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Women at conference speak up about #MeToo movement, sexual revolution

At this conference, a panel of female doctors discussed evidence and concerns about the sexual revolution from the standpoint of women's health.
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Russell joins archdiocese as community affairs director

“I am honored to be asked to serve the archdiocese in this capacity and thrilled to have the opportunity to support the good work of the church,” Russell said.
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Supreme Court rules in favor of baker in same-sex wedding cake case

In a 7-2 decision June 4, the Supreme Court sided with a Colorado baker in a case that put anti-discrimination laws up against freedom of speech and freedom of religious expression.
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Second allegation of child sexual abuse made against Highlandtown priest

Jerri Burkhardt, director of the Office of Child and Youth Protection for the Archdiocese of Baltimore, sent a letter to parishioners of Our Lady of Pompei concerning a priest who served at their parish.
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Pope: Seek Christ in ‘abandoned tabernacles’ of the poor, the lonely

As he did with his disciples at Passover, Jesus asks all Christians to prepare a place for him, not in "exclusive, selective places" but rather in uncomfortable places that are "untouched by love, untouched by hope," Pope Francis said.
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Archbishop Lori urges Ellicott City parishioners to help one another in flood aftermath

The archbishop encouraged the people to allow the eucharistic presence of Jesus to make them more present to one another and give themselves to one another, even in the most trying of times.
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RFK’s faith three-dimensional in books, but two-dimensional on screen

A former altar boy who sometimes spoke of joining the priesthood, Kennedy's faith, drawn inward after the 1963 assassination of his older brother the president -- and somehow not diminished by a growing belief in existentialism -- informed his political views and his compassion for the poor.
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Pope picked fellow ‘street priest’ when he named his almoner a cardinal

By elevating him to the College of Cardinals June 28, the pope is elevating the office of papal almoner, the 54-year-old liturgist told Vatican News May 20.
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Weapons of mass distraction: Journalist takes aim at fake papal news

When the pope speaks unguardedly, "there is a risk that some of his expressions can be manipulated or interpreted incorrectly," Italian journalist Nello Scavo told Catholic News Service.
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Movie Review: ‘Upgrade’

With its brief but excessively graphic scenes of bloodletting, the otherwise mildly interesting sci-fi thriller "Upgrade" (BH Tilt) skirts the outer boundaries of moral acceptability.
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Fullerton parishioners, students respond after officer’s murder

While police looked for those responsible for the death of a Baltimore County police officer, St. Joseph School in Fullerton kept students calm walk they were on lockdown.
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