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January 19, 2012

Local parishes pray for priests as pope celebrates ordination

GLYNDON – Future priests were very much on the minds of worshippers at Sacred Heart, Glyndon, July 1.

January 19, 2012

New abortion laws take effect, questions loom on Medicaid funding

WASHINGTON – As two Kansas abortion clinics prepared to close their doors because of new licensing requirements that took effect July 1, a federal judge blocked enforcement of a South Dakota law mandating a 72-hour waiting period and setting several informed consent provisions.

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January 19, 2012

Notre Dame reveals new logo

As it nears a September change to a university designation, College of Notre Dame of Maryland has revealed its new logo.

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January 19, 2012

Pope says selfish economic models at root of world hunger

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI said persistent world hunger was a “tragedy” driven by selfish and profit-driven economic models, whose first victims are millions of children deprived of life or good health.

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January 19, 2012

West Point chaplains feel ‘sense of privilege’ in ministering to cadets

WEST POINT, N.Y. – Augustinian Father Edson Wood has a campus ministry assignment like none other.

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January 19, 2012

Update: Court strikes down state’s ban on sale of violent video games

WASHINGTON ¬ We use our TVs for more than watching TV. There are DVDs (and, for the hardy holdouts, VHS tapes), and time-shifting and on-demand options in the new digital age.

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January 19, 2012

Study finds financial speculation in oil led to higher gasoline prices

WASHINGTON – Excessive speculation in crude oil futures on the part of financial traders added 83 cents to the cost of a gallon of gasoline in May, two University of Massachusetts professors reported.

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January 19, 2012

Conclave conjecture: Milan appointment triggers ‘papabile’ speculation

VATICAN CITY – The most amusing headline to greet Cardinal Angelo Scola’s appointment as archbishop of Milan appeared in a British newspaper: “Pro-Vatican cardinal to head Milan church.”

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January 19, 2012

Another ancient image of St. Paul discovered in catacomb

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican announced what it called the “sensational discovery” of an early image of St. Paul on the frescoed wall of a catacomb in Naples.

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January 19, 2012

Professor suggests ways families, parishes can reconnect to the land

ST. PAUL, Minn. – Chris Thompson, academic dean at the St. Paul Seminary and a board member of the National Catholic Rural Life Conference, says he would like to see all Catholic universities teach a course in agriculture to help Catholics understand their need to have a connection to the land and the environment.

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January 19, 2012

People can abuse reason when they demand proof from God, pope says

VATICAN CITY – While empirical science has done much to further progress, subjecting God and his truth to scientific scrutiny represents an incorrect and despotic use of human reason, Pope Benedict XVI said.

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January 19, 2012

UPDATED: Bishop Rozanski calls on Catholics to support DREAM Act

Standing side-by-side with other faith leaders at a June 30 press conference, Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski reiterated the Catholic Church’s support for the Maryland DREAM Act – a controversial law that allows certain undocumented immigrants to receive in-state college tuition.

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