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Catholics must fight for religious freedom
With tweets and text messages, prayers and preaching, Catholics and other Americans are spending two weeks (June 21-July 4) launching a religious freedom awareness campaign called the "Fortnight for Freedom." Concern for the freedom of Christians to...
Tags: Church and State Relations, Labor Legislation, Belief and Faith, Physical Fitness and Exercise, Christianity
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Outspoken bishop to take helm of Archdiocese of Baltimore
At a time when Roman Catholic bishops are waging political wars against contraception and same-sex marriage, one of the church's most hard-line generals was named Tuesday to head its historically important Baltimore archdiocese.
The Vatican appointed...Tags: Woodstock (Windham, Connecticut), Birth Control, White House, Marriage, Same-Sex Marriage
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Catholics to launch national campaign with mass in Baltimore
The Catholic Church, embroiled in a dispute with the Obama administration over new health insurance rules, has chosen Baltimore to kick off a national campaign it says is aimed at promoting religious liberty. Archbishop William E. Lori is scheduled to...Tags: Christianity, Roman Catholicism, Elections
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Basilica needs millions in repairs after quake damage found
Baltimore's 200-year-old Basilica of the Assumption, the first cathedral in America, will be closed to many visitors over eight months as crews repair domes damaged in August's earthquake, church officials said Thursday.
Repairs could cost up to $5...Tags: Christianity, Natural Disasters, Tourism and Leisure, Fells Point, Weddings
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James Edward O'Meara Jr., construction company owner
James Edward O'Meara Jr., founder of a commercial construction company and a World War II veteran, died Saturday of heart failure at his Glyndon home. He was 90.
The son of a masonry company owner and a homemaker, Mr. O'Meara was born in Baltimore and...Tags: Burger King, Companies and Corporations, Westminster (Carroll, Maryland), Heart Failure, Frederick (Frederick, Maryland)
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Best week ever: Baltimore events, music, TV and more
Our list of everything going on the week of 11/28-12/4
NOTABLE TV
MONDAY
Basketball Wives LA: Reunion, Part 2 (special; 8 p.m.; VH1)
Top 40 (special; 8 p.m.; BBC America)
Bored to Death (season finale; 9 p.m.; HBO)
The Closer (mid-season premiere; 9 p....Tags: Cleveland Browns, Allen Toussaint, TLC (tv network), BBC, Entertainment Events
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Marian Shriver McSherry
Baltimore Sun reporterMarian Shriver McSherry, long-time devotee of Maryland's Catholic aristocracy and mother of 12 children, died on July 24 of breast cancer at her home in Frederick. She was 85. A second cousin of R. Sargent Shriver, Marian Macsherry was born in...Tags: Manhattanville, Trips and Vacations, Durham (Middlesex, Connecticut), Frederick (Frederick, Maryland), Lebanon
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Marin Alsop: Readying the notes on legendary ladies
It's still late-summer, but classical musicians can hardly wait to get back into the concert hall for the 2011-2012 season.
One of the first to return is the Baltimore Symphony Orchestra. Conductor Marin Alsop leads a Gala Celebration concert Sept. 10 at...Tags: Music Industry, Sleeping Beauty (movie), Anglicanism, Marin Alsop, Michael Feinstein
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Man who left toilet 'bomb' at Towson courthouse acquitted
The Towson "toilet bomb" case came to an end Thursday when a jury found Duane Gerald Davis Sr. not guilty of leaving a phony destructive device in front of a courthouse.
Police charged Davis in February after he left a porcelain toilet decorated with...Tags: Emergency Incidents, Lawyers, Explosions, Towson, Facebook
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Cardinal Gibbons celebrates new alumni
The murmur of friendships renewed filled the foyer of the ITE Building on the campus of the University of Maryland, Baltimore County, shortly before 7 p.m. June 15.
About three dozen young men, many in suits, exchanged inside jokes and caught up on...Tags: Towson University, Coppin State University, High School Sports, Ceremonies, Colleges and Universities
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One last road trip for Schaefer
From Faidley's at Lexington Market to the Washington Monument, from Camden Yards to the Inner Harbor, a motorcade will ferry the body of William Donald Schaefer on a two-hour farewell trip Monday afternoon through the hometown that he loved and led....Tags: William Donald Schaefer, Guilford (Baltimore, Maryland), Government, Fells Point, Trips and Vacations
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