Local clinics fulfill vital role in Haiti’s strained health care system

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti – Yvrose Jacques uses her one leg to roll her wheelchair out of the hospital ward and onto the veranda at the LaKu LaPe Clinic to get a little fresh air and look up at the clear blue sky.
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Charter review will look at Philadelphia abuse situation, bishop says

WASHINGTON – When the U.S. bishops meet in Seattle in June, they will review implementation of the “Charter for the Protection of Children and Young People” nearly 10 years after its 2002 passage.
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Quest for God’s love, wisdom must never stop, pope says

VATICAN CITY – Never stop searching for God and being open to receiving his love and wisdom, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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Vacation Bible camps offer a Catholic flavor

St. Michael the Archangel second -graders Persis Prenger and Nathan Rippel can’t wait for their Overlea’s parish’s upcoming vacation Bible camp.
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Environmental concerns take hold at schools

Since its introduction in 1970, Earth Day has aimed to promote environmental awareness and consciousness.
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Veteran of pro-life movement sees ‘mood change’ in U.S. on abortion

WASHINGTON – Joseph Scheidler, regarded by many as the “godfather of the pro-life movement,” sees the mood shifting in the United States on the abortion issue and predicts pro-lifers eventually “will prevail.”
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Baltimore parishioner provides needed hand surgeries in Dominican Republic

Twice a year, patients stream into Centro Medico, a hospital in the town of La Romana in the Dominican Republic, hoping for a miracle.
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Basilica Place marks 30 years of making a home for seniors

It’s hard to believe that it’s been 30 years since Catholic Charities first put into bricks and mortar its belief that everyone is entitled to a home.
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North Carolina bishop asks prayers for tornado victims, survivors

RALEIGH, N.C. – Bishop Michael F. Burbidge of Raleigh urged Catholics in the diocese to include in their prayers for Holy Week a special intention for the victims and survivors of the deadly tornadoes that ripped through portions of the diocese April 16.
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Think of the future

As a private-sector worker, having passed through two very difficult years doing more with less, witnessing public employees taking to the streets over minor increases in health care premiums or pension reform is disheartening. Does “social justice” mean that we lobby politicians to take care of us and our charitable obligations to “our brother” by...
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First comes marriage

I am happy to see Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien speak out (CR, April 7) on cohabitation and sex before marriage. My wife and I are a marriage sponsor couple, preparing those who seek the sacrament of marriage in the church. Most couples announce as they enter our home for the first time that they are...
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The Hopeful, Holy Men of Baltimore

Though not a day of obligation and certainly not as faithfully observed as the other solemn days of Holy Week, the Chrism Mass, which is celebrated in our Archdiocese each Monday of Holy Week, is no less powerful or significant.
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