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January 19, 2012

High LI, God give teens the tools for leadership

Kelly Randolph and Christian Santarpia asked veterans of the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s High School Leadership Institute – better known as High LI – what their own experience would be like.
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$100 million contract aids Catholic Charities’ natural disaster work

WASHINGTON – The expertise honed by years of resolute follow-up work with natural disaster victims has landed Catholic Charities USA a five-year federal contract potentially worth more than $100 million.
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Pope expresses sadness at death of Aquino, praises her leadership

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI expressed his sadness at the death of former Philippine President Corazon Aquino and praised her commitment to freedom and justice for Filipinos.
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Pope meets with swimmers, praises athletic competition

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy - Pope Benedict XVI met with participants in the world swimming championships and asked them to be models of values and behavior for young people around the world.
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Franciscans, including one from U.S., hear confessions in St. Peter’s

VATICAN CITY - Each of the 14 Conventual Franciscans who live in the Vatican and hear confessions full time in St. Peter’s Basilica offers absolution to an average of between 8,500 and 9,000 penitents each year.
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House panel accepts, then rejects abortion ban in health reform bill

WASHINGTON – Despite the support of a U.S. cardinal and its own initial approval, the House Energy and Commerce Committee July 30 rejected an amendment to a House health care reform bill that would have prohibited any mandated abortion coverage, except in cases of rape, incest or life-threatening danger to the mother.
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Common ground on abortion? Opinions differ about dueling bills

WASHINGTON – Members of Congress and some religious groups are touting newly proposed legislation as a big step toward common ground on abortion, but a staff member of the U.S. bishops’ Secretariat of Pro-Life Activities said the bill should be called “the Planned Parenthood Economic Stimulus Package of 2009.”
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Christians flee after Muslims destroy Pakistani village

KORIAN, Pakistan - The Christian village of Korian in the Punjab province of Pakistan was destroyed July 30 in a violent raid by thousands of Muslims.
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New leadership team will guide Oblates

The year 2009 represents 180 years of love, service and dedication to the church community by the Oblate Sisters of Providence. The Africentric column of The Catholic Review highlighted the event with five articles on the historical happenings within the congregation.
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Ireland cracks down on Mass-card abuses at newsstands

DUBLIN, Ireland - The Irish government is clamping down on the sale of pre-signed Mass cards at newsstands and by other vendors.
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Vatican official urges women to consider morality, safety of RU-486

VATICAN CITY – Even though taking the abortion pill RU-486 may be less traumatic than a surgical abortion, it still involves the taking of an innocent human life, said Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life.
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