Catholic Review, Author at Archdiocese of Baltimore

January 19, 2012

School Sisters of Notre Dame score a grand slam collectible

The Honus Wagner baseball card is the Holy Grail for sports memorabilia collectors. Millions of dollars have been spent trying to get one, but the School Sisters of Notre Dame got it for free.

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January 19, 2012

Pope calls on world community to help end savage violence in Iraq

VATICAN CITY – A deadly militant siege of a Catholic cathedral in Baghdad, Iraq, was a “savage” act of “absurd violence,” Pope Benedict XVI said.

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January 19, 2012

Houston man who helped save miners sees hand of God in rescue mission

HOUSTON – Greg Hall was preparing to serve as an acolyte for Mass at Christ the Redeemer Church when an associate contacted him about a “banging on the pipe.”

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January 19, 2012

‘Don’t have a cow, man’: Homer, Catholicism and ‘The Simpsons’

WASHINGTON - It’s not every day that the Vatican newspaper declares that a fictional character from the world of television is a Catholic - and a cartoon character at that.

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January 19, 2012

Pilgrim pope: Journey to Spain highlights traditional, modern faith

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has said he’s heading to Spain Nov. 6-7 as a pilgrim, and the trip will give him an opportunity to participate in the most popular foot pilgrimage in Europe, the “camino” or journey to Santiago de Compostela.

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January 19, 2012

Three presidents named, two others inaugurated at Jesuit universities

WASHINGTON – Three Jesuit-run Catholic universities have named new presidents in recent weeks, while two other Jesuit schools inaugurated new leaders in October.

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January 19, 2012

Intermarriage found more common for Reform Jews, less so for Catholics

NEW YORK – Religiously mixed marriages are becoming more common among those who practice Reform Judaism but have shown a significant decline among American Catholics in the past 20 years, speakers said at a recent meeting of a Catholic-Jewish dialogue group.

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January 19, 2012

Science is neither a panacea, nor to be feared, says pope

VATICAN CITY – Science is never to be feared, yet its discoveries will never be enough to answer all of the world’s questions, Pope Benedict XVI told scientists and researchers meeting at the Vatican.

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January 19, 2012

Economics no reason to legalize marijuana, California bishop says

OAKLAND, Calif. – Potential economic gains are no reason for California voters to approve a ballot measure that would legalize limited amounts of marijuana for recreational use, said Bishop Salvatore J. Cordileone of Oakland.

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January 19, 2012

Woman who got imprisoned brother freed still helps prisoners

WASHINGTON - The Catholic woman whose efforts to free her wrongly imprisoned brother became the inspiration for the new motion picture “Conviction” still advocates for the cause of prisoners whenever she gets a chance.

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January 19, 2012

Pope says bishops must educate faithful to vote against abortion

VATICAN CITY – Bishops must guide their faithful to use their vote to oppose efforts to legalize abortion and euthanasia, Pope Benedict XVI told bishops from Brazil.

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January 19, 2012

At least 300 dead as tsunami, volcano hit separate parts of Indonesia

WASHINGTON – A double dose of natural disasters led Catholic agencies working in Indonesia to mount several efforts to provide emergency services to victims.

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