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January 19, 2012

Ms. Glendon is the new U.S. ambassador to Vatican

WASHINGTON – The U.S. Senate confirmed Mary Ann Glendon, a U.S. law professor and president of the Pontifical Academy of Social Sciences, as the new U.S. ambassador to the Vatican Dec. 19.
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Brazilian bishop ends hunger strike to protest water project

SOBRADINHO, Brazil – Brazilian Bishop Luiz Cappio of Barra announced he was ending a 23-day hunger strike that protested a $3.7 billion project to divert the Sao Francisco River.
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Nun, described as Poland’s best cook, releases DVD

WARSAW, Poland – A Polish nun who thought up her best cake recipe in a dream has released a special DVD with tips on her culinary masterpieces.
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Sister’s work comes with soundtrack

Sister Mary Roy Weiss, S.S.N.D., knew early on she was being called to a vocation, but what she didn’t know was how she would end up using music in her work.
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Sister M. Dorinda Dougherty, I.H.M.

A funeral Mass was offered on Dec. 22 at Our Lady of Peace Residence in Scranton, Pa., for Sister M. Dorinda Dougherty, I.H.M. Sister Dorinda died on Dec. 19; she was 87.
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Mother Seton School searches for alumni

Mother Seton School, Emmitsburg, is asking for help in locating alumni and memorabilia from all graduating classes, especially the class of 1958 who will celebrate their 50th anniversary in 2008.
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For pope, to know Gospel means to know Christ personally

VATICAN CITY – In a year-end meeting with the Roman Curia, Pope Benedict XVI looked back on 2007 and identified a crucial theme: the need to evangelize.
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John Norton named editor of Our Sunday Visitor

HUNTINGTON, Ind. – John Norton, a former reporter for the Rome bureau of Catholic News Service and international news anchor for Vatican Radio, has been named editor of Our Sunday Visitor, a national Catholic newspaper based in Huntington.
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National center marks 30 years of helping Catholic laity

ROMEOVILLE, Ill. – For 30 years the Chicago-based National Center for the Laity has been helping lay Catholics respond to the Second Vatican Council’s call to them to change the world through their daily activities and regular responsibilities.
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Knights of Columbus recycle bikes for needy children

Maybe it’s a bike that was outgrown, maybe it was owned by someone who didn’t have the inclination to put the chain back on, maybe it needed a part.
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Volunteer visitors greet, transport merchant sailors

The “mama” and the “doc-a-ter” are in. In port, that is, and available as the official welcome wagon for foreign merchant sailors who set sail from home months ago.
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Retiree, SEALS group active at St. Edward

When St. Edward, Baltimore, parishioner Willie B. Harris Sr. retired from the Department of Defense 20 years ago, he knew he had to expend his pent-up energy in a productive manner.
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