Missionaries of Charity say their staffers in Haiti are safe

CALCUTTA, India – The Missionaries of Charity have expressed relief that their nuns working in Haiti are safe.
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Christophers distribute new pamphlet on abortion

NEW YORK – A new brochure distributed by the Christophers addresses abortion not as a religious issue but as one of human rights.
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Schools rally around Haitian victims

School communities around the Archdiocese of Baltimore have been moved to act in the wake of the devastating Haitian earthquake.
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Baltimore City pastors draw attention to immigration reform

Saying the U.S. immigration system is broken, Baltimore City pastors called for its reform during a news conference Jan. 12 at St. Vincent de Paul parish in Baltimore.
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U.S. suspends deportation of Haitians; flow of displaced people expected

WASHINGTON – Many people who survived Haiti’s devastating Jan. 12 earthquake are expected to soon be looking for new places to live, creating the potential for thousands or even hundreds of thousands of displaced people trying to settle in other countries in the region.
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Religious orders lose youngest members in Haiti quake

ROME – As religious orders mobilized to help the suffering people of Haiti, many of them had people sitting by computer terminals in Rome waiting to hear news about their youngest members.
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Relatives of Haiti earthquake victims gather to pray at Miami church

MIAMI – Martine Jeudi held photos of her aunt and other relatives in her hand at a Miami church Jan. 13 as she prayed for victims of the magnitude 7 earthquake that struck Haiti Jan. 12 and devastated areas of Port-au-Prince, the capital.
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Archbishop O’Brien among bishops requesting collections for Haiti in all U.S. churches

WASHINGTON – Parishes across the United States have been asked to take up a second collection Jan. 16-17 to help ease “the terrible suffering of our brothers and sisters in Haiti” after a magnitude 7 earthquake.
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Baltimore-based CRS coordinating Haitian relief among Catholic agencies

WASHINGTON – Baltimore-based Catholic Relief Services has been asked by the Vatican to coordinate the church’s relief and recovery efforts in earthquake-ravaged Haiti.
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People digging for loved ones under mountains of debris, says nuncio

VATICAN CITY – People have been pleading for help in digging loved ones out from under the rubble while others have fled to the hills for fear of tsunamis, said the Vatican’s nuncio to Haiti.
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Seize your second chance in this second decade

It is nearly impossible to recognize Danny Cahill, the Oklahoma land surveyor, in NBC’s Biggest Loser. But if you look closely, you can see him in the corners of his smile and the familiar glimmer in his blue eyes – hints of the former man, eight months and 239 pounds ago.
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