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January 19, 2012

Redemptorists return to the Charles Carroll House

Once a stately family home and then a seminary for future priests, the Charles Carroll House of Annapolis is once again a hub of activity as the new location of the advancement office for the Redemptorists of the Baltimore Province.

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January 19, 2012

Recovering liturgical treasure

Recent letter-writers to The Catholic Review have asked why the forthcoming new translation of the Roman Missal is necessary, especially now at a time when so many other concerns seem to deserve more immediate attention.

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January 19, 2012

Love in the face of death

A wise person once said: “All of us grow up knowing that we are going to die. And none of us believe it!” What a powerful statement.

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January 19, 2012

Lessons from the post-Vietnam military

In mid-September, I ran into retired General Barry McCaffrey in the green room at the NBC studios in Washington. He was discussing the latest turn in the don’t-ask-don’t-tell wars; I was providing commentary on Pope Benedict’s visit to the U.K. In between our appearances (known in the trade as “hits”), McCaffrey asked me about my...

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January 19, 2012

Something missing with St. Thomas More Society

I wonder if separating one’s faith from one’s work is Catholic. Apparently Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia (CR, Oct. 28) thinks it is. He said as a lawyer he would uphold an intrinsic evil (i.e., abortion) if the evil was “constitutional.”

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January 19, 2012

CAFOD urges G-20 leaders to help small businesses, farmers

LONDON – A British Catholic aid agency is calling on leaders of the Group of 20 to combat poverty by helping small businesses and small farmers in developing countries.

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January 19, 2012

Vatican official gives Iranian leader letter from pope

VATICAN CITY – A top Vatican official met with Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad in Teheran and gave him a letter from Pope Benedict XVI, a Vatican spokesman said.

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January 19, 2012

Gun turn-in day schedule for weekend before Thanksgiving

At a meeting last week about peace in the city, auxiliary Bishop Denis J. Madden asked local pastors for a recap of the situation in their neighborhoods.

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January 19, 2012

Triplett crucial to Seton Keough’s ‘core of four’

Ashley Triplett humbly wondered three years ago how she made the Seton Keough varsity field hockey team as a freshman, as her experience consisted of one season playing the sport and a few camps.

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January 19, 2012

Polish parish to dedicate what it says is largest statue of Christ

WARSAW, Poland – A parish in western Poland will dedicate what it says is the world’s largest statue of Christ in what a local church spokesman said is a “show of devotion” by local Catholics.

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