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January 19, 2012

Franciscans risk stoning to provide aid to poor along border fence

SUNLAND PARK, N.M. – The compact car lifted a trail of dust as it traveled slowly along the 18-foot-tall chain-link fence, attracting the attention of the U.S. Border Patrol agent sitting in his green and white SUV.
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Rural life conference calls for ‘new food system’ to guide agriculture

WASHINGTON – “No one should go hungry, wherever they live in the world,” said the National Catholic Rural Life Conference in the first of a six-part essay series in which it issued “a Catholic call for a new agriculture.”
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Boulder’s field of crosses moves faithful, shows abortion’s impact

BOULDER, Colo. – A pro-life project to build and display 3,300 crosses in memory of the number of babies aborted daily drew more than 80 willing participants at Sacred Heart of Mary Church in Boulder.
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Catechism said to immunize Catholic voters against political ‘spin’

NEW YORK – Catholic voters who seek objective facts, study issues carefully and consider the teachings of the church are well-equipped to weather the storms of negativity and partisan sniping associated with the upcoming elections, according to panelists at an Oct. 18 conference on “Keeping the Faith in a Season of Spin.”
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St. Isaac Jogues rejoices in renovations

CARNEY – When St. Isaac Jogues parishioners gathered for their church’s dedication Oct. 19, 1960, a dream began.
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Ordination, installation of new bishop fills Savannah cathedral

SAVANNAH, Ga. – With reverence, high ceremony, singing, prayer and applause, Conventual Franciscan father Gregory John Hartmayer was ordained and installed as the 14th bishop of Savannah.
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Catholics hail European court ruling on patents derived from embryos

LONDON – A leading Catholic bioethical institute has welcomed the decision of a European court to ban the patenting of any medical treatment derived from destructive experiments on human embryos.
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Blakefield senior gets his kicks

For Loyola Blakefield senior Jamie Dubyoski, playing one sport in the fall isn’t enough to whet his competitive appetite.
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A place for us

“There’s a place for us, somewhere a place for us. Peace and quiet and open air wait for us somewhere.”
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St. Agnes steps up to support breast cancer patients

The ladies of the Stepping Stones Breast Cancer Support Group at St. Agnes Hospital are as different as the varying stages of cancer they are living through, but they do share one important mantra: it’s better to be laughing than crying. On Oct. 6, that saying rang true as the group participated in its first-ever...
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Progress made in the fight against pancreatic cancer, says Mercy doc

Pancreatic cancer, the disease that recently claimed the lives of Apple founder Steve Jobs and Pep Perrella, good and faithful friend of the archdiocese, and which has stricken Archbishop Spalding football coach Mike Whittles and WBAL talk show host Ron Smith, remains a killer un-caged by modern medicine.
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Hoffberger Breast Center tickled pink over fundraising

By now, most have seen the pink ribbons, the pink products and promotions and the Baltimore Ravens’ pink cleats.
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