Vatican official rejects criticism in wake of Irish judicial report

VATICAN CITY – A leading church official rejected harsh criticism of the Vatican in the wake of an Irish judicial report on the handling of priestly sex abuse cases.
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Gun buyback program has another successful collection

St. Gregory the Great Parish in Baltimore collected more than 40 guns through a buyback program sponsored by The Catholic Review July 16 and continuing through July 19 as The Catholic Review went to press.
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Cathedral parishioner swims for U.S. in Rome, Paris and now Shanghai

There are days when Elizabeth Pelton laments rising before 5 a.m. to train or the necessity of using Skype to have her father join family dinners in Ruxton, but those sacrifices all seem worth it this week.
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AmeriCorps’ recognizes Baltimore-based Notre Dame Mission Volunteers

WASHINGTON – The Notre Dame Mission Volunteers, an AmeriCorps program, has received a renewal of its grant for the 2011 fiscal year, but the federal funding cuts for volunteer-based programs make the financial future of Notre Dame-AmeriCorps program unclear.
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Archbishop O’Brien, Camp GLOW rekindle yearly bond

SPARKS – Mary Ann Basta brought the gifts of Mass to Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien July 12, then looked to a friend.
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WYD organizers: Preparations are on track, minor problems need solved

MADRID – With a month to go before half a million young Catholics descend on Madrid, “there are an infinite number of small problems to solve,” said the executive director of World Youth Day 2011.
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Bishop Mazzolari of Rumbek, South Sudan, dies during Mass

RUMBEK, South Sudan – Italian-born Bishop Cesare Mazzolari, known for rebuilding church structures and communities in the Diocese of Rumbek, died July 16 while concelebrating Mass.
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Archbishop Chaput succeeds Cardinal Rigali; former Curley principal named Savannah bishop

WASHINGTON – Denver Archbishop Charles J. Chaput will succeed Cardinal Justin Rigali as archbishop of Philadelphia.
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Former Curley principal named Georgia bishop

Conventual Franciscan Father Gregory Hartmayer, principal of Archbishop Curley High School during the mid-1980s, has been named Bishop of the Diocese of Savannah in Georgia.
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Once in their shoes, man betters plight of neglected children

David Carberry turned a personal disappointment into ongoing volunteer efforts that benefit children and bring together adults who share a common past.
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Judges rule in favor of pro-life supporters

Federal courts have made two recent rulings in favor of pro-life supporters. United States District Court Judge Richard D. Bennett ruled July 12 in Baltimore that local police violated the constitutional rights of seven pro-life demonstrators who held graphic signs along a Maryland highway as part of a “Face the Truth” display in 2008.
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Report finds fewer priests celebrating more Masses at fewer parishes

WASHINGTON – More U.S. Catholics are attending Masses at fewer parishes staffed by a rapidly declining corps of priests, according to a new report on “The Changing Face of U.S. Catholic Parishes.”
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