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January 19, 2012

Archbishop Nketsiah says Ghanaian church proud to send priests as missionaries

VICTORIA, Texas – Archbishop Matthias K. Nketsiah of Cape Coast, Ghana, said he is excited that his country can provide Catholic priests to serve as missionaries in other countries facing a priest shortage, because he sees it as a way to repay the West for fostering the church in Ghana.
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Priests recall memorable experiences as they celebrate 25, 40, 50 and 60-year anniversaries

Monsignor William A. Collins said he has had many pleasant experiences during his 50-year vocation, including serving at parishes, ministering in the tribunal and being named a monsignor. But as the Baltimore native indicated in his 50th anniversary homily, “they don’t compare with the experience of becoming a priest.”
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‘Gym rat’ writes, produces, directs film on Catholic women’s hoops team

WASHINGTON – Imagine being able to write a movie about something that you were a part of, even if it was just a little bit.
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De Sales campus opens new convent for Nashville Dominicans

CATONSVILLE – Dominican Sister of St. Cecilia Amelia Hueller relaxed in the sitting room of a new convent and reflected upon the benefactors who made it possible.
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Polo players saddle up for Our Daily Bread

Although the day was sticky, the storms held off for the sixth annual Ten Oaks Cup Polo Match June 11, which benefited Our Daily Bread.
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Religion may play crucial role in 2012 campaign, as it has in past

WASHINGTON – As seven Republican candidates for president prepared for a June 13 debate in New Hampshire and others waited in the wings, there were signs that religion will play as big a role in the 2012 election as it has in other recent campaigns.
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Tweet Catholic, flockNote.com unite Catholics online

WASHINGTON – Social media is becoming an increasingly important part of everyday life in the United States and around the world and Catholics are finding ways to make a unique mark on the social media world.
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City block renamed in honor of Father Uncles

Appreciation for the building’s namesake continues to grow at Charles R. Uncles Senior Plaza.
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Government forces kill two church workers in Sudanese border state

WASHINGTON – Two church workers were murdered by government forces in Sudan’s South Kordofan state in what one church adviser called a campaign of “ethnic cleansing.”
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Father’s Day brings warm memories

Dad was recovering from a knee replacement he had undergone three weeks earlier, and was still undergoing physical therapy. I knew how much my parents enjoyed going to the Maryland Barbecue Bash, a two-day festival in Bel Air with over 60 barbecue vendors from several states. Realizing dad couldn’t get around, I offered to go...
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Death penalty opponents need to push for life without parole

I really wish Tony Magliano would quit putting words in God’s mouth (CR, April 14). His article titled “The death penalty is not God’s penalty” ignores Acts 5:1-10, where Ananias and his wife Sapphira were put to death by the Holy Spirit for trying to perpetrate a skimming fraud on the Holy Spirit and the...
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Recognize apostolic authority

I have not read “Quest for the Living God: Mapping Frontiers in the Theology of God” nor do I know its author Sister Elizabeth A. Johnson, but I have to wonder how and why her letter to the U.S. bishop’s committee on doctrine ended up in the Catholic press (CatholicReview.org, June 9).
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