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November 21, 2011
November 21, 2011

Hi Father White!

I'm not sure words can do this justice. But Church of Nativity youth minister Chris Wesley (Weslo Green) and missions director Brian Crook (BC Scrizzle) throw down an auto-tuned masterpiece that integrates the parish's pastor, Father Michael White, his famous sayings during his messages, rapping and messing with pastoral associate
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November 21, 2011

How about a collection for Archdiocese of Military?

A big fraction of the Catholic laity are very concerned about the unsavory associates of the Catholic Campaign for Human Development, which nonetheless still gets an envelope collection in the packet from church each November.
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November 21, 2011

Suspicious of Vatican call for global authority

Regarding “Global authority for finances?” (CR, Oct. 27) it is startling to see just what is being proposed by the Pontifical Council for Justice and Peace: a centralized world political authority to regulate all world economies and to deal with world “peace and security, disarmament and arms control, protection of human rights, and management of...
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November 21, 2011

Sparrow House relocating maternity home from city parish

Concerned that their clients are faced with too many negative influences of inner-city life, leaders of Sparrow House have decided to relocate their maternity home for women in crisis pregnancies to what they called a “safer and more effective location,” according to a recent open letter to supporters.
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November 21, 2011

Papal honorees recognized at Cathedral prayer service

In a joy-filled Nov. 20 prayer service recognizing 27 men and women in the Archdiocese of Baltimore with special papal honors, one moment seemed to shine above the others.
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November 21, 2011

California high court says backers of Prop 8 have standing to appeal ruling

SAN FRANCISCO – The faith-based groups that sponsored Proposition 8, the state’s 2008 voter-approved ban on same-sex marriage, have the right to appeal a federal judge’s 2010 ruling the ban is unconstitutional, the state’s high court said.
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November 21, 2011

Archdiocesan youths take part in country’s biggest sendoff of Mass translation

INDIANAPOLIS – All her life, Sara Connelly has known just one translation of the Roman Missal. On Nov. 19, she took part in perhaps the biggest goodbye to the way U.S. Catholics have celebrated the Mass since the 1960s.
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November 21, 2011

Vatican replaces Cardinal Law as archpriest of Rome basilica

VATICAN CITY – Cardinal Bernard F. Law, former archbishop of Boston, has been replaced as archpriest of the Rome Basilica of St. Mary Major, the Vatican announced.
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November 21, 2011

The sights and sounds of NCYC 2011

This doesn’t even begin to scratch the surface of what happened in Indianapolis this past weekend, but I captured this video for The Catholic Review and The Welcome Matt. I hope it gives you a taste of all the fun that was had.
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November 21, 2011

NCYC’s adoption theme rings true for one Baltimore teen

As a reporter, sometimes you get caught up in getting a quote from someone and then life throws you a curve. Carissa Zukowski did just that while I interviewed her at the National Catholic Youth Conference in Indianapolis. When St. Louis youth minister Pat Sprankle sent Carissa over, I didn’t know anything about her other...
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November 21, 2011

In Africa, pope asks church to be model of reconciliation

COTONOU, Benin – On a three-day visit to Benin, Pope Benedict XVI urged African Catholics to witness the hope of the Gospel in their daily lives and make the church a model of reconciliation for the entire continent.
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