aberrant judgment’

MEXICO CITY – Cardinal Norberto Rivera Carrera of Mexico City denounced a recent Mexican Supreme Court decision upholding the constitutionality of a same-sex marriage law in the nation’s capital as an “aberrant judgment.”
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