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January 19, 2012

Hilbert Stanley, former head of National Black Catholic Congress, dies

A memorial Mass for Hilbert Dennis Stanley, former executive director of the National Black Catholic Congress and a prominent educator, was to be offered Feb. 26 at 7 p.m. at St. Bernardine in Baltimore. Stanley died Feb. 12. He was 78.

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January 19, 2012

U.S. can benefit by understanding religion’s role worldwide, report says

WASHINGTON – If the United States is to engage the world in a more effective and meaningful way, it must broaden its view of the role of religion in other countries beyond terrorism and counterterrorism strategies, a new report concluded.

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January 19, 2012

Why Catholic: How is your prayer life?

Editor’s note: This Lent, www.catholicreview.org will feature six contributors from the Archdiocese of Baltimore on the subject of Why Catholic?, the four-year, small, faith group exploration of the practices and beliefs of the Catholic faith tradition. The first installment is from Father T. Austin Murphy, the chaplain of the Newman Center at Towson University.

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January 19, 2012

John Carroll Lectures to focus on priesthood

In the Year for Priests, three speakers will address aspects of the priestly life during the John Carroll Lectures held at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore.

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January 19, 2012

Airport security must respect human dignity, pope says

VATICAN CITY – Anti-terrorist measures at airports should always respect the principles of human dignity, Pope Benedict XVI said.

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January 19, 2012

Blue Ribbon Committee surveys difficult schools landscape

One year ago this month, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien stood in front of school and parish leaders to lay out stark numbers facing Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

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January 19, 2012

Pope names bishops for Scranton, Ogdensburg dioceses

WASHINGTON – Pope Benedict XVI has named Monsignor Joseph C. Bambera, 53, as bishop of the Diocese of Scranton, Pa., and Father Terry R. LaValley, also 53, as bishop of the Diocese of Ogdensburg, N.Y.

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January 19, 2012

Father Bayer, scholar-priest, dies

Father Edward J. Bayer, a scholar of moral theology and a former pastor who dedicated his retirement to teaching seminarians in New Guinea, died Feb. 18 after a brief battle with cancer. He was 79.

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January 19, 2012

Rite of Election draws catechumens and candidates closer to the church

Although she was raised Methodist, Amanda Nelson didn’t place a lot of attention on her faith growing up. After marrying a Catholic and recently having her son baptized in the Catholic Church, the 30-year-old decided to explore the religion of her husband more closely.

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January 19, 2012

Haig, a Catholic who served as U.S. secretary of state, dies at age 85

Alexander M. Haig Jr., former U.S. secretary of state and retired four-star general who served as a top adviser to three presidents, died Feb. 20 of complications from an infection. He was 85.

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January 19, 2012

Catholic agency ends foster, adoption services in District of Columbia

WASHINGTON – Catholic Charities of the Archdiocese of Washington closed its 80-year-old foster care and public adoption program in the District of Columbia so the agency would not have to violate church teaching by licensing same-sex couples as foster or adoptive parents.

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January 19, 2012

Preserving earth theme of social ministry convocation

“Peace, Poverty and Mother Earth” is the theme of the 31st annual archdiocesan Social Ministry Convocation March 6 at The Seton Keough High School in Baltimore.

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