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January 19, 2012

Pope: Church must strengthen efforts to educate Catholics in politics

VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church must strengthen its efforts to educate and assist lay Catholics involved in politics so that the positions they hold and the policies they promote reflect the values of the faith they profess, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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Remarks on Obama said not to reflect church teaching

WASHINGTON – The administrator of the Diocese of Charleston, S.C., said a pastor who told his parishioners they should refrain from receiving holy Communion if they voted for President-elect Barack Obama did not “adequately reflect the Catholic Church’s teaching” on abortion and conscience.
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Catholic Review to partner with Web venture DigitalSports.com

As the athletic director at Mercy High School, Mary Ella Marion uses www.DigitalSports.com as a clearinghouse for information about her Magic teams.
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Faith can help build brotherhood of humanity, cardinal tells U.N.

UNITED NATIONS – People of faith can help build a brotherhood of humanity that can reach across international borders to achieve world peace, the president of the Pontifical Council for Interreligious Dialogue said in an address to the General Assembly.
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Catholic group urges bishops to condemn war

A Catholic group of priests, former priests and laypeople called on U.S. bishops Nov. 11 to condemn war.
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Annual appeal supports retired religious

Our Lady of the Fields, Millersville, parishioner Ligaya Quirk said it was a desire to thank men and women religious for their services that inspired the Archbishop Francis P. Keough Council Knights of Columbus Ladies Auxiliary to host a luau in their honor.
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German diocese will attract youths with inflatable churches

OXFORD, England – A German diocese plans to use inflatable churches to bring the Gospel to young people.
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Congolese bishops denounce tolerance of hostilities in their country

KINSHASA, Congo – A group of Congolese bishops has denounced the international community’s tolerance of increasing hostilities in eastern Congo, which they called a “silent genocide” against the civilian population there.
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Eight Rosie the Riveters visit Notre Dame Prep

As part of a women’s novels study, Notre Dame Preparatory School, Towson, hosted eight Rosie the Riveters Nov. 5 who took turns speaking to students about their work experiences during World War II.
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Ravens Head Coach John Harbaugh finds winning combination

Not long ago, John Harbaugh walked into a barbershop near his home off Falls Road. As the wholesome-looking 46-year-old sat in the barber’s chair with a smock draped around his torso, a young hairdresser carefully snipped his closely-cropped brown hair.
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Leaders say they regret polemics over Pope Pius XII

VATICAN CITY – Members of the International Catholic-Jewish Liaison Committee expressed “deep regret over certain polemical and intemperate statements” being made about Pope Pius XII.
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Monsignor Zorbach, popular Linthicum pastor, dies at 81

Monsignor Francis X. Zorbach, a popular longtime pastor of St. Philip Neri in Linthicum Heights who was highly regarded for his support of Catholic education, died Nov. 8. He was 81.
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