Iran’s president asks pope to join efforts against intolerance

VATICAN CITY – Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad told Pope Benedict XVI that he would like to work more closely with the Vatican in an effort to stop religious intolerance and the breakup of families.
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Vatican-ordered investigation to focus on abuse victims in Ireland, Vatican says

VATICAN CITY – The apostolic visitation of the Catholic Church in Ireland will pay special attention to victims of clerical sex abuse as part of its overall goal of helping the local church respond adequately to past cases of abuse and to perfect preventative measures, according to the Vatican.
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Catholic schools gala highlights success story, need for more

Cruises to the Caribbean, a French chateau in Normandy and a Labrador Retriever puppy were some of the items up for auction at the 2nd Annual Gala to benefit Catholic education in the Archdiocese of Baltimore Oct. 2.
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Couple celebrates life, love, 75 years of marriage together

Edwin Becker was 19 when he decided that he couldn’t live his life without Gertrude. At 17, Gertrude just knew she wanted to be with him. So, on Sept. 7, 1935, the couple married at Holy Rosary Parish in Fells Point.
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Loyola teen works hard, on and off the volleyball court

Playing on the Loyola Blakefield volleyball team has become somewhat of a family affair for senior Andrew Stromberg. His older brother Lee Stromberg ’09 was an opposite hitter for the team, and an older cousin also played for the Dons.
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News of God’s demise greatly exaggerated

I guess by now you’ve heard the bad news. God is dead. Again. I understand that God took the news pretty hard.
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Keep On Teaching

“Whom shall I send?” “Who shall go before us?” Twenty years ago, the “Keep on Teaching” catechetical ministry answered this call and created a new talk and a new walk in catechesis. “The Keep on Teaching” catechetical ministry gets its name from Paul's powerful message in teaching that appears in Act 20:7-21. The “Keep on...
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Anti-Catholicism persists

Some years ago, I was invited to address a seminar at the Palace of Westminster for members of the House of Lords and House of Commons interested in Catholic social doctrine. As Lord Alton of Liverpool was introducing me, a gray head thrust itself inside the door to see what was afoot. Alas, before I...
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Catholic agency says caregivers of oil spill victims need attention too

CONVENT, La. – The haunting lyrics of the spiritual made famous by Louis Armstrong – “Nobody knows the trouble I’ve seen/Nobody knows but Jesus” – might be an apt job description for crisis counselors and case managers who daily commiserate with the south Louisiana fishing families harmed by the massive BP oil spill.
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Money, staff in short supply to meet health needs in Holy Land

KARAK, Jordan – Comboni Sister Alessandra, the administrator of the Italian Hospital in Karak, knows what she’d do if she had a couple of million dollars.
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