‘Spiritual Communion’: Youths learn a traditional concept the hard way

VATICAN CITY – More than a million young Catholics learned the hard way about a venerable Catholic tradition: “spiritual Communion” or the “Communion of desire.”
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Church Chatter: Pompei Hispanic youth go the distance for Peru missions

A five-month outreach project of Our Lady of Pompei Parish in Highlandtown and its Hispanic youth group netted more than 36,000 pounds of food, which is en route to Peru and the Don Bosco missions in the Andes.
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9/11 anniversary prompts reflection on tragedy’s spiritual dimension

RYE, N.Y. – As Chief Joseph W. Pfeifer of the New York City Fire Department sees it, the 9/11 terrorist attacks were a global trauma and the 10th anniversary of the tragedy provides a transformative opportunity for the world community to pause and think about its spiritual dimension and its aftermath.
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2,000 Catholic educators at first-ever convocation

Before they give their first quiz or grade their first paper of the new academic year, more than 2,000 Catholic schoolteachers and administrators gathered at the Baltimore Convention Center Aug. 22 to pray, celebrate milestones and grow in professional development at the inaugural Convocation of Catholic Schools.
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UPDATE: Quake closes St. Patrick indefinitely; archdiocese offering shuttle to Highlandtown

St. Patrick Church in Fells Point, the oldest parish in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, is closed indefinitely as a result of the Aug. 23 earthquake that shook the Mid-Atlantic Region.
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New All Saints helps fill supermarket void in city

The Howard Park Community’s collective voice has been heard, and their prayers are on the verge of being answered.
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Moral fabric in tatters before 9/11

Scott Appleby, director of the Kroc Institute for International Peace Studies at the University of Notre Dame, told Catholic News Service that the “fraying of the moral fabric of our nation” comes to his mind as one of the more significant costs of 9/11 (CatholicReview.org, Aug 21).
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Renewed interest growing in Mary’s role in faith life, depiction in art

DULUTH, Minn. – There is renewed interest in Mary – her role in lives of faith, how to interpret references to her in Scripture, how she is depicted in art and literature – enough to spark a second “Mary in Our Day” conference, this one in Duluth and held on the feast of the Assumption,...
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How will life be different for WYD pilgrims?

MADRID – The 26 pilgrims of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, plus young people from Mount de Sales Academy in Catonsville and St. Mary’s High School in Annapolis, had memorable experiences during their week-long stay at World Youth Day.
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Libya’s rebel leader denies claims of Islamic extremists in group

TRIPOLI, Libya – The head of Libya’s rebel forces, claiming they had taken the capital, said dictator Moammar Gadhafi had tried to scare people by saying that Islamic extremists were part of the rebel movement.
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Pope, young people remain together through challenges

MADRID – Pope Benedict XVI’s aides had seen enough. The pontiff was trying to lead a World Youth Day vigil Aug. 20 at Cuatro Vientos, a former air base, when a powerful thunderstorm swept into town.
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Interaction with Archbishop O’Brien makes big difference at WYD

MADRID – Sitting inside Palacio de Deportes Aug. 20 with more than 25,000 World Youth Day pilgrims from the United States surrounding him, Thomas Brennan tried hard not to look up.
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