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Coptic Catholic leader warns of growing Christian-Muslim rift in Egypt

FRIBOURG, Switzerland - The patriarch of the Coptic Catholic Church in Egypt blamed Islamic fundamentalists for the increasing number of attacks on Christians and criticized a growing division between Muslims and Christians since the country’s February revolution.
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Milwaukee Archdiocese says pension recipients being paid on time

MILWAUKEE – All employee benefits have been paid on a timely basis and pension plans will continue to pay all benefits in the immediate future, the Archdiocese of Milwaukee assured pension recipients and contributors in a “media clarification” issued Oct. 26.
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A look back at the NCYC 2009 fun

Are you going to NCYC, but still don’t know what you’re in for? Check this out. I filmed this back in 2009 when Baltimore took a group out to Kansas City for NCYC. I can’t promise there will be less Backstreet Boys in Indianapolis this time.
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US Supreme Court turns down case over roadside crosses in Utah

WASHINGTON – The Supreme Court declined to take up a case from Utah in which a federal appeals court ruled it unconstitutional to allow memorial crosses on state land along highways.
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Baltimore’s NCYC blessing– 15 days to heading West!

Tim Janiszewski, youth minister at Lake Shore’s Our Lady of the Chesapeake, helped end Baltimore’s NCYC delegation meeting on a high note Dec. 30. He shared a blessing he does with his children with everyone. I thought it was particularly touching and worthy of sharing with you in the video below. I’ll be covering NCYC...
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(Audio) Mike Whittles’ players talk about his courage

Spalding football coach Mike Whittles is literally fighting for his life and you can read his story in The Catholic Review print edition next week and right now on CatholicReview.org. Whittles has Stage IV pancreatic cancer, but is still coaching the Cavaliers during his treatments. He recently missed a game, though, and his players emotionally...
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Audio of Father Hurley’s homily at Baltimore Young Adult Mass

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is ramping up its efforts to reach out to Catholic young adults. It’s a challenging age group to connect with, but successful Theology on Tap crowds are showing there’s a thirst for something beyond beer. Faith is the connecting tissue for the people coming together. Father John Hurley delivered a homily...
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With Deaths Of Real World Villains, Evil Still Exists

Image courtesy of https://catholicnews.com (CNS) If you grow up as an American kid in the 1980s, 90s or 2000s, there weren’t three bigger real world villains than Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden and Muammar Gaddafi. There were, and are, other objects of major scorn. But, those three men seemed to have dramatic, spooky music playing...
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Scottish priest: Gadhafi’s death won’t end controversy over Lockerbie

MANCHESTER, England – The death of Moammar Gadhafi will do nothing to end years of controversy over the Lockerbie bombing, said the priest who served in the Scottish town in 1988.
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Vatican: Gadhafi’s death marks end of ‘harsh and oppressive regime’

VATICAN CITY - The Vatican said the death of Libyan strongman Moammar Gadhafi marked the end of a “harsh and oppressive regime” that was based on power instead of human dignity.
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Baltimore Guild recognized by Catholic Medical Association, honors Archbishop O’Brien

During his time in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien has prominently supported medical professionals, whose conscience rights have been threatened on the federal and local level.
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Nix the Nazi talk

Hate someone with a passion? Call them a Nazi. It’s not exactly a new thing, but people are tossing about the term willy nilly lately. In the end, it says more about the person saying it than the person they’re targeting. In an effort to criticize House Majority Leader John Boehner’s golf meeting with President...
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