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January 19, 2012

Murdered Jesuits honored 20 years after their deaths in El Salvador

WASHINGTON – Twenty years after they were killed at Central American University in San Salvador, along with their housekeeper and her daughter, six Jesuit priests are being honored by the Salvadoran government, the U.S. Congress and Jesuit institutions.
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Priest’s line of wines raises awareness of saints, funds for charity

MILWAUKEE – A holy water font at each door, candles, home altars, crucifixes in every room, statues and magnificent paintings of saints permeated Father Dominic Roscioli’s Kenosha home when he was a little boy.
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Nun reprimanded for escorting women to abortion clinics

SINSINAWA, Wis. – Dominican Sister Donna Quinn received a reprimand from her order for serving as a volunteer escort at an abortion clinic in suburban Chicago.
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Virginia bishop urges mercy for convicted sniper set to be executed

ARLINGTON, Va. - As Virginia prepared to execute convicted sniper John Allen Muhammad, Bishop Paul S. Loverde of Arlington called for mercy and urged that Muhammad's sentence be commuted to life in prison without possibility of parole.
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Cardinal Rode defends apostolic visitation of US nuns

VATICAN CITY - Cardinal Franc Rode, head of the Vatican office overseeing religious orders, said he requested an apostolic visitation of women's religious orders in the United States to help the sisters and to respond to concerns for their welfare.
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Calvert Hall soccer standout wants a championship

When Pete Caringi was born, he was already a member of the Calvert Hall family. His father, of the same name, led the University of Baltimore to an NCAA Division II soccer title and is in his 19th season as the head coach at UMBC. He began his soccer sojourn as a prep All-American for...
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Medical Mission Sisters complete 60 years of work ‘with a purpose’

Sisters Jane Coyle and Kathleen Fitzgerald could barely contain themselves Feb. 11, 1949.
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Parishioner keeps history alive at St. Paul

History is one of the big reasons Jerry L. Harlowe joined St. Paul in Ellicott City when he entered the Catholic faith in 2006.
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Champion of justice

During this Black Catholic History Month, it is fitting to acknowledge a woman marked by faith and who is not afraid to allow God to use her in the ministry of social justice within the judicial arena.
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A Cathedral to call home

In 1959, I was in my first year of high school in the Minor Seminary, St. Charles in Catonsville (now Charlestown). I was one of many in attendance at the opening Mass at the new Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. Little did I know then that I would spend more than 25 years of my...
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Live a life of gratitude

November always brings several things to mind. It has traditionally been a time when we pray for those who have gone before us and give thanks for the ordinary saints, living and deceased, who have touched our lives. We also celebrate Thanksgiving, which is supposed to be the favorite holidays of most Americans.
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The sources and way of Prayer

“There's an 'app' for that!” How many times do we hear this phrase in advertisements?
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