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January 19, 2012

Former high school track coach charged

A former track coach at Archbishop Spalding High School in Severn has been charged by Anne Arundel County Police after the school and the Archdiocese of Baltimore reported to county authorities possible boundary violations involving the coach and a minor. Following is a letter to parents of Archbishop Spalding students dated Sept. 26 regarding the...
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Deacon Flamini remembered for friendship, dedication

As his May 17, 2003 ordination approached, Deacon Michael L. Flamini knew he was fulfilling a lifelong calling.
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In centuries-old buildings, some Vatican workers have techie paradise

VATICAN CITY ¬ Looking at the centuries-old buildings and palaces, not many people would know that the Vatican has become a techie paradise, a wonderland of modern equipment and know-how.
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Mount dean: Movies seen as influencing renewed momentum toward assisted suicide

WASHINGTON ¬ An increase in the number of movies that present assisted suicide in a positive light is contributing to a renewed momentum to legalize physician-assisted suicide, especially in the New England states, a panelist said at a Sept. 20 webinar sponsored by the National Catholic Partnership on Disability.
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Supreme Court term starts with case over church school employment

WASHINGTON – The constitutionally thorny question of where the line lies between a church school’s religious autonomy and the legal rights of its teachers comes before the Supreme Court Oct. 5, two days after the term starts.
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Catholics, Lutherans unite in prayer, but differences don’t disappear

FREIBURG, Germany – Divided Christians can celebrate their common faith in Christ with beautiful prayer services, but that does not mean they leave aside all their differences.
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Loyola, National Guard program addresses sexual assault problem

COLUMBIA – The numbers of sexual assault and harassment cases in the U.S. military are staggering. Loyola University Maryland’s department of pastoral counseling and spiritual care t is helping bring change to some branches now.
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Pope meets with clerical sex abuse victims in Germany

ERFURT, Germany – Pope Benedict XVI met with five victims of clerical sexual abuse in Germany, expressing his deep regret and the church’s commitment to preventing such crimes in the future.
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Surviving members of Baltimore historic first class of deacons reflect on ministry

After Cardinal Lawrence Shehan ordained Deacon George Evans as one of the first permanent deacons in the United States 40 years ago, a lot of people didn’t know what to make of the new clergyman.
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Religious exemption to HHS mandate ‘wholly inadequate,’ CHA head says

WASHINGTON – The proposed religious exemption to the federal mandate that health insurance plans cover contraceptives and sterilization is “wholly inadequate to protect the conscience rights of Catholic hospital and health care organizations,” the head of the Catholic Health Association told the Department of Health and Human Services.
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Mandate one musical setting

Regarding “Parishes introduce new settings” (CR, Sept. 15), I do not disagree with the view that, in an archdiocese as diverse as ours, “it would be catastrophic to only have had one or two musical settings of the new translation to choose from.”
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