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What would Jesus do? Not stuff like this
It is no fun being a Catholic woman these days. In fact, it is almost embarrassing. First, the church hierarchy reminded us that those birth control pills in our medicine cabinets are forbidden. Then the bishops repeated their opposition, in various...
Tags: Family Planning, Christianity, Birth Control, Infertility, Roman Catholicism
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Recalling Camden Yards' biggest star
I've read the sports pages and seen the articles about the greatest games and most exciting sports moments at Camden Yards, and they bring back memories. But the greatest event at Camden Yards was not sports related at all. It was the Mass celebrated...Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards
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New interest in exorcism rites comes to Baltimore
The rite, those few priests who have performed it say, can unfold as a quiet prayer session or a show of violence.
The afflicted person may curse the cleric, speak in a voice not his or her own, even assume facial features that one priest described as...Tags: Christianity, Internists, San Jose, Colleges and Universities, Abusive Behavior
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The mark of a leader
Sun ReporterArchbishop Edwin F. O'Brien will receive his pallium at St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican tomorrow, a capstone event marking his connection to the Catholic hierarchy and to the church worldwide. More than 100 Marylanders have traveled to Rome to attend...Tags: Religious Leaders, Christianity, Colleges and Universities, Edwin F. O'Brien, Georgetown
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Baltimore faithful reflect on legacy
Sun StaffAs word spread yesterday across the Baltimore region of Pope John Paul II's deteriorating health, devout Catholics began vigils for him and religious leaders praised his 26-year tenure as having an impact far beyond the church's own followers. "He is...Tags: Oriole Park at Camden Yards, Pikesville, Religious Leaders, Christianity, Minority Groups
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U.S. cardinals see many hurdles for next pope
Sun Foreign StaffVATICAN CITY - The next pope will need to address an accelerating loss of religious faith in the West, a growing gap between the rich and poor and the lack of trust between Roman Catholics and Muslims, three American cardinals said yesterday. The three...Tags: Vatican City, Washington, DC, Colleges and Universities, William H. Keeler, Elections
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Pope helped inspire his homeland to fight communism
Associated PressBERLIN - Karol Wojtyla became a priest in 1946, just as the Iron Curtain descended across Europe. The inspiration he provided as Pope John Paul II helped to tear it down. Lech Walesa, founder of the Solidarity movement that toppled communism in Poland in...Tags: Christianity, Civil Rights, Sociology, Wojciech Jaruzelski, The Pope
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A wide range of reactions to new pope
Sun StaffWhen the Rev. Denis J. Sweeney heard the news, he tore down the halls of St. Mary's Catholic school in Annapolis, high-fiving students and encouraging them to shout, "Three cheers for the new pope." But 30 miles away, at the Hyattsville headquarters of...Tags: Montgomery (Montgomery, Alabama), Christianity, Minority Groups, Culture, Cults and Sects
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Mourning death of beloved pope
Orlando SentinelEmployees at Buca di Beppo in Maitland, Fla., have moved Pope John Paul II's bust to an office near the kitchen, awaiting shipment to the franchise's headquarters. His former home - a large round table in the "Pope Room" - sits bare. The pope's death...Tags: Maitland, Christianity, Dining and Drinking, Orlando Restaurants, Joe Lewis
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Papal speculation keeps oddsmakers busy
Los Angeles TimesCASTELNUOVO DI PORTO, Italy - A book of numbers at his side, a pendulum in his pocket and his wife upstairs plotting astrological charts, Fabrizio Shamir predicts that the next pope will come from South America. "I held the pendulum over a map for 30...Tags: Christianity, Diana, Princess of Wales, Casino and Gambling, Charles, Prince of Wales, Benedict XVI
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Out of silence, a melody rises
Sun Foreign StaffVATICAN CITY - St. Peter's Square yesterday was in many ways the portrait of an ideal spring day, sunny and warm and populated by hundreds of boisterous tourists. But that picture changed quickly. After Vatican officials went on television in the...Tags: Vatican City, The Pope, Christianity, Death, Roman Catholicism
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Pope's funeral set for Friday as thousands pay respects
Sun Foreign StaffVATICAN CITY - Pope John Paul II took a nearly last journey yesterday, carried solemnly from his papal home, across St. Peter's Square and into the ancient basilica where he preached, as more than 100,000 pilgrims looked on. They then waited in a line...Tags: George Bush, Judaism, Charles, Prince of Wales, Children, Vatican City
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