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Coming Nov. 19 at midnight- Harry Potter review

Here’s a tease of my review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. “In the opening minutes of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I, it becomes brutally clear this is no longer a children’s story. It has been said that the world has watched Harry Potter and friends grow up before our eyes. I’d...
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Father Heyburn dies at 77

Redemptorist Father Theodore M. “Ted” Heyburn, a well-known pastor of several area parishes, died Nov. 12. He was 77.
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BYCC preview

If you’re heading out to BYCC, make sure you check this video featuring APEX Ministries!
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Welcome

Hello and welcome to Matt Palmer’s Catholic Review blog. Stay tuned for live coverage of the Baltimore Youth Catholic Conference from Ocean City, MD Nov. 19-21!
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Cardinal says Sudan referendum results must be accepted by government

CAPE TOWN, South Africa – The head of a delegation of African church leaders visiting Sudan has urged the Sudanese government to respect the choice of the majority of the people of Southern Sudan in the Jan. 9 referendum that may split Africa’s largest country.
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Blessed Seelos inquiry submitted to Rome

The Archdiocese of Baltimore’s official inquiry into an alleged healing of a parishioner of St. Mary in Annapolis through the intercession of Blessed Francis Xavier Seelos was finalized Sept. 25.
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Supreme Court hears arguments over school tuition tax credit program

WASHINGTON – With the U.S. solicitor general arguing in support of Arizona’s school tuition tax credit program, the Supreme Court justices Nov. 3 bounced back and forth between questions about the program’s constitutionality and whether the taxpayers who sued even have the legal standing to challenge it.
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Bishop Madden, priests from Baltimore visit Bethlehem University in West Bank

By Christopher Gunty editor@CatholicReview.org BETHLEHEM, West Bank – The newest building at Bethlehem University, completed in the year 2000 and appropriately called the Millennium Building, was struck by shells fired by the Israelis. Other parts of the campus were hit as well. The damage has since been repaired, and other than the hole in the...
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Support U.S. soldiers

Re the latest column by Tony Magliano, “Afghanistan: Longest U.S. War” (CR, Oct. 14), I’m sure many of your faithful Catholic readers object to the constant expressions of anti-American writings put forth by Magliano. His every thought seems to focus on the killing of Afghan civilians by American military. Our involvement in Afghanistan is a...
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Father Steve’s reflection: Living side by side

The Western Wall had a great impact on several priests on our pilgrimage, as you’ll see in this reflection from Father Steve Hook. – CG Bishop Denis J. Madden prepares to celerate the fractioning rite during the Liturgy of the Eucharist in a Mass for a pilgrimage of priests from Maryland inside the Tomb of...
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Little Sisters of the Poor think big with reconstruction at home for aged

CATONSVILLE – After three thwacks with a gold-colored hammer, Mother Celine de la Visitation still couldn’t poke a hole in a wall at St. Martin’s Home for the Aged.
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Father Ty’s reflection: An indelible impression on mind, heart and soul

The priests in the group continue to share some of their reflections on the pilgrimage. Here’s a different perspective from Father Ty Hullinger. – CG A memorial monument outside the Yad Vadhem Holocaust History Museum in Israel. (Catholic Review photo | Christopher Gunty) “For me, one special pilgrimage encounter was our visit to Yad Vashem,...
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