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January 19, 2012

Iraqi refugees in Jordan are ‘guests’ with few privileges

AMMAN, Jordan – Slwan Kehedeer Antoon was his own boss in Mosul, Iraq. He owned a liquor store and a car-rental agency.
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Survey shows big gaps in religious literacy

WASHINGTON – Catholics know about as much as Americans in general about religion, getting right only half of the 32 questions in a survey for the Pew Forum on Religion & Public Life.
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Spanish archbishop will lead visitation of Legionaries’ lay movement

VATICAN CITY – A Spanish archbishop, who was part of the Vatican-led investigation of the Legionaries of Christ, will be the apostolic visitor of the congregation’s lay movement, Regnum Christi.
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Philippine bishop: Church open to dialogue with Aquino on birth control

MANILA, Philippines – The president of the Philippine bishops’ conference said the church was open to dialogue with President Benigno Aquino III about his proposal to distribute contraceptives but said the plan could be considered an “accessory” to abortion.
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Catholic family’s backyard is a stop for Obama on swing through Iowa

DES MOINES, Iowa – President Barack Obama chose the backyard of a Catholic Des Moines family Sept. 29 to talk about issues ranging from the economy and taxes to education, poverty and health care.
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Injunction blocking funding of embryonic stem-cell research overturned

WASHINGTON – A federal appeals court has permanently lifted the injunction that had briefly stopped federal funding of embryonic stem-cell research.
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Boys Hope scholars receive CND honor

College of Notre Dame of Maryland awarded the President’s Medal to the eight young men of Baltimore’s Boys Hope Girls Hope Sept. 25 at the school’s Honors Convocation inside LeClerc Auditorium.
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In Respect Life message, cardinal promotes world vigil for life Nov. 27

WASHINGTON – In a message marking Respect Life Month in October, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Pro-Life Activities called on U.S. Catholics to join Pope Benedict XVI in a worldwide vigil “for all nascent human life” on the Saturday evening of Thanksgiving weekend.
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Sophomore field hockey player is catalyst of spirit

After 10 varsity field hockey players graduated in May from Towson’s Notre Dame Preparatory School, Maggie Huether wasn’t sure what this season would bring.
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All need to be aware of violence against women

Rev. Joe Ehrmann, a former Baltimore Colt Football Player, was at Yeardley Love’s funeral at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Baltimore. Joe noted: “Sadly, Yeardley Love was only one of four women murdered by intimate partners that day. Who knows how many others were raped, battered, sexually abused, harassed or exploited by men...
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Ken Hackett to retire at Catholic Relief Services

After 17 years leading Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services, Ken hackett will retire at the end of 2011.
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Obama says ‘precepts of Jesus’ drew him to Christianity

ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. – President Barack Obama said Sept. 28 he came to his Christian faith as an adult “because the precepts of Jesus Christ spoke to me in terms of the kind of life that I would want to lead, being my brothers’ and sisters’ keeper, treating others as they would treat me.”
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