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January 19, 2012

Only 48 Gazans attended papal Mass, say Holy Land church officials

JERUSALEM – Only 48 residents of the Gaza Strip – about half as many as originally reported – were able to attend the May 13 papal Mass in Bethlehem, West Bank, said Archbishop Antonio Franco, Vatican nuncio to Israel and the Palestinian territories.
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January 19, 2012

Irish church, government leaders welcome abuse report, express sorrow

DUBLIN, Ireland – Irish Catholic Church and government officials welcomed a report by an independent commission on child abuse and expressed sorrow about the incidents it documented.
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January 19, 2012

Catholic Charities names new leader as Smith retires

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien and the board of trustees of Catholic Charities have named William J. McCarthy Jr. to succeed Harold A. Smith as executive director of the Baltimore-based outreach agency.
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January 19, 2012

St. Maria Goretti student donates hair, time

Maria Jones, a sophomore at St. Maria Goretti High School in Hagerstown, recently cut her 12-inch pony tail to donate to Locks of Love.
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January 19, 2012

Oblate Father Lawrence Rosebaugh killed in robbery in Guatemala

GUATEMALA CITY – Oblate Father Lawrence Rosebaugh, a U.S. priest with a long history of taking risks to aid the poor and marginalized, was killed in a highway robbery in Guatemala May 18.
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January 19, 2012

Members of Congress urge Obama to maintain conscience protection

WASHINGTON – Two members of Congress have called on President Barack Obama to make good on something he said in his May 17 speech to University of Notre Dame graduates, namely that he wished to “honor the conscience of those who disagree with abortion.”
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January 19, 2012

Abuse endemic in Irish boys’ schools, says independent report

DUBLIN, Ireland – Physical and sexual abuse was endemic in Irish institutions for boys run by religious between 1940 and the late 1970s, said an independent commission report.
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January 19, 2012

St. Agnes Stroke Center saves lives

When Patricia Fetcho of St. Alphonsus Rodriguez, Woodstock, called her daughter’s mobile phone Oct. 17, 2007, with slurred speech, she wasn’t sure what was going on.
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January 19, 2012

God a guide for St. Joseph Employee of the Year

As Jennifer N. Lieu looks at a faded, thumb-size photo of a toddler with jet-black hair, her brown eyes soften and tear up.
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January 19, 2012

Good Sam nurse offers support to arthritis patients

Karen Kansler was only in her early 50s, but arthritis in her hip was already robbing her of many of the greatest joys of her life. The on-the-go parishioner of St. Isaac Jogues in Carney had to give up bowling, golf and dancing. Even walking with her husband was becoming a chore.
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January 19, 2012

Mercy doctor performing, teaching new technique

As the head of Mercy Medical Center’s Minimally Invasive Surgery unit, Dr. Thomas J. Swope is always looking for ways to be at the forefront of treatment for his patients.
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January 19, 2012

Focus on the good

Last month the headlines were filled with terrible stories of murders and suicides, of fathers killing their own families. The front pages of the newspaper always seem to have the bad news. That’s why I always turn to the good news in the back of the paper – the obituaries!
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