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January 19, 2012

Petrides creates her own legacy at IND

Aimee Petrides is one of 15 women in her extended family to attend the Institute of Notre Dame. Adding to that legacy, Petrides has left her own imprint on the cherished Baltimore high school for young women.
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Archbishop Hannan, 98, laid foundation for Baltimore CYO, counseled Kennedy

Retired Archbishop Philip M. Hannan of New Orleans, a World War II paratroop chaplain, counselor to President John F. Kennedy, and staunch defender of civil rights and the unborn who began his ministry in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, died Sept. 29 at age 98.
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St. Thomas Aquinas pro-lifers booted from Hampdenfest

The Respect for Life Committee at St. Thomas Aquinas in Hampden was banned from having a table at this year’s Sept. 10 Hampdenfest after festival organizers said they had received complaints that the group had set up “graphic displays” in previous years.
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Mount among 18 Catholic colleges appealing parts of federal health care law mandate

WASHINGTON – Eighteen Catholic colleges have asked the Obama administration to exempt all religious individuals and institutions from being forced to participate in the federal mandate that health insurance plans cover contraceptives and sterilization.
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Schools find enrollment success with pre-K programs

With Catholic schools trying to find ways to bolster enrollment, some institutions are discovering that the key to success is going back to the basics.
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Bishops’ new ad hoc committee will tackle religious liberty concerns

WASHINGTON – Saying they are increasingly distressed over government policies that promote contraception, abortion and same-sex marriage and amount to an assault on religious freedom, the U.S. bishops have established a committee to shape public policy and coordinate the church’s response on the issue.
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Dead wrong: Catholics must no longer support capital punishment

VATICAN CITY – The Catholic Church’s position on capital punishment has evolved considerably over the centuries.
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Supreme Court justices attend Red Mass in Washington

WASHINGTON – Human beings are not fully alive until they live for something greater than themselves, said Seattle Archbishop J. Peter Sartain at the 58th annual Red Mass celebrated at the Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle in Washington Oct. 2.
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‘Last’ of the Monastery School reunions in Irvington

Folks who graduated from grade school about the time television was just beginning to glow in the living rooms of working families have been lighting up the Internet talking about the upcoming St. Joseph Monastery School reunion.
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Reform headline tip of iceberg

“Priests want reform” (CR, Sept. 8) only tells the “tip of the iceberg” about the serious frustration of our priests worldwide. Hundreds of priests in Austria and thousands of priests in countries such as Germany, Ireland and Australia, as well as several countries in South America are all saying that the Vatican must listen to...
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More comments filed objecting to HHS mandate, religious exemption

WASHINGTON – Catholic organizations filing comments on the federal Department of Health and Human Services’ mandate that health insurance plans cover contraception and sterilization and a proposed religious exemption registered their strong disapproval.
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Vatican newspaper criticizes BBC change to ‘common era’ dating

VATICAN CITY – The Vatican newspaper said it was “historically senseless hypocrisy” for the BBC to drop the dating abbreviations B.C. and A.D. on the grounds that they might offend non-Christians.
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