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January 19, 2012

Judge tosses initiative to ban circumcision from San Francisco ballot

SAN FRANCISCO - A California superior court judge ordered an initiative to ban circumcision removed from San Francisco’s November ballot.

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January 19, 2012

Mexican diocese’s gay ministry comes under Vatican scrutiny

MEXICO CITY - A ministry for gay men and women operated by a northern Mexican diocese has come under scrutiny from the Vatican and might revert to its original status as an unaffiliated nonprofit organization.

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January 19, 2012

Jeffrey K. Norman steps down as head of St. Joseph Medical Center

Jeffrey K. Norman announced his resignation as president and chief executive officer of St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson July 29. He will serve in his post through Aug. 22, according to a hospital press release.

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January 19, 2012

Monuments, museums not only sites drawing summer tourists to Washington

WASHINGTON – As the nation’s capital, Washington has been visited by millions since its official founding July 16, 1790.

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January 19, 2012

WYD pilgrims’ task: Help pope revive faith in Spain

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI will visit Spain in late August, celebrating the youthfulness and vigor of Catholic faith in a country where the Catholic majority often seems to have little or no impact on modern public life.

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January 19, 2012

Pope’s visit prompted new abuse allegations in Britain, church reports

MANCHESTER, England – The visit of Pope Benedict XVI to Britain and Scotland in September prompted a wave of fresh allegations of historical clerical sexual abuse, church child protection officials said.

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January 19, 2012

Belleville Diocese joins lawsuit against Illinois over foster care

SPRINGFIELD, Ill. – The Diocese of Belleville’s Catholic Charities agency has joined three other Illinois Catholic Charities agencies in a lawsuit against the state seeking to continue operating their foster care and adoption programs since the passage of a law legalizing civil unions for same-sex couples.

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January 19, 2012

Priest serves indigenous town rocked by revolt against criminals

CHERAN, Mexico – Father Antonio Mora ministers to a town under siege, where masked men guard checkpoints leading into town, the charred remains of logging trucks block roads and a banner across from his parish in the town square demands a military presence.

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January 19, 2012

World Youth Day opens month after Spain marks 75th anniversary of war

WASHINGTON – World Youth Day 2011 will open after the 75th anniversary of the beginning of the Spanish Civil War, a national event that many millennials may know little about, though it profoundly impacted the Catholic Church in Spain.

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January 19, 2012

As debt-ceiling debate continues, faith leaders protest on Capitol Hill

WASHINGTON – As U.S. lawmakers continued to wrangle over a decision on the nation’s debt ceiling and proposed budget cuts, representatives of faith groups held a protest on Capitol Hill and Catholic leaders urged lawmakers to remember the nation’s poor and vulnerable people.

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January 19, 2012

New rector to lead Theological College

Sulpician Father Phillip J. Brown has begun his tenure as the 15th rector of Theological College, the national diocesan seminary of The Catholic University of America.

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January 19, 2012

Archbishop O’Brien mourns papal nuncio as ‘great model’

The following statement from Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien was released by the Archdiocese of Baltimore:

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