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January 19, 2012

Black Catholic congress opens in Buffalo with 2,000 participants

More than 2,000 black Catholics from nearly 100 U.S. dioceses traveled to Buffalo, N.Y., July 12 for the start of the 10th National Black Catholic Congress.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic-Anglican dialogue group to begin meeting in May

VATICAN CITY – The third phase of the Anglican-Roman Catholic International Commission will begin in May with 18 bishops and scholars set to examine the theology behind some of the thorniest questions creating tensions within the churches and keeping Catholics and Anglicans apart.
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January 19, 2012

CRS helps Sudanese refugees fight Egypt’s school-system hurdles

CAIRO, Egypt – The kids chasing a pigeon on a school patio in a crowded Cairo neighborhood have the usual childhood dreams of growing up to be doctors, teachers or engineers. The hurdles they face, however, are anything but ordinary.
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January 19, 2012

Bishops speak about new Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien

Baltimore bishops reacted positively July 12 to news of the appointment of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien as Baltimore’s 15th archbishop, describing the new leader as “a good shepherd in the sense that he will be a good teacher, a good pastor of souls.”
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January 19, 2012

Souper Bowl of Caring is a winning drive for Franciscan Center

The Souper Bowl of Caring began in 1990 with a simple prayer during a Super Bowl weekend Presbyterian service in South Carolina. It has grown into a national ecumenical movement that has raised $10 million for the poor.
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January 19, 2012

School Sisters celebrate 175 years of ministry

At a time when a rising tide of secularism threatened the church’s existence in Germany, a young Bavarian woman took a stand for her faith that would touch the lives of millions throughout the world for 175 years.
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January 19, 2012

Pope relaxes restrictions on use of Tridentine Mass

LATE BREAKING VATICAN CITY – In a long-awaited overture to disaffected Catholic traditionalists, Pope Benedict XVI relaxed restrictions on the use of the Tridentine Mass, the Latin-language liturgy that predates the Second Vatican Council. The pope said Mass celebrated according to the 1962 Roman Missal, commonly known as the Tridentine rite, should be made available...
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January 19, 2012

Pope offers condolences after Moscow airport bombing

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI condemned the suicide bombing at Moscow’s Domodedovo Airport and offered his prayers for the 35 people who died, for the dozens who were injured and for the victims’ families.
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January 19, 2012

Mall walkers set steady pace with exercise routine

The food court at Arundel Mills Mall is the biggest distraction for mall walker Ed Goodwin Sr.
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January 19, 2012

CRS clinic in Zambia helps orphans affected by HIV/AIDS

WASHINGTON – Nearly two years ago in the southern African nation of Zambia, Natasha Kangwa became an orphan and was diagnosed with HIV.
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January 19, 2012

Women ‘hungry for truth’ about abortion, says head of pregnancy center

WASHINGTON - Laura Strietmann, the director of a Cincinnati crisis pregnancy center, calls abortion “the issue that is shaping our country,” and said the challenge for pro-lifers is to get everyone “to respect life again.”
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January 19, 2012

Pope canonizes four saints, calls for end to violence in Orissa state

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI canonized four new saints, including the first native-born saint from India, where Christians recently have come under attack from Hindu gangs.
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