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January 19, 2012

Bishops respond to Rep. Kennedy’s criticism of health care stance

PROVIDENCE, R.I. – Bishop Thomas J. Tobin of Providence and Archbishop Timothy M. Dolan of New York strongly criticized remarks by Rep. Patrick Kennedy, D-R.I., about the U.S. bishops’ role in the health reform debate.
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Monsignor Campion honored as seminaries mark alumni day

More than 120 priests and lay alumni of St. Charles Seminary in Charlestown, St. Mary Seminary on Paca Street and St. Mary’s Seminary and University in Roland Park gathered on the latter’s campus Oct. 22 for the annual Alumni Day.
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City Council holds hearing on pregnancy center bill

Speaking on behalf of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien, Bishop Denis J. Madden urged the Baltimore City Council to defeat a bill that would fine pregnancy resource centers $500 a day if they fail to post signs saying they don’t offer abortion or contraceptives.
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Caritas AIDS adviser says faith-based groups need more recognition

PERTH, Australia – Governments are bypassing faith-based organizations that do the bulk of the work with AIDS victims while spending billions of dollars on AIDS relief, said Caritas Internationalis’ special adviser to the United Nations on HIV and AIDS.
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Archdiocese unveils plan to Hispanic young people

Georgina Vaca had been waiting for one moment for two years. Standing in front of a crowd of more than 150 young Hispanics gathered at St. John the Evangelist, Columbia, she held a large binder in her hands.
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Parishioners reflect on New Jersey pastor slain in stabbing

CHATHAM, N.J. – Father Edward Hinds touched many people during his 35 years of priestly life, the last six of which were spent as pastor of St. Patrick Parish in Chatham in the Paterson Diocese.
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Mother Seton Academy celebrates new location

The spirit of cooperation at the newest school location in the Archdiocese of Baltimore was noted by Auxiliary Bishop Denis J. Madden.
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Medicine and Morality

Earlier this month, what a privilege it was for me to concelebrate Mass with our Holy Father in Rome to mark the canonization of five new saints. Each of these became great because each became a servant, a slave of all in imitation of Christ who did not come to be served, but to serve...
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Pope will travel to northern Italy in May to see Shroud of Turin

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI will join hundreds of thousands of pilgrims traveling to northern Italy in 2010 to see the Shroud of Turin, which many believe is the burial cloth of Christ.
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Gala for Hope paves road to success in Haiti

The children who attend the Good Samaritans School in Haiti are ready for more. Elementary schools there go up to sixth grade; beyond that is high school.
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Pope names Ghana’s Cardinal Turkson head of justice, peace council

VATICAN CITY - During a special synod dedicated to peace and justice in Africa, Pope Benedict XVI named African Cardinal Peter Turkson as head of the Vatican’s justice and peace council.
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