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January 19, 2012

Archbishop calls bomber’s release ‘a sad and perplexing mistake’

NEW YORK – Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York termed Scotland’s decision to release Abdel Basset Ali al-Megrahi, the only man convicted of the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland, “a sad and perplexing mistake.”
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January 19, 2012

New Jersey bishops launch state campaign against same-sex marriage

TRENTON, N.J. – In New Jersey, where a vote on same-sex marriage is anticipated soon after the November elections, the state’s Catholic bishops are urging local Catholics to help uphold the sanctity of marriage as a bond between a man and a woman.
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January 19, 2012

Top Vatican official dismisses talk of rollback on Vatican II

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican secretary of state, Cardinal Tarcisio Bertone, has dismissed fears that Pope Benedict XVI plans to roll back major ecclesial changes introduced by the Second Vatican Council.
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January 19, 2012

New U.S. ambassador to Vatican arrives in Rome

ROME - The new U.S. ambassador to the Vatican, Miguel Diaz, arrived in Rome and said he was eager to help expand the “special relationship” between the United States and the Holy See.
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January 19, 2012

Kennedy praised for public service but faulted for stand on unborn

WASHINGTON – Catholic leaders from coast to coast praised the late Sen. Edward M. Kennedy for his nearly 50 years of public service, but at least one expressed sorrow that his commitment to the less fortunate did not extend to the unborn.
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January 19, 2012

Web Exclusive Q&A about crime with Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien

In a story in this week’s issue of The Catholic Review, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien talked about the violence plaguing Baltimore City. Here is the full transcript of that conversation.
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January 19, 2012

‘Diocesan institute’ to be formed for Episcopal nuns joining Catholic Church

When 10 Episcopal nuns in Catonsville join the Roman Catholic Church in September, they hope to form the first “diocesan institute” in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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January 19, 2012

Archdiocesan leaders seeking solutions to epidemic of violence

The Archdiocese of Baltimore prayed for peace in Baltimore City when summer began.
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January 19, 2012

Promoting peace in the city, The Catholic Review sponsors gun buy-back

The Catholic Review is committed to a safer Baltimore City, and is asking its readers to support its sponsorship of a “Gun Turn-In Day” at St. Gregory the Great Parish Sept. 12.
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January 19, 2012

10 Episcopal nuns in Archdiocese of Baltimore to join Catholic Church

After seven years of prayer and discernment, a community of Episcopal nuns and their chaplain will be received into the Roman Catholic Church during a Sept. 3 Mass celebrated by Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien.
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January 19, 2012

A soldier’s story, and hundreds of others, honored at Orioles’ game Aug. 30

A lament from the Vietnam era was that American soldiers were rarely honored upon their return. Many were treated with disdain, as protesters against the war lumped them in with the White House and Pentagon brass.
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January 19, 2012

Vote on gay clergy may cause rift in Lutheran denomination

WASHINGTON – A vote to permit the ordination of homosexuals in committed monogamous relationships for the United States’ largest Lutheran denomination may provoke a rift among its members and leaders.
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