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January 19, 2012

Mexico jails alleged cartel gunman implicated in cardinal’s murder

MEXICO CITY - An alleged drug-cartel gunman implicated in the 1993 murder of Cardinal Juan Posadas Ocampo of Guadalajara, Mexico, has been sentenced to 11 years in prison after being found guilty of weapons-related offenses.

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January 19, 2012

Effort to force Towson Catholic to remain open stalls in court

A Baltimore County judge dismissed an injunction July 24 to keep Towson Catholic High School open.

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January 19, 2012

New pastor for Pasadena parish

As Father Carl F. Cummings prepares to take on a new role as pastor of St. Jane Frances de Chantal in Pasadena, the 65-year-old Baltimorean is focused on getting to know the people of the parish.

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January 19, 2012

Family calls ‘Easter heart’ for 8-year-old a miracle

When Michele Catterton’s 8-year-old-son, Bradley, was lying in a Johns Hopkins Hospital bed this spring, the mother of three went every night to the chapel to pray.

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January 19, 2012

Pope confirms visit to Shroud of Turin; new evidence on shroud emerges

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI confirmed his intention to visit the Shroud of Turin when it goes on public display in Turin’s cathedral April 10-May 23, 2010.

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January 19, 2012

After 503 years, Vatican Museums open doors to public at night

VATICAN CITY - For the first time in half a millennium, the doors of the Vatican Museums were open to the public at night.

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January 19, 2012

Three US-based theologians reappointed to international commission

VATICAN CITY – Three theologians who teach in the United States were appointed to second terms on the International Theological Commission, an advisory board to the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

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January 19, 2012

Father Kitko remembered as compassionate, tireless

Father Joseph F. Kitko, the former pastor of Resurrection of Our Lord in Laurel and an indefatigable worker even in retirement, died July 23.

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January 19, 2012

Indiana Jones and the Christian catacombs? Not quite

VATICAN CITY (CNS) - Sometimes a job is just a job, even when from the outside it looks like it involves the stuff of an Indiana Jones movie.

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January 19, 2012

Migrants make significant contributions to host countries, pope says

WASHINGTON – Pope Benedict XVI described migration as “a social phenomenon of epoch-making proportions” in his social encyclical, “Caritas in Veritate” (“Charity in Truth”).

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