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January 19, 2012

Hundreds converge on Annapolis for 25th annual Lobby Night

Amanda Ceraldi could have spent her Presidents Day holiday taking in a movie or hanging out with her friends. Instead, the 16-year-old parishioner of Our Lady of the Chesapeake in Lake Shore traveled to Annapolis to convince her lawmakers to ban the death penalty in Maryland.

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January 19, 2012

Maryland Senate committee rejects statute of limitations bill

The Maryland Senate Judicial Proceedings Committee soundly rejected a bill Feb. 12 that would have significantly extended the time period when child sexual abuse victims can file civil lawsuits in Maryland.

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January 19, 2012

Poll shows residents of Southern states most religious in country

PRINCETON, N.J. – As part of a series titled “State of the States,” a new Gallup Poll ranked the top religious states in the United States and found Southern states ranked highest on the list, while several states in the Northeast ranked the lowest.

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January 19, 2012

Korea’s first cardinal, bold human rights’ defender, dies at age 86

VATICAN CITY – Korea’s first cardinal, an outspoken defender of human rights, died in Seoul, South Korea, Feb. 16 at the age of 86.

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January 19, 2012

Economic interests drive wider acceptance of eugenics, says archbishop

VATICAN CITY – Big economic interests and subtle changes in terminology are helping spread a wider acceptance of eugenics, said Archbishop Rino Fisichella, president of the Pontifical Academy for Life.

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January 19, 2012

Archbishop to Schools: Help is on the way

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien delivered sobering statistics of declining enrollment in Catholic schools Feb. 10 and 12 during consultation meetings with parish priests, school principals and administrators at St. John the Evangelist in Columbia.

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January 19, 2012

Austrian named auxiliary bishop asks pope to withdraw his nomination

LINZ, Austria – Bishop-designate Gerhard Wagner said he would ask Pope Benedict XVI to withdraw his nomination as auxiliary bishop of Linz “given the fierce criticism” of his appointment.

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January 19, 2012

Oblate Father Rupiper, 71, dies; tried to defuse Iran hostage crisis

CARROLL, Iowa – A funeral Mass was celebrated Feb. 14 at Holy Spirit Church in Carroll for Oblate Father Darrell Rupiper, a prominent peace activist who in recent years began a ministry preaching about the environment and the integrity of creation.

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January 19, 2012

Tiny Vatican City plays big role in promoting world peace, says pope

VATICAN CITY – While it may be “a nearly invisible dot on the world map,” the Vatican plays an enormous role in fostering world peace, solidarity and hope, Pope Benedict XVI said.

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January 19, 2012

Crash claims 9/11 widow heading to Jesuit school’s scholarship event

WASHINGTON – Beverly Eckert, a victim of the Feb. 12 plane crash near Buffalo, N.Y., was en route to present a scholarship award in honor of her late husband at Jesuit-run Canisius High School in Buffalo.

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January 19, 2012

Marking its 80th, Vatican celebrates its growth into nationhood

VATICAN CITY – The smallest nation in the world is celebrating a relatively young 80th birthday this year.

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January 19, 2012

Boston Pilot reporter to serve in Iraq, will chronicle troops’ lives

BRAINTREE, Mass. – A staff reporter with The Pilot, the newspaper of the Boston Archdiocese, will be deployed to Iraq to serve with the U.S. Army, and his mission will be to chronicle the lives and day-to-day experiences of a unit of soldiers over the next year.

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