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January 19, 2012

Cardinal criticizes abortion provisions in House health reform bill

WASHINGTON – Although amendments to a House health care reform bill made some “helpful improvements” in protecting life and conscience, some “unacceptable features” remain that must be removed, the chairman of the U.S. bishops’ pro-life committee told House members Aug. 11.

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January 19, 2012

New Baltimore seminarian class includes teacher, bartender

One year after the Archdiocese of Baltimore hit a 20-year high in the number of men accepted as priesthood candidates, the archdiocese has accepted eight newcomers for the 2009-10 academic year.

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January 19, 2012

Shriver remembered for her ‘ardent faith and generous public service’

BARNSTABLE, Mass. – Special Olympics founder Eunice Kennedy Shriver, who died Aug. 11, was “a woman of ardent faith and generous public service” in her work with the developmentally and physically disabled, said Archbishop Pietro Sambi, apostolic nuncio to the United States.

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January 19, 2012

Archdiocese releases youth technology guidelines

Facebook invitations and instant messaging buddy requests fly fast and furious in the Internet age.

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January 19, 2012

Italian bishop says national lottery fever is form of idolatry

VATICAN CITY – As Italy’s national lottery jackpot reached a record level of $183 million, an Italian bishop warned that the gambling fever was a form of idolatry.

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January 19, 2012

Aug. 15 feast day marks Mary’s assumption into heaven

While Catholics are normally obligated to attend Mass on the feast of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary, they are not required to do so this year because the Aug. 15 feast falls on a Saturday.

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January 19, 2012

Jesuit priest let go as president of Wheeling Jesuit University

WHEELING, W.Va. – Jesuit Father Julio Giulietti was relieved of his position as president of Wheeling Jesuit University Aug. 6 in a decision made by the university’s board of trustees, which consists of Jesuit priests.

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January 19, 2012

Scythian, World Youth Day performers, at Baltimore’s Rams Head Live

Scythian, a Washington D.C.-based band that performed for 250,000 at 2008 World Youth Day in Sydney, Australia, can be seen in more intimate surroundings Aug. 14, when it performs an all-ages show at Rams Head Live in Baltimore.

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January 19, 2012

Pope says Nazis were extreme example of trying to take place of God

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – The Nazi death camps were places of extreme evil, the result of the Nazis claiming the power to decide what is good and what is bad and who should live and who should die, said Pope Benedict XVI.

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January 19, 2012

Baltimore-raised U.S. bishop who headed Honduran prelature in ’60s, ’70s dies

NEW ORLEANS – U.S. Bishop Nicholas D’Antonio, who once headed a prelature in Honduras but found safe haven in the Archdiocese of New Orleans during a Honduran government crackdown on religious activities, died Aug. 1 at age 93.

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January 19, 2012

Knights pass resolutions on pro-life issue, marriage, pornography

PHOENIX – The Knights of Columbus passed a number of resolutions touching on right-to-life issues, marriage, violence and pornography, among others, during the final business session of the fraternal organization’s 127th supreme convention.

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January 19, 2012

Catholic organization helps ex-inmates adjust to life on the outside

WILMINGTON, Del. – When Keith Swayne was about to be released from the Delaware Correctional Center near Smyrna three years ago, he faced a bleak future.

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