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Dioceses find various ways to cope with contraceptive insurance mandate

LEVITTOWN, Pa. – A new federal regulation that would require employer insurance plans to provide contraceptives that some consider abortifacient and voluntary sterilization among cost-free preventive care measures such as inoculations and Pap smears is being greeted with varying levels of dismay in Catholic dioceses across the country.
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Mother Seton Academy’s new home taking shape at St. Ann

Every morning on her way to Mother Seton Academy in Fells Point, School Sister of Notre Dame Charmaine Krohe drives by the old St. Ann School in Baltimore.
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Christmas album a family affair for Catholic recording artist

TAMPA, Fla. – Catholic recording artist Tom Franzak has released his first Christmas album, and it’s a family affair.
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Hurricane interferes with plans for collective opening of schools

All the Catholic elementary schools of the Archdiocese of Baltimore were set to open on the same Aug. 29 date this year.
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Archbishop Burke apologizes to fellow US bishops for video comments

WASHINGTON – The prefect of the Supreme Court of the Apostolic Signature issued an apology to his fellow U.S. bishops March 26 for how comments he made in a videotaped interview were used.
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City parishioners distribute blankets to warm homeless

As Alizata Sorgho stepped off a bus filled with parishioners from two Baltimore City Catholic parishes Dec. 11 and into a park where many city homeless reside, she mustered the courage to interact with the urban destitute.
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Hartford bishop urges greater attention to needs of poor in budget debates

HARTFORD, Conn. – Warning that “budget cuts that negate assistance to our cities can end up costing the society much more in the long run,” a retired auxiliary bishop of Hartford said such cuts could make urban areas “ripe for explosive riots such as those we saw in the 1960s.”
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“Betty” Sweeney, administrative assistant to Baltimore archbishops, dies

Mary Elizabeth “Betty” Sweeney, former administrative assistant to Cardinal Lawrence Shehan, Archbishop William D. Borders and Cardinal William H. Keeler, died March 23.
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Questions about Romney’s faith prompt candidate’s speech

WASHINGTON – When Arizona Rep. Morris Udall sought the Democratic nomination for president in 1976, the fact that he was a Mormon, albeit an inactive one, was barely mentioned.
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Renewed interest growing in Mary’s role in faith life, depiction in art

DULUTH, Minn. – There is renewed interest in Mary – her role in lives of faith, how to interpret references to her in Scripture, how she is depicted in art and literature – enough to spark a second “Mary in Our Day” conference, this one in Duluth and held on the feast of the Assumption,...
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Synod working document seeks ways to promote justice, peace in Africa

VATICAN CITY – The working document for this fall’s Synod of Bishops for Africa called for a united effort among Catholics to help end the rampant injustices fueling conflicts on the continent and to usher in an era of peace.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe called ‘Mother Without Borders’

LOS ANGELES – Thousands of Catholics from throughout the greater Los Angeles area gathered in East Los Angeles Dec. 2 to honor Our Lady of Guadalupe as the mother of all peoples – from every language, race and culture.
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