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January 19, 2012

Tornadoes cause death, destruction across mid-South

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – Father Ernest Hardesty, pastor of Assumption Parish in Atkins, said he witnessed “three miles of destruction” from a twister that hit his community Feb. 5.

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January 19, 2012

Knights of Holy Sepulcher welcome Archbishop O’Brien in ceremony

VATICAN CITY – Officials at the Vatican headquarters of the Equestrian Order of the Holy Sepulcher of Jerusalem welcomed U.S. Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien as their new pro-grand master.

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January 19, 2012

Warsaw ghetto survivor remembers Polish Catholic woman who saved her

WASHINGTON – Renata Zajdman never knew who it was who got her spirited out of the Warsaw ghetto in Poland at age 13.

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January 19, 2012

Pope says Lent is time of conversion, return to God

VATICAN CITY – Lent is a time to return to God’s loving embrace and to remember that true happiness can only come from being a friend of Jesus, Pope Benedict XVI said.

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January 19, 2012

Polish Catholic journal criticizes church handling of clergy sex abuse

WARSAW, Poland – A Catholic journal has criticized the Polish church’s handling of sexual abuse by priests, following repeated claims that local church leaders failed to confront the problem.

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January 19, 2012

John Carroll lecture series focuses on St. Paul

St. Paul will be the focus of this year’s annual John Carroll lecture series at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore.

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January 19, 2012

Goal for Archbishop’s Lenten Appeal set at $6.5 million

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is challenging Maryland Catholics to surpass last year’s record-setting fundraising in the annual Archbishop’s Lenten Appeal.

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January 19, 2012

Catholics must link beliefs with political action, speakers say

NEW YORK – Politics is a good thing, participation in public life is a moral obligation and Catholics need to do a better job of linking their beliefs to their actions, according to speakers at a Sept. 6 conference on “Faithful Citizenship: Voters, Bishops and Presidential Elections.”

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January 19, 2012

Dundalk educator honored for decades of dedication

Few recipients of the Doris Musil Award for Excellence in Catholic Education Leadership have ever felt a stronger tie to the honor’s namesake than School Sister of Notre Dame Irene Pryle.

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January 19, 2012

Comrade makes it his “business” to stand by best friend

Usually 22-year-old Corey Fick has to lift his best friend Ryan Major out of a wheelchair and place him in bed at night. But lately, Mr. Major, 23, is capable of putting himself to bed, in spite of the fact that his legs and several fingers are missing – injuries sustained in the Iraq War...

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January 19, 2012

Colleges work to raise awareness of policies on sexual harassment

DETROIT – As campuses across the country fill, and students learn of the schools’ regulations regarding student fees, parking restrictions and library hours, they also must be made aware of school policies regarding filing complaints of sexual harassment.

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January 19, 2012

Despite death threats, nun works to protect Brazilian children

TORONTO – When Sister Henriqueta Cavalcante answers her cell phone, she does not know if she’ll get another death threat for trying to expose an underground culture of sexual violence against children in the Brazilian state of Para.

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