Top pastry chef recreates Washington’s national shrine in gingerbread

WASHINGTON – The Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception in Washington has sometimes been called “a hymn in stone.” This year, it can also rightly be called “a hymn in gingerbread.”
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New York doctor hopes to create orthopedic surgery center in Ghana

ALBANY, N.Y. - An Albany-area Catholic couple’s plan to bring orthopedic surgery where it is sorely needed – the Cape Coast area of the West African country of Ghana – has ballooned into a charitable organization with 15 directors, countless donors and support from the Vatican and the Archdiocese of Cape Coast.
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Lack of religious freedom harms security, pope says in peace message

VATICAN CITY – Infringements on the freedom of religion threaten peace and security worldwide as well as stifle authentic human growth and development, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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Prayer campaign promotes peace before Southern Sudan independence vote

JUBA, Southern Sudan – Every Saturday, Natalina Mabo walks through the streets of Wau on her way to another house of worship. With her are several hundred people following a candle lantern – they call it a “peace torch” – that symbolizes their longing for an end to the violence that has racked the south...
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Irish High Court allows chapter of abuse report to be published

DUBLIN – Ireland’s High Court ruled that a previously withheld chapter from a report on the Catholic Church’s mishandling of child abuse can now be published.
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Manhattan church has storied history ministering to theater community

NEW YORK – The well-attended 11 o’clock Mass every Saturday night at St. Malachy’s Church might be the first clue that this not a typical parish.
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Claims of apparitions of Mary met with skepticism, book shows

VATICAN CITY – A newly expanded compendium of visions of the Virgin Mary shows how the very idea of such apparitions has been met with skepticism and preoccupation within the church, from early Christian times to the present.
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Knights leaders say organization acted swiftly when told of abuse claim

NEW HAVEN, Conn. – The Knights of Columbus denied allegations made in two lawsuits filed Dec. 14 that the fraternal organization did not address claims that a former Knight abused two men decades ago when they were young and tried to conceal the allegations.
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European court says Ireland’s abortion laws breach European rules

DUBLIN – The European Court of Human Rights has ruled that Ireland’s laws banning abortion breach European human rights law.
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Catholic Charities helps woman find, hold onto job

Shari Lynn Preston nodded out a window in the dining room at Our Daily Bread Employment Center in Baltimore.
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St. Ignatius to hold 18th annual interfaith service

A Baltimore New Year’s Eve tradition will be renewed at historic St.Ignatius Church, Calvert and Madison Streets, when the 18th Annual Interfaith Service will be held Dec. 31 at 8 p.m. Jewish, Muslim and Christian faiths will be represented during the hour-long prayer service.
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Catholic High swimmer is focused in and out of the pool

From the moment she began swimming at age 4, Shelby Kestler was hooked. “My whole life has been in the water,” said Kestler, a 16-year-old junior at The Catholic High School of Baltimore. “I like the quietness of the sport because you can’t hear people around you while you’re swimming. It’s completely your race and...
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