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January 19, 2012

Arizona bishops criticize bills increasing immigration enforcement

PHOENIX – The Catholic bishops of Arizona have expressed concern that new legislative proposals requiring greater enforcement of immigration laws by local police could harm public safety and separate families.
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Salesian official says Europe, US vital to rebuilding Haiti

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Haiti urgently needs a Marshall Plan-style project with U.S. and European backing if the poverty-ridden country is to ever recover from the massive Jan. 12 earthquake, said the vicar general of the Salesians.
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Abuse cases show need for greater women’s role, Vatican newspaper says

VATICAN CITY – A greater presence of women in decision-making roles in the church might have helped remove the “veil of masculine secrecy” that covered priestly sex abuse cases, a front-page commentary in the Vatican newspaper said.
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Denver archbishop defends Boulder school’s decision on children of lesbians

DENVER – The decision to refuse re-enrollment at a Boulder Catholic school to two children of lesbian parents was the only outcome that was fair to the children, their teachers, school parents and “the authentic faith of the church,” said Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput.
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Eventual motherhood: waiting on God’s perfect timing

This month brings a milestone for my social circle: for the first time, a childhood friend will become a mother.
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What can death teach us?

There’s a story told of a man who said that he knew someone who knew the exact year, month, day, and hour that he would die. His friend replied, “He must have been quite an ‘enlightened being.’ How did he come to know that?” The other man replied, “The judge told him!”
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An Inter-Church Spiritual and Lenten Pilgrimage

Lent is a time of spiritual pilgrimage. Our readings during Sunday Liturgy reveal that Jesus is always moving to the people or with the people. We find Jesus deep in prayer in the desert, moving among angels as he combats the devil in his tricky sneaky ways.
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100 traditionalist Anglican parishes seek to join Catholic Church

ORLANDO, Fla. – About 100 traditionalist Anglican parishes in the United States have decided to join the Catholic Church as a group.
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Parents’ passion reflects commitment to schools

Dedrah Richards has sent her son, Torian, a seventh-grader, to three Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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Pro-lifers rally at Maryland March for Life

ANNAPOLIS – Shouts of “unite for life!” echoed through the streets of downtown Annapolis March 8 as hundreds of people walked from St. Mary to the State House during the 31st annual Maryland March for Life.
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Consolidated schools focus on positive despite fate

Oblate Sister of Providence Rita Michelle Proctor, principal of Mother Mary Lange Catholic School in northeast Baltimore, looked forward to the day when her school’s namesake, the foundress of her order, would be canonized in Rome.
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Gov. O’Malley supports business tax credit for schools

ANNAPOLIS – A business tax credit benefitting public and nonpublic schools received a major boost March 3 when Gov. Martin J. O’Malley threw his public support behind the long-sought measure.
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