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January 19, 2012

Nun in Fawcett’s hometown recalls her as ‘first-grader with pigtails’

CORPUS CHRISTI, Texas – Sister Patrice Floyd remembers actress Farrah Fawcett as “a little first-grader with pigtails” at Christ the King School in Corpus Christ, Fawcett’s hometown.

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January 19, 2012

Loyola professor, daughter die in car accident

Loyola College in Maryland’s community is coming to terms with the death of Kelly Murray, associate professor of pastoral counseling, and her 7-year-old daughter, Sloane.

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January 19, 2012

Maryland executions may resume under new protocols

As the state prepares a public review of newly drafted protocols for administering the death penalty, the leader of the Maryland Catholic Conference is vowing to speak out about how capital punishment is applied.

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January 19, 2012

Hundreds of charismatic Filipino Catholics pray for renewal

Raising their hands high above their heads and gently swaying to the beat of a Christian rock band from California, hundreds of Filipino Catholics seemed lost in prayer at the Baltimore Convention Center June 26. They were calling down the power of the Holy Spirit and hoping to receive inspiration to renew their faith.

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January 19, 2012

Closing Pauline year, pope reveals results of tests on apostle’s tomb

ROME – Closing the year of St. Paul, Pope Benedict XVI announced that tests done on the presumed tomb of the Apostle revealed the presence of bone fragments from a human who lived between the first and second century.

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January 19, 2012

Father Isaac Karoor retires in archdiocese that supported him

Father Isaac Karoor laughed when asked what he thought about his upcoming retirement. He called to mind a favorite saying from his native India: “The best time to get out of the choir is when you can still sing.”

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January 19, 2012

At end of jubilee year, figure of St. Paul stands in clearer focus

VATICAN CITY – After 12 months of special liturgies, conferences, Bible reflections, indulgences, concerts and pilgrimages, the Year of St. Paul has left the Apostle a more clearly defined figure on the Catholic landscape.

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January 19, 2012

Church challenged to ‘keep interest’ of Catholics in new media age

PHILADELPHIA – The church’s great communications challenge today is to “keep the interest of people who have so many places to turn,” Bishop Gerald F. Kicanas of Tucson, Ariz., told the National Leadership Roundtable on Church Management.

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January 19, 2012

Trailblazing PLD stepping down

Sister Joan Minella likes to joke that as a teacher at St. Patrick School in Mount Savage in the early 1960s, she taught half the population of the tiny town.

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January 19, 2012

Iranian-born actress uses film to fight for justice

PHILADELPHIA – When Iranian-born actress Shohreh Aghdashloo was asked by co-director Cyrus Nowrasteh to consider the lead role in the movie “The Stoning of Soraya M.,” her immediate reaction was, “I’ve been waiting for this for 20 years.”

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January 19, 2012

Dominican sister vows to remain in Iraq despite increasing violence

WASHINGTON – Despite growing numbers of Iraqi Christians fleeing their country to escape the violence and persecution, an Iraqi Dominican nun says she will remain in her country.

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January 19, 2012

Mexico’s apple growers say US trade policy hurting their livelihood

SPOKANE, Wash. – Five apple growers from northern Mexico paid a visit to their counterparts in western Washington and spoke to Catholic parishioners in the Spokane Diocese about their efforts to make a better living for themselves and local workers so they can stay home and not flee to the U.S. for jobs.

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