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January 19, 2012

Mass will honor retired priests

Father Salvatore Livigni retired from active ministry four years ago, but you’d never know it from his schedule.
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Debate the war but stand by the military, admiral tells Smith dinner

NEW YORK – Vigorous public debate about the war in Afghanistan is preferable to ignoring the situation there and confirms that combat deaths are not in vain, according to U.S. Navy Adm. Mike Mullen, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Margaret McManus dies at 89

A funeral Mass for Margaret Dempsey McManus, an alumna of the College of Notre Dame of Maryland, was offered Oct. 19 at Our Lady of Grace in Parkton. McManus died Oct. 15 at her Monkton residence. She was 89.
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Archbishop O’Brien raises health care concerns

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien called on Catholic physicians and medical professionals to “persevere and stay the course” in standing up for the sanctity of life even in the face of “widespread and vociferous opposition.”
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Aid workers released in Darfur; Irish priest still held in Philippines

DUBLIN, Ireland – Irish Catholics observed World Mission Sunday Oct. 18 with prayers of hope for a kidnapped Irish priest, Columban Father Michael Sinnott, and prayers of thanks for the release of kidnapped aid workers in the Darfur region of Sudan.
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Father Poston named pastor of St. Mary’s, Hagerstown

When Father J. Collin Poston arrived at St. Mary’s in Hagerstown a year ago as administrator, he was struck by the parish’s deep spirituality.
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Vatican invites the sick and suffering to help priests through prayer

VATICAN CITY - The Pontifical Council for Health Care Ministry invited the sick and suffering of the world to help the church through prayer and by offering up their suffering during the Year for Priests.
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Seton Keough’s science and engineering breaking down barriers

If women are going to have a role in the future, Seton Keough High School is making sure its students will be leading the way.
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Promoting right to life requires fighting world hunger, pope says

VATICAN CITY – Defending the right to life requires promoting and establishing food security, Pope Benedict XVI said.
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Stop destroying the rain forest, say Catholic bishops of the Amazon

LIMA, Peru – Ever since the Spanish conquistadors set off across the Andes in search of El Dorado, outsiders have sought their fortune in the Amazon. Rubber tapping, logging, mining, oil drilling and ranching have brought riches to some and ruin to others.
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Parishioner healed of cancer dies; Blessed Seelos sainthood cause will proceed

Mary Ellen Heibel, a parishioner of St. Mary in Annapolis whose cancer disappeared after she sought the intercession of Blessed Francis X. Seelos, died of pneumonia Oct. 9. She was 71.
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Court still needs to weigh final angle of Bridgeport documents case

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court’s decision not to continue a stay on the release to newspapers of Diocese of Bridgeport documents in settled sexual abuse cases doesn’t quite close the door on the issue.
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