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Pope’s second encyclical invites people to encounter Jesus

VATICAN CITY – It’s difficult to select a single summarizing line in Pope Benedict XVI’s encyclical “Spe Salvi” (on Christian hope), but a fundamental point is found in its first few pages.
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Catholic Review awarded regional journalism honors

LINTHICUM – In one of its best showings in recent years, The Catholic Review was honored by the Maryland, Delaware, DC Press Association with eight editorial awards and 10 advertising awards during an April 21-22 convention at the Sheraton BWI Hotel.
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Born in the midst of daily life

The Roman basilica of Sts. Cosmas and Damian tends to elude the casual tourist and the hurried pilgrim, although it’s right off the Via dei Fori Imperiali between Trajan’s column and the Coliseum. A visit at any time is worthwhile, as the apse mosaics are among the most spectacular in Rome – sixth and seventh...
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Details on papal Mass tickets likely not ready for weeks

WASHINGTON – To answer the question that is increasingly being asked of officials with the archdioceses of Washington and New York – and pretty much anyone else who works for the Catholic Church in the region – you can’t yet get tickets to any events during Pope Benedict XVI’s visit to those cities in April.
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Baltimore parishioner provides needed hand surgeries in Dominican Republic

Twice a year, patients stream into Centro Medico, a hospital in the town of La Romana in the Dominican Republic, hoping for a miracle.
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Knights of Columbus team with MCC to promote sanctity of life

The Knights of Columbus are completing an effort that benefits the Maryland Catholic Conference and the pro-life movement.
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Book bound in skin of executed Jesuit to be auctioned

LONDON – A book bound in the skin of an executed Jesuit priest was to be auctioned in England.
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Schaefer leaves mixed legacy for Catholic interests

Catholic leaders remembered William Donald Schaefer – former Baltimore City councilman, longtime mayor, governor and state comptroller – as a dogged man who cared passionately about his community and who tried to leave his city and state better than he found it.
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PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS

Students at Woodmont Academy, Cooksville, welcomed nearly 300 grandparents to the school’s first Grandparents Day Nov. 26.
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The Catholic Review travels to Dominican Republic

A Catholic Review staff writer, Chaz Muth, will travel to the Dominican Republic, Nov. 26-30, to bring readers first-hand accounts of conditions there, especially among the poor.
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Courage, not numbers, needed at Catholic universities, president says

WASHINGTON – Presidents from Catholic universities around the world gathered together at The Catholic University of America April 12 for a round-table discussion addressing faculty and student interaction.
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Xavier president well-served by his faith, flexibility and fortitude

NEW ORLEANS – On April 4, 1968, a rifle shot at a Memphis hotel silenced the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr. and ripped apart a nation divided by race and war.
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