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January 19, 2012

High Li teens accept challenge to lead

SPARKS – The High School Leadership Institute is a breathless week, and Shelby Kestler learned that lesson well at the Monsignor O’Dwyer Retreat House.
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At funeral, Vatican official says nuncio was to get Vatican post

VATICAN CITY - At the end of the funeral for Italian Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the former nuncio to the United States, a Vatican official confirmed that Pope Benedict XVI had been planning to bring the archbishop back to Rome to take up an important post at the Vatican.
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Cardinal criticizes contraceptive mandate, calls exemption too narrow

WASHINGTON - The Department of Health and Human Services’ proposed “religious exemption” to the requirement that new or significantly altered health insurance plans cover contraceptives and sterilization for women is “so narrow as to exclude most Catholic social service agencies and health care providers,” according to the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life...
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Miss Teen USA will use platform to promote girls’ self-esteem, modesty

BROWNSVILLE, Texas - When Danielle Doty, Miss Texas Teen USA, arrived in the Bahamas to compete in the Miss Teen USA pageant, she surrendered to God’s plan for her life, the Harlingen native said.
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Catholics rally for life through Summer of Mercy events

About 270 people took a neighborhood walk together on a hot summer evening in Germantown July 31. As part of the Summer of Mercy 2.0 events to witness for life, people of all ages processed from Mother Seton Church praying the rosary, and they walked a few blocks to the nearby office complex, where late-term...
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‘Colbert chaplain’ brings young adults to church

The line inside St. Ignatius Church July 29 started in the parish hall and stretched all the way upstairs into the church narthex. Hundreds of people came to see Father James Martin, the Jesuit priest who has become one of America’s most well-known clergyman and have him sign a copy of his bestselling book “The...
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Judge dismisses lawsuit against funding embryonic stem-cell research

WASHINGTON - Attorneys for two scientists who use only adult stem cells in their work said they were “weighing all of their options for appeal” after a Washington judge ruled July 27 that federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research may continue.
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Judge tosses initiative to ban circumcision from San Francisco ballot

SAN FRANCISCO - A California superior court judge ordered an initiative to ban circumcision removed from San Francisco’s November ballot.
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Mexican diocese’s gay ministry comes under Vatican scrutiny

MEXICO CITY - A ministry for gay men and women operated by a northern Mexican diocese has come under scrutiny from the Vatican and might revert to its original status as an unaffiliated nonprofit organization.
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Jeffrey K. Norman steps down as head of St. Joseph Medical Center

Jeffrey K. Norman announced his resignation as president and chief executive officer of St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson July 29. He will serve in his post through Aug. 22, according to a hospital press release.
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Monuments, museums not only sites drawing summer tourists to Washington

WASHINGTON – As the nation’s capital, Washington has been visited by millions since its official founding July 16, 1790.
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WYD pilgrims’ task: Help pope revive faith in Spain

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI will visit Spain in late August, celebrating the youthfulness and vigor of Catholic faith in a country where the Catholic majority often seems to have little or no impact on modern public life.
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