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January 19, 2012

Archbishop pushes for full repeal of Maryland’s death penalty

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien reiterated his support for the repeal of Maryland’s death penalty during a House of Delegates Judiciary Committee hearing in Annapolis March 17.

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January 19, 2012

Archdiocesan Irish Catholics celebrate St. Patrick’s Day

Irish eyes were smiling inside an overflowing St. Patrick Church in Baltimore City March 17.

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January 19, 2012

‘Superstar’ actor makes playing Jesus his life’s work

WASHINGTON – Remember seeing “Jesus Christ Superstar” at the movies in 1973? Back then, a 29-year-old fellow named Ted Neeley played Jesus in the film setting of a Tim Rice-Andrew Lloyd Webber rock opera.

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January 19, 2012

Life issues take front and center for MCC

Two life issues are taking front and center for the Maryland Catholic Conference (MCC) as the Maryland General Assembly enters its final weeks of the 90-day session.

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January 19, 2012

Cardinal George warns of despotism if conscience rights aren’t protected

WASHINGTON – Warning that a failure to protect conscience rights would move the country “from democracy to despotism,” Cardinal Francis E. George of Chicago urged U.S. Catholics to tell the Obama administration that they “want conscience protections to remain strongly in place.”

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January 19, 2012

Pope, on plane, says church can help Africa address its problems

ABOARD THE PAPAL FLIGHT TO CAMEROON – Making his first trip to Africa, Pope Benedict XVI said the Catholic Church can help bring answers to the continent’s chronic problems, including poverty, AIDS and tribalism.

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January 19, 2012

Q and A: Schools leader discusses difficult times, decisions

Nearly two dozen elementary schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore reported an operating loss for the fiscal year 2008. In that same period, four high schools in the archdiocese had losses. In some cases, that loss was as much as $300,000.

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January 19, 2012

Sinn Fein leader: Keep perspective on tragic Northern Ireland murders

WASHINGTON – The president of the Irish political party Sinn Fein said the recent attacks in Northern Ireland are a human tragedy but the facts of the events should not be exaggerated.

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January 19, 2012

Fire chief names Archbishop O’Brien honorary fire chief

In recognition of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien’s support for fire chaplains, Baltimore City Fire Chief James S. Clack has named Archbishop O’Brien “honorary fire chief.”

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January 19, 2012

Pope says trip to Africa will focus on continent’s hopes, challenges

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI said his trip to Africa would be a missionary journey highlighting the continent’s challenges, its enormous potential and its “profound religious soul.”

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January 19, 2012

Cleveland Diocese to have 52 fewer parishes within 15 months

WASHINGTON – Come June 30, 2010, there will be 52 fewer parishes in the Cleveland Diocese.

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January 19, 2012

Bishop Walsh ready to shock basketball world

Just before he took the Millennium Falcon into an asteroid field in the “The Empire Strikes Back,” movie character Han Solo was told his slim probability of survival.

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