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City Council advances bill targeting pregnancy centers

A bill that would impose new requirements on pro-life pregnancy centers in the city took a step closer to becoming law when the Baltimore City Council passed the measure 12-3 in a preliminary vote Nov. 16. Bill 09-0406 now faces a final vote after Thanksgiving and, if approved, will head to Mayor Sheila Dixon.
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Baltimore City Council targets pro-life pregnancy centers

Baltimore City Council President Stephanie Rawlings-Blake and 10 members of the 14-member council are sponsoring a bill that Catholic leaders believe harasses pro-life pregnancy support centers.
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Archbishop O’Brien hopeful that Nobel for Obama leads to “more serious dialogue” on nuclear arms

VATICAN CITY – News that U.S. President Barack Obama had been awarded the Nobel Peace Prize was met with high hopes from the Vatican spokesman.
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Cockeysville dig yields insights into Irish life

A summer archeological dig near St. Joseph in Cockeysville unearthed brown broken bottles and tea cups, coins, a beer token, buttons and children’s toys – clues into the daily life of Irish immigrants who manned area limestone quarries and worshipped at St. Joseph beginning in the mid-19th century.
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Ellicott City, Frederick schools earn national Blue Ribbon distinction

Two elementary Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore have been named Blue Ribbon Schools by the U.S. Department of Education.
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Monsignor Bastress awarded Redemptorists’ highest honor

On his first day as pastor of the Shrine of St. Alphonsus in Baltimore, Monsignor Arthur Bastress walked down the historic church’s long aisles and knew immediately that his new assignment was going to be something special.
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Archbishop O’Brien welcomes 10 Episcopal nuns, priest into Catholic Church

A spiritual journey that began seven years ago ended in the sanctuary of a Catonsville convent Sept. 3 when 10 Episcopal nuns and their priest chaplain were received into full communion with the Catholic Church.
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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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Sulpician formation guides future priests

Wandering a long corridor flooded with light that poured in through large arched windows, Deacon Gregory Rapisarda could hardly believe St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Roland Park was his home. Thousands of men had walked the seminary’s terrazzo floors before him, and he was now following in their footsteps to the priesthood.
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Seminarians face challenges in academics and pastoral work

Halfway through his first year at St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Roland Park, Christopher de Leon looked spent.
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Sister Kathleen Feeley leaves legacy of learning for seniors

Sister Kathleen Feeley, 80 years young, remains a great influence, in Baltimore and around the planet.
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Taneytown pastor celebrates 50 years as a priest

Monsignor Martin E. Feild’s priesthood has been all about involving more people in the life of the church. Inspired by the reforms of the Second Vatican Council, the Catonsville native committed himself to inspiring others to be active participants at Mass and in the wider faith community.
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