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January 19, 2012

BOAST failure disappoints Maryland Catholic Conference

As confetti rained down on lawmakers to mark the April 12 close of the legislative session in Annapolis, advocates for Maryland’s Catholic bishops were not celebrating.

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January 19, 2012

Catholics experience Divine Mercy at Holy Rosary

Walking out of Holy Rosary after the annual celebration of Divine Mercy Sunday April 11, Bernadette Gietka was all smiles. Like hundreds of other pilgrims from across the state and throughout the region, Gietka went to confession at the Fells Point church, attended Mass, prayed in front of the Blessed Sacrament and chanted the Divine...

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January 19, 2012

Deacon Mortel baptizes 31 at The Good Samaritans School

ST. MARC, Haiti – A month delay only served to make the celebration more poignant.

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January 19, 2012

Vatican offers online summary of clerical sex abuse procedures

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican has placed online a summary of its procedures for handling sex abuse allegations against priests, in order to illustrate the church’s commitment to protecting children and punishing offenders.

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January 19, 2012

Financial woes cause Southern Catholic College to cut semester short

ATLANTA - The students, faculty and staff at Southern Catholic College in Dawsonville learned by e-mail during spring break that their college year was ending April 15 because of the school’s financial troubles.

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January 19, 2012

Polish primate seeks answers, pope sends condolences after fatal crash

WARSAW, Poland - Poland’s Catholic primate has urged fellow citizens to see the death of Polish President Lech Kaczynski and 95 others in a weekend air disaster as a “dramatic challenge” to build “a fuller community” at the national level and with neighboring states.

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January 19, 2012

Latin America begins feeling ripples of clergy sexual abuse crisis

LIMA, Peru - As clergy sex abuse scandals in Europe made headlines worldwide, bishops in Latin America expressed support for Pope Benedict XVI. But observers say it is just a matter of time before the upheaval that has struck the United States and Europe hits Latin America.

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January 19, 2012

Sessions on marketing, religious education among NCEA highlights

MINNEAPOLIS - The annual convention of the National Catholic Educational Association April 6-8 in Minneapolis featured keynote speakers and workshops tailored to address different Catholic school interests including marketing, administration and religious education for the 8,500 Catholic educators, administrators and leaders in attendance.

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January 19, 2012

Up the coast from Port-au-Prince, hope comes into view

ST. MARC, Haiti – Deacon Rodrigue Mortel and Jeff Remington, a 7th-grade science teacher in Palmyra, Pa., walked into an educational tech store outside Port-au-Prince, a humble but air-conditioned space.

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January 19, 2012

Hitler may have wanted to steal Turin Shroud, church expert says

ROME - The Shroud of Turin was hidden in an Italian Benedictine abbey during World War II in part because church authorities feared Adolf Hitler might want to steal it, according to an official at the monastery.

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