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January 19, 2012

Although some stay home, many Mexicans heed bishops’ calls to vote

CIUDAD VICTORIA, Mexico – Bishop Antonio Gonzalez Sanchez of Ciudad Victoria cast a vote early July 4. He later urged others to do the same, despite the rampant violence in his home state of Tamaulipas where, six days earlier, the leading gubernatorial candidate, Rodolfo Torre Cantu, was assassinated.

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January 19, 2012

Mount Carmel student, basketball player, reported murdered

Tom Rose began to hear rumors July 5 that 17-year-old John Crowder had been shot in a Northeast Baltimore City yard.

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January 19, 2012

Nebraska town’s immigration law puts it on path with no clear end

WASHINGTON – When residents of Fremont, Neb., voted June 21 to bar undocumented immigrants from renting housing or getting jobs in their city, they stepped onto a path that other U.S. towns have already blazed, with legal and political results that remain unclear years later.

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January 19, 2012

Catholics venerate relics of Blessed Mother Teresa

Father Gerard Francik filled with emotion as he knelt in front of sandals and a crucifix worn by Blessed Mother Teresa of Calcutta.

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January 19, 2012

Pope urges Iraq to form government soon, protect Christians

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI urged the Iraqi leadership to work for the swift formation of a stable government and to protect the Christian minority in the country still torn by violence.

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January 19, 2012

Italy appeals European court ban on crucifixes in classrooms

VATICAN CITY – Italy defended the display of the crucifix in public schools before Europe’s human rights court, arguing that it is a symbol of the country’s cultural heritage and not an imposition of religious belief on students.

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January 19, 2012

Long, hot summer: Vatican faces external and internal challenges

VATICAN CITY – Early July is when things usually slow down at the Vatican, as top church officials wrap up loose ends and prepare to go on vacation.

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January 19, 2012

Anonymous gift allows Indiana teacher to pay debt, enter religious life

INDIANAPOLIS – At the start of June, Jennifer Prickel was still wondering when God might allow her to follow her call into religious life.

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January 19, 2012

Church advocates push countries to begin to overcome ‘resource curse’

HUANCAYO, Peru – With its fields of potatoes and artichokes, the Mantaro Valley in the central Andes region of Junin is known as Peru’s breadbasket.

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January 19, 2012

Bishops call for vigilance as new Philippines president takes office

MANILA, Philippines – Church leaders have tempered their welcome to new President Benigno Aquino III with a call to the Filipino people to remain vigilant while presenting the new leader with a 13-point agenda focusing mostly on social issues.

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January 19, 2012

Summer Reading: Segregation, Bethlehem Steel, Blessed Seelos among local book topics

Rebekah Balick wanted to tell a story to her sister, Katerina.

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January 19, 2012

Maryland-ordained Philippines bishop who triggered People Power Revolution dies at 81

QUEZON CITY, Philippines – Bishop Francisco Claver, a vocal defender of civil rights in the martial law era of the 1980s, died July 1 in Manila from a blood clot in the lung. He was 81.

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