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January 19, 2012

Pope canonizes four new saints, God’s ‘masterpieces’

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI canonized four new saints from Malta, Poland, the Netherlands and France and said they exemplified the many and varied forms of holiness in the church. “God’s wisdom is manifested in the cosmos, in the variety and beauty of its elements, but his masterpieces are the saints,” the pope said...

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January 19, 2012

St. Louis-area parishes find more gratitude than grief after tornadoes

ST. LOUIS – After damaging tornadoes and severe weather hit the St. Louis area hard on New Year’s Eve, the reaction of many affected by the storm was more gratitude than grief and more reaching out to help others than asking for help themselves.

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January 19, 2012

Wall Street slide shouldn’t affect retired religious, nun says

WASHINGTON – The slide in Wall Street stocks triggered by the federal takeover of mortgage banks and finance houses in September should not pose a problem for religious orders, including those with large numbers or percentages of retired members, according to the head of the National Religious Retirement Office.

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January 19, 2012

Pope urges nations to protect religious freedom, family, environment

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI urged nations to protect religious freedom, the environment and the family in a speech to five new ambassadors to the Vatican. The pope welcomed the diplomats from Sudan, Burundi, Pakistan, Estonia and Iceland June 1 as they presented him with their credentials. While Catholics are a minority in the...

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January 19, 2012

Official statement from the Archdiocese of Baltimore on death of defrocked priest Laurence Brett

Through media reports the Archdiocese of Baltimore learned today (Jan. 6) of the apparent death of Laurence Brett, a former priest of the Diocese of Bridgeport, Connecticut, who was defrocked after several individuals reported they were sexually abused by Brett when they were children in the early 1970s.

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January 19, 2012

Online and in love for Catonsville couple.

When Rita and John Buettner go to dinner parties, other couples inevitably start to share the sugar-sweet stories of how they met.

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January 19, 2012

New affinity Visa card supports missions and evangelization

NEW YORK – Catholics now have the opportunity to participate in the missionary work of the church each time they use a new affinity credit card. The Society for the Propagation of the Faith in New York recently announced the creation of the World Missions Visa credit card. The card will generate funds for the...

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January 19, 2012

Westminster school offered support in face of Westboro protesters

WESTMINSTER – As the Supreme Court considers a high-profile case involving the Westboro Baptist Church, much media attention has focused on what the Kansas church members did outside St. John parish during Lance Corporal Matthew Snyder's 2006 funeral.

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January 19, 2012

Doctor brings Catholic convention to Baltimore

Wherever life has taken him, from a boyhood in Hamilton to studying under the Jesuits to serving as a U.S. Air Force surgeon in South Vietnam and then establishing a medical practice at Franklin Square Hospital, a strong conscience has accompanied Dr. Louis C. Breschi.

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January 19, 2012

Arkansas parish tackles ‘Catholic Extreme Makeover’

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Call it a “Catholic Extreme Makeover.” When parishioners at Christ the King Church in Little Rock heard about Father Udochukwu “Udo” Vincent Ogbuji’s paralysis following a car wreck, they prayed for the priest’s recovery. And when their pastor, Monsignor Francis I. Malone, challenged them to renovate a house in less than...

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January 19, 2012