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January 19, 2012

A New Year, New Opportunities

As we look with promise on the new year upon us, we might take a moment to reflect on the year that ended and the many ways in which God has blessed our Archdiocesan family.
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Exchange guilt, fears and myrrh for forgiveness, divinity, mirth

So, did you get everything you wanted for Christmas? If not, I’ve got some good news. We’re still in the Christmas season! It doesn’t end liturgically until Sunday, Jan. 11, the feast of the Baptism of the Lord. The child grew fast! It’s not too late to get what you really want!
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Building the future on solid ground

Everyone knows the Scripture story from the Gospel of Matthew when a wise man plans to build a house. His thoughts took him to build on solid rock instead of sand. The rock was meticulously chosen, because that wise man wanted a strong future in his house.
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If Obama comes up short, we’ll all be in hot water

If sports is a metaphor of life, Barack Obama needs to take a look at the Washington Redskins. The Washington football team started out like gangbusters this year, but it swooned at mid-season and finished out of the NFL playoffs. Obama, beware.
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Impact of World Youth Day still resonates for locals

Raynard Pinckney has spent the last six months unable to contain himself. If anyone could identify, it was the 30 Archdiocese of Baltimore alumni from the 2008 World Youth Day who surrounded him at St. Veronica’s parish hall in Cherry Hill Jan. 3.
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Writer misses point of proportionality on right to life

James Connolly (CR, Dec. 11) believes abortion doesn’t necessarily trump every other issue in voting! Without supporting facts he says the one-issue approach has failed.
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Pilgrims celebrate St. Elizabeth Ann Seton bicentennial

Two hundred years after St. Elizabeth Ann Seton journeyed from Baltimore to Emmitsburg to found the first women’s religious community in the United States, more than 600 pilgrims converged on the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton to kick off a yearlong celebration of her achievement.
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As casualties rise in Gaza, pope makes new appeal for peace

VATICAN CITY – As Israel continued its ground and air assault on Gaza, Pope Benedict XVI renewed his appeal for an immediate end to hostilities and offered prayers for the numerous victims.
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100-day campaign will remind Obama of pledge to close Guantanamo

WASHINGTON – Closure of the military prison at the U.S. Army base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, will be getting renewed attention during a 100-day campaign designed to hold President-elect Barack Obama to his campaign pledge to close the compound.
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Support for Abortion Laws

WASHINGTON – A new online survey conducted for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops finds a majority of participants support at least some restrictions on abortion.
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Coalition pushes debt relief for poor countries as economic stimulus

WASHINGTON – With all that President-elect Barack Obama has facing his new administration regarding the economy, a coalition of religious, human rights and labor advocates hopes that one concern won’t be relegated to the bottom of the list: debt relief for the world’s poorest countries.
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Galileo’s jubilee: Vatican takes part in star-studded celebrations

VATICAN CITY – As more than 130 countries celebrate the International Year of Astronomy, the Vatican also turned its gaze toward the heavens.
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