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Tyrrell spread the Gospel among African-Americans

Songwriter Samuel W. Beazley wrote in his song “The Gospel News”: “Tell the Word of Life to all who may be found wand’ring far from God. … Tell out the Gospel news; preach it, teach it, tell it, that all may know Jesus the savior, who loves them so. Spread abroad the Gospel news.” And...
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Number of priests increases, but not as fast as Catholics

VATICAN CITY – The latest church statistics show that the number of priests and seminarians in the world continues to increase, but not as fast as the general Catholic population.
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New All Saints helps fill supermarket void in city

The Howard Park Community’s collective voice has been heard, and their prayers are on the verge of being answered.
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Pope appeals for African families, condemns promotion of abortion

LUANDA, Angola – Addressing Angolan political leaders and an international group of diplomats, Pope Benedict XVI appealed on behalf of African families struggling from the effects of poverty, disease and war.
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Drop in number of U.S. Catholics offset by new immigrants

WASHINGTON – According to a new study on the religious affiliation of U.S. adults, 28 percent of Americans have either changed religious affiliations or claim no formal religion at all.
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Mood changes as pope, young people reflect on suffering in Way of Cross

MADRID – The mood at World Youth Day changed dramatically late Aug. 19 as Pope Benedict XVI and hundreds of thousands of young people turned their thoughts to suffering.
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Programs to ‘adopt’ women in formation seen as way to help vocations

WASHINGTON – “Adopt-a-seminarian” programs to support and encourage young men studying for the priesthood are pretty common in U.S. dioceses, and programs like that for young women could help foster vocations to religious life, said Benedictine Sister Michelle Catherine Sinkhorn.
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Cougars regain crown as defending champs fall

If Our Lady of Mount Carmel, Essex, was going to regain the MIAA B Conference basketball crown in the near future, it was going to have to be this year as the Cougars are deep with senior leadership, experience and confidence.
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Congo war refugee ministers to Good Samaritan patients

Forced in 1996 to flee the war-ravaged Congo (now the Democratic Republic of the Congo), 21-year-old Guy Kagere found refuge in neighboring Zambia, where he ended up living with American and European missionaries.
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Archbishop pushes for full repeal of Maryland’s death penalty

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien reiterated his support for the repeal of Maryland’s death penalty during a House of Delegates Judiciary Committee hearing in Annapolis March 17.
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Aretha Franklin concert benefits local community

Show the community of west Baltimore a little respect by purchasing a ticket to hear Aretha Franklin. The music legend will give a benefit concert at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall on March 20. Proceeds from “An Evening with Aretha Franklin” will go to the Bon Secours of Maryland Foundation.
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Families, church officials search for northbound Mexicans who disappear

MEXICO CITY – Ricardo Salazar Sanchez boarded a northbound bus in the central state of Guanajuato with 22 fellow residents for a journey to the U.S.-Mexico border – and a subsequent attempt at crossing into Texas, where potential construction jobs awaited.
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