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April 10, 2011

Transgendered teacher takes on Catholic school district

Further evidence that we live in unusual times: A Catholic school district in Canada is in trouble for firing a transgendered teacher who intends to ‘transition’ from female to male.? Jan Buterman (CBC Photo) A transgendered teacher fired by a Catholic school district is rejecting a settlement offer because it would require him to keep quiet and drop a...
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April 10, 2011

Baseball cards get nun hooked on national pastime

NPR has a story about nun who’s crazy about Dodger baseball. Sister Vincent Cecire, a 94-year-old Missionary Sister of the Sacred Heart of Jesus, has been rooting for the Dodgers ever since they won their first World Series in 1955. It seems that third graders with baseball cards are responsible for getting Sister Vincent excited...
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April 8, 2011

Immigration crisis in Italy puts church teaching to the test

VATICAN CITY – The new flow of North African immigrants into Italy is putting the Vatican’s teaching on immigration to the test.
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April 6, 2011

Reforming Michael Reuling Video

Michael Reuling is easily one of the most inspiring men I’ve ever interviewed here in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. He’s also had one of the darkest pasts, with drugs and thefts defining his younger years. A dramatic moment changed that. Faith lifted him up, as did several women in his life. Below is a video...
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April 6, 2011

Spring is here!

You know it’s spring in Baltimore when the buds are blooming on the trees outside The Catholic Review! Trees bloom outside The Catholic Review building in Baltimore April 6. (CR/George P. Matysek Jr.)
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April 5, 2011

Crane is behind bars, again

A longtime Baltimore peace activist who has already served five years in prison for anti-nuclear peace protests across the country is now spending even more time behind bars. Susan Crane, a 67-year-old resident of Jonah House in West Baltimore, was sentenced to 15 months in prison March 28 for breaking into a U.S. Navy nuclear...
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April 3, 2011

‘Pedophile pimp’ comment sparks controversy

After a leading New Hampshire politician referred to Manchester Bishop John McCormack as “a pedophile pimp,” Gov. John Lynch called for House Majority Leader D.J. Bettencourt to retract his comments. The Union Leader has the story: “These comments have no place in the public discourse, and the people of New Hampshire have a right to expect...
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April 1, 2011

Oh, oh, oh — C’mon O-rioles!

After spending more than a decade in the baseball wilderness, long-suffering fans of the Baltimore Orioles have reason for hope on this Opening Day. When the O’s take on Tampa tonight in Florida, they’ll do it with a solid lineup stocked with sluggers like ?Vladimir Guerrero, Derrek Lee, Nick Markakis, Adam Jones, Luke Scott, Brian Roberts and Mark Reynolds. They’ll have...
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March 30, 2011

China executes three Filipinos, despite appeals from churches

MANILA, Philippines – China executed three residents of the Philippines convicted of being drug mules, despite last-minute pleas by Catholic and Protestant churches in the Philippines. The three were executed March 30 by lethal injection, news agencies said. Reports said 74 more Filipinos are facing the death penalty for drug-related cases in China.
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March 30, 2011

Father Henry Harper, active in social outreach, dies at 86

Josephite Father Henry Harper, a longtime associate pastor of St. Peter Claver in Baltimore whose ministry focused on outreach to the poor, died March 29 from complications following a fall. He was 86. An 11 a.m. funeral Mass will be offered April 2 at St. Peter.
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March 30, 2011

Baltimore woman among five sent to prison for Washington state weapons depot protest

WASHINGTON – Five longtime peace activists were sentenced to prison terms of two to 15 months for symbolically disarming nuclear warheads at a U.S. Navy weapons depot in Washington state.
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March 30, 2011

Dr. Nancy Grasmick’s retirement is a loss for Catholic schools

Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick, superintendent of Maryland public schools, meets with Dr. Ronald J. Valenti, former superintendent of Catholic schools in the Archdiocese of Baltimore, in 2006. (CR file photo/Owen Sweeney III) Today’s announcement that Dr. Nancy S. Grasmick is stepping down as the longtime superintendent of Maryland public schools may well be a loss for...
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