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January 19, 2012

Students to display talent at Meyerhoff

The visual and performing arts talent in the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Catholic middle and high schools will be on display March 23 at the Meyerhoff Symphony Hall in Baltimore.
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Bishops say economic stimulus must help vulnerable families, the poor

WASHINGTON – Poor families and vulnerable workers should be central priorities in any economic recovery legislation Congress adopts, said the U.S. bishops.
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Sri Lankan bishop joins hunger strike urging protection of civilians

COLOMBO, Sri Lanka – Bishop Thomas Savundaranayagam of the war-torn Diocese of Jaffna in northern Sri Lanka has joined 300 Christian and Hindu hunger strikers urging action to protect civilians caught in the ethnic conflict.
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Two top 10 lists equal the best film viewing of 2008

NEW YORK – At the start of the new year, and with the Academy Awards fast approaching, the Office for Film & Broadcasting takes its annual look back at the past year in movies, singling out the worthiest for commendation.
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Freedom only for the chosen?

While Gloria Adams’ pride (CR, Jan. 29) in the election of the first African-American president is certainly justified, I have to wonder if Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. would share the writer’s unbridled enthusiasm that President Obama can “not only change America for the better, but the world as a whole in solving the economic...
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Parishes explore best options at Mass for families with children

TRENTON, N.J. – It is Sunday morning and Sally and Tom are preparing to take their three children – 6-year-old Abby, 3-year-old Matthew and 1-year-old Joey – to Mass.
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Campaign invites inactive Catholics to reconnect with their faith

WASHINGTON – This Lent and Easter “thousands of inactive Catholics” will go to church “and some will be open to an invitation to reconnect with their Catholic faith,” said a Paulist priest who is a leader in evangelization.
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Pope cautions tribunals against granting annulments too easily

VATICAN CITY – Granting marriage annulments too easily and without real cause plays into a modern form of pessimism that basically says human beings are not able to make lifelong commitments to loving another person, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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Clergy stances on life issues need clarification

I would like the church to respond to the excellent letters (Jan. 29, CR) from Kaitlin Moran and Mike Brady. I am just as confused as they are regrading the standing of the Catholic Church on the issues of abortion, embryonic stem cell research, gay marriages and the Freedon of Choice Act, and what we...
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Blusher is symbolic for bride

Walking arm-in-arm with her father up the aisle of Sacred Heart of Jesus, Highlandtown, Megan Fuller’s face was veiled with the traditional white “blusher.” Upon reaching the altar in the dim evening light, Larry Fuller ceremoniously lifted the veil and placed it gingerly behind his daughter’s head before sharing a kiss and hug, and offering...
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Bridal headwear offers options

While plenty of brides still opt for the traditional tiara, the once-lowly headband is adorning more and more brides.
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Pope condemns Holocaust denial, reaffirms solidarity with Jews

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI renewed his “full and unquestionable solidarity” with the world’s Jews and condemned all ignorance, denial and downplaying of the brutal slaughter of millions of Jewish people during the Holocaust.
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