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LONDON – A Christian group is suing the Internet giant Google after it refused to take advertisements on abortion and religious content.

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops April 8 announced the routes Pope Benedict XVI will take in his popemobile April 16 and 17 in Washington.

WASHINGTON – One group of teachers in New York Catholic schools voted to call off a two-day strike April 8 after a negotiating session with the Association of Catholic Schools of the Archdiocese of New York.

As a child, Wesley Cianchette of Baldwin dealt with severe asthma, and a host of environmental components could trigger attacks that left him breathless.

A funeral Mass for Brother Andrew DiNoto, F.S.C., was offered April 9 at St. Ursula, Parkville. Brother Andrew died April 5. He would have been 98 years old April 25.

A couple of weeks ago I was pleased to join in honoring Judge Frank E. Cicone, Former Chief Judge of the Circuit Court of Baltimore County, in a surprise celebration of his 50th anniversary of joining the Maryland Bar. I had known little of him except of the wide respect in which he has been held in the local legal community all these years. I did manage a number of conversations with professionals in the local justice community, however, and the overriding praiseworthy quality that was attributed to him was “civility.” Effective, objective and thorough has he been all these years, I was told, but the hundreds who gathered to surprise him that evening were there because of his unwavering “civility” – his treatment of all who stood before him with respect and dignity.

Pope Benedict XVI’s revised prayer for the Jews for use in the Tridentine-rite Good Friday liturgy does not indicate any form of stepping back from the teaching of the Second Vatican Council, the Vatican said.