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January 19, 2012

Magic Senior Simply Dazzling on the Field

Mercy High School is home to one of the top soccer programs in the country. A key member of those varsity squads is Alexandra Niedoba, who has been a force to be reckoned with on the soccer field since her freshman year.
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British court: Church can be held liable for crimes of clergy

MANCHESTER, England – A British court has ruled that the Catholic Church can be held legally liable for the crimes of abusive clergy.
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New All Saints Mass kicks off Black Catholic History Month

Black Catholic History Month in the Archdiocese of Baltimore began with a Mass honoring the birthday of Josephite Father Charles Randolph Uncles, the first black Catholic priest ordained in America.
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Vatican partners with company to discuss stem-cell research

VATICAN CITY – New biotechnologies raise questions in the fields of medicine, economics, ethics and philosophy, and the Vatican plans to look at all of them during a three-day conference devoted to adult stem-cell research, officials said.
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Combier-Donovan raises awareness about new translation of Roman Missal

In the months leading up to the Nov. 27 implementation of the new English translation of the Roman Missal, Catherine Combier-Donovan has crisscrossed the Archdiocese of Baltimore on a mission of education.
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Two seminarians take different paths to same goal

PORTLAND, Ore. – Two seminarians – a monk and a future diocesan pastor – say their differing paths complement each other.
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Bishop Blaire calls for good stewardship to protect God’s gift of air

LOUISVILLE, Ky. – The gift of clean air provided by God to humanity deserves to be protected through strong environmental stewardship by making changes in daily life so that fewer pollutants enter the atmosphere, said the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ Committee on Domestic Justice Human Development.
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Archbishop O’Brien welcomes former Episcopal order of nuns into church

Ten members of a formerly Episcopal order of nuns made history Nov. 1 when Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien received their religious community into the Catholic Church as a diocesan priory.
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Redemptorists urge Hanoi Catholics to remain calm after attacks

HANOI, Vietnam – Redemptorists at a Hanoi parish have urged local Catholics to keep calm after a mob led by government officials attacked a convent and church in early November.
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Maryland bishops speak out for religious freedom

Concerned about threats to religious freedom in Maryland and beyond, the state’s Catholic bishops released a Nov. 9 statement challenging all Marylanders to “reaffirm the basic, foundational principles upon which our democratic society is built.”
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Catholic Relief Services has benefited from Hackett’s hand

Hackett, 64, directs nearly 7,000 employees in more than 90 countries. He has dealt with the high and mighty, both “seen the devil’s work” and commiserated with popes and Mother Teresa, but a practical appreciation of human nature preceded his unique perspective of the universal church.
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As bishops stay neutral, voters have say on ‘personhood,’ labor rights

WASHINGTON – Voters in Mississippi and Ohio confronted such traditional Catholic issues as abortion and labor rights on Election Day, but the Catholic bishops in those states remained neutral on the specific ballot questions raised.
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