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January 19, 2012

Taizé retreat offered at Govans parish

For the first time in Baltimore, the ecumenical community will host a “Pilgrimage of Trust” weekend Feb. 27-28 featuring talks by Brother John of the Taizé community in France.
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Ads urge Catholics to see the light – and go to confession

If you haven’t been to confession in a while, the Archdiocese of Baltimore has a message for you.
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Delaware bishop says beatitudes give ‘a window’ on Lincoln presidency

WILMINGTON, Del. – The presidency of Abraham Lincoln can be placed in the context of the Eight Beatitudes, according to Bishop W. Francis Malooly of Wilmington.
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Walters displays illuminated Scriptures

Its transparent wings beating in a flutter of motion, the locust almost seems ready to jump from the calf-skin parchment on which it is painted. Resting on a delicately arching green leaf, the insect is a physical reminder of a passage in the sacred text that fills the page.
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Catholics focus on Lent as time of reconciliation and renewal

At St. John’s Catholic Prep School, students star in a film with a modern-day take on Lenten sacrifice. Simon, the top earner at a financial company, sacrifices his job so a co-worker with five children can keep his in the film, shot at the Frederick school.
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Filling empty bowls

People can dine on soup served in handcrafted bowls while helping the hungry and homeless of Baltimore at St. Vincent de Paul of Baltimore’s third annual Empty Bowls fundraiser.
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Former Legionaries official apologizes for defending Father Maciel

WASHINGTON – When it became public Feb. 4 that Legionaries of Christ founder Father Marcial Maciel Degollado had fathered a daughter, the order’s former communications director decided he had to apologize for having defended him after sex abuse allegations against the priest first became public in 1997.
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Catholic philanthropist offers millions for truly lifesaving ideas

WASHINGTON – Since founding the Gerard Health Foundation in 2001, retired Catholic businessman Raymond B. Ruddy has given away millions to fund pro-life causes, abstinence education and efforts to end the HIV and AIDS pandemic.
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Archbishop gives Irish audience ‘do’s and don’ts’ on promoting life

WASHINGTON – The pro-life community must not become too closely aligned to one political party, waste energy on internal bickering or become diverted by false arguments, Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver told an Irish audience.
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Boniface brothers bred into racehorse careers

Horses are like people … some you like and some you don’t.
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Pope confirms he plans to visit the Holy Land in May

VATICAN CITY – Meeting American Jewish leaders who were on their way to Israel, Pope Benedict XVI announced Feb. 12 that he, too, was preparing to visit the Holy Land.
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Pope says Holocaust denial is ‘intolerable, unacceptable’

VATICAN CITY – Denying or minimizing the Holocaust “is intolerable and altogether unacceptable,” Pope Benedict XVI told a group of U.S. Jewish leaders.
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