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Father Carrion elevated to pastor in South Baltimore

When he became a priest in 1982, Father Patrick M. Carrion assumed he would serve in maybe five parishes in his lifetime. He was wrong.
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St. John Regional receives chamber award

St. John Regional Catholic School in Frederick was scheduled to receive a Summit Award March 12 from the Frederick County Chamber of Commerce.
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Non-Catholic students must value religious education

Julian Bower’s letter, “Why non-Catholics in Catholic schools” (CR, Feb. 26), raises a legitimate point, if properly understood. Given the extreme financial challenges facing our parochial and other Catholic schools, should we be “subsidizing” the education of non-Catholics who, in many cases, wish to escape underperforming public schools by enrolling in a Catholic school? After...
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No need for pontiff to be politically correct

Many critics of Pope Benedict XVI’s action lifting the excommunication of the four schismatic bishops of the Society of St. Pius X, including Bishop Richard Williamson, were uninformed about the pope’s duties to the Catholic Church. The unity of the universal church is the pope’s innate and paramount responsibility. The revocation of the excommunication to...
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Study seeks couples who want to avoid pregnancy the natural way

WASHINGTON – Richard Fehring is looking for a few good couples. More than a few, actually.
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St. Joseph executives take administrative leave

Three executives at St. Joseph Medical Center in Towson have taken administrative leave while the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services investigates a physician group and its financial relationship with the hospital.
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Comments were not aimed at Woodmont Academy

The following is from a letter that was sent to Woodmont Academy parents:
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Court says Utah city not obligated to accept religious monument in park

WASHINGTON – A public park that displays a Ten Commandments monument is not legally required to accept another religious monument under the free speech clause of the First Amendment, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled Feb. 25.
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Archbishop O’Brien begins Lenten season with call for reconciliation

As Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore began the Lenten season by receiving ashes on their foreheads on Ash Wednesday, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien encouraged them to receive the Sacrament of Reconciliation as well.
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Committee ready to tackle schools issues

When Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien asked local businessman Frank Bramble to chair a blue-ribbon committee to save Catholic schools, he told him to find the keenest minds to make up the panel.
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More prayers for President Obama

I go to church weekly and I read The Catholic Review regularly. I have been disappointed that there has been so little supporting President Obama and so much about the Freedom of Choice Act, a bill which has not even been introduced in Congress this session. We have a president committed to protecting our civil...
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• Doctor advises against leaving sleep problems untreated

A good night’s sleep can make your entire day better. It also, doctors say, can keep your heart strong.
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