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WASHINGTON – The Vatican Congregation for Clergy has approved a small change in the U.S. Catholic Catechism for Adults clarifying Catholic teaching about God’s covenant with the Jewish people.

VATICAN CITY – Doctors have removed the cast and wires from Pope Benedict XVI’s right wrist and said the healing process went perfectly.

PITTSBURGH – Pittsburgh Bishop David A. Zubik has urged local Catholics to be welcoming and offer hospitality and prayer when the city hosts the Sept. 24-25 Group of 20 summit focusing on the economic recession.

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien and Cardinal William H. Keeler will soon have new homes. After two years in Baltimore, the archbishop is moving from a Sulpician apartment building in North Baltimore to the archbishop’s residence adjacent to the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in downtown Baltimore.

WASHINGTON – Increasing violence against religious minorities, particularly Christians, and the government’s inadequate response to that violence in 2008 prompted the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom to add India to its 2009 watch list of countries where conditions of religious freedom require close monitoring.

Tuition costs in Archdiocese 2009-2010

The article about Nick D’Adamo Sr. and his son (CR, Aug. 6) struck a sentimental and nostalgic chord. I lived next door to Mr. Nick and his family in Baltimore from 1972 to 1988. I was 18 when we moved away. Twenty-one years later, my memories of Mr. Nick are still unmistakably fond. His smile was just a small sign of his heartfelt concern for his neighbors. It was this kind of concern from Mr. Nick and his son which encouraged me to attend Archbishop Curley High School. He and his family set a special benchmark; one that demonstrated genuine care and consideration of the people around them (a trait Nick Jr. knows well). I’m many miles and years from that great place and great time and one of things I miss most is having such a kind and inspiring neighbor. The writer is a parishioner of St. Ignatius, Hickory.