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January 19, 2012

Dominican sister vows to remain in Iraq despite increasing violence

WASHINGTON – Despite growing numbers of Iraqi Christians fleeing their country to escape the violence and persecution, an Iraqi Dominican nun says she will remain in her country.

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January 19, 2012

Mexico’s apple growers say US trade policy hurting their livelihood

SPOKANE, Wash. – Five apple growers from northern Mexico paid a visit to their counterparts in western Washington and spoke to Catholic parishioners in the Spokane Diocese about their efforts to make a better living for themselves and local workers so they can stay home and not flee to the U.S. for jobs.

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January 19, 2012

Archdiocese young people beautify Baltimore

Yolanda Brooks-Summerville sat on her porch June 25 and sobbed. Just the thought of walking the stairs of her Park Heights Avenue row house overwhelmed her. She has brutal knee pain and the railing that lines her stairwell wobbled as she applied pressure.

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January 19, 2012

Black priest says pro-life, African-American communities must unite

CHARLOTTE, N.C. – An African-American priest who graduated from the University of Notre Dame in 1989 told the National Right to Life convention June 19 that he was “heartbroken” when he learned that Notre Dame planned to honor U.S. President Barack Obama at its 2009 commencement.

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January 19, 2012

Recycled stars make right materials for life, says Vatican astronomer

VATICAN CITY – Life emerged on earth thanks to a 12 billion-year-old process of stars caught in a cycle of collapsing, re-forming and collapsing again, said the former director of the Vatican Observatory.

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January 19, 2012

St. Margaret, Bel Air, aiding in the road to recovery

Michael Jacoby stood in a Baltimore County courtroom on the day of his June 2008 sentencing and asked for forgiveness.

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January 19, 2012

People of faith gather to demand universal health care

WASHINGTON – Washington’s sweltering heat did its best to discourage people of faith from gathering at Freedom Plaza to participate in the Interfaith Service of Witness and Prayer for Health Care for All June 24.

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January 19, 2012

Pope offers support to UN campaign to end use of child soldiers

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI offered his public support to the United Nations’ efforts to prevent the recruitment and deployment of child soldiers and said he prays each day for suffering children around the world.

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January 19, 2012

Maryknoll priest celebrates 60th jubilee

Maryknoll Father James Lawrence Schanberger, a Baltimore native who encountered Blessed Mother Teresa during a priestly career that took him to Asia and South America, where he continues to minister, marked the 60th anniversary of his ordination June 11.

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January 19, 2012

Bishops clarify ‘ambiguities’ in 2002 Catholic-Jewish document

WASHINGTON – The “ambiguities” in a 7-year-old document from Catholic and Jewish dialogue partners are continuing to cause confusion, two committees of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops said in a June 18 note.

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January 19, 2012

Bishops support Bishop D’Arcy’s ‘pastoral concern’ for Notre Dame

WASHINGTON – Meeting in executive session in San Antonio, the U.S. bishops expressed “appreciation and support” for Bishop John M. D’Arcy of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Ind., especially for “his pastoral concern” for the University of Notre Dame.

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January 19, 2012

Entertainer Ed McMahon, a Catholic University alumnus, dead at 86

WASHINGTON – Known to millions for his trademark “Heeere’s Johnny” introduction as the longtime sidekick to Johnny Carson on “The Tonight Show,” entertainer and Catholic University of America alumnus Ed McMahon died early June 23 in Los Angeles at 86.

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