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Lori to take religious freedom message to Washington
As Catholic institutions across the country sue the Obama administration over new health insurance rules, Baltimore's new archbishop is scheduled to speak in Washington this week at a conference focusing on "Rising Threats to American Religious Freedom."...Tags: Family Planning, Christianity, Charles Carroll, Minority Groups, Birth Control
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Amid birth control debate, Obama sending delegation to watch O'Brien become a cardinal
President Barack Obama is sending a presidential delegation to the Holy See this weekend to watch the elevation of Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien and another American to cardinal, the White House said Thursday. Both O’Brien, spiritual leader...Tags: Family Planning, Christianity, Birth Control, Health Treatments, Labor Legislation
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Pope Benedict to elevate Archbishop O'Brien to cardinal
Baltimore's archdiocese, the oldest in the nation, can once again claim one of the highest-ranking members of the Roman Catholic Church as its leader.
Archbishop Edwin F. O'Brien, leader of the archdiocese since 2007, was named a cardinal Friday by...Tags: Religious Leaders, Christianity, Good Friday, Cults and Sects, Georgetown University
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O'Brien says Archdiocese of Baltimore won't offer birth control coverage
Cardinal-designate Edwin F. O'Brien said in a strongly worded letter that the Archdiocese of Baltimore will not comply with federal law requiring churches to offer birth control coverage even it means dropping health insurance for its 3,500 employees....Tags: Church and State Relations, Hospitals and Clinics, Christianity, Family Planning, Government Health Care
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A 50th-anniversary toast to Toastmasters in Laurel
A golden anniversary was celebrated with golden tongues last weekend as the Columbians Toastmasters Club celebrated 50 years of fostering confidence and leadership skills. The group, which specializes in teaching its members how to become better public...Tags: Jerry Seinfeld, Executive Branch, Government, Language
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U.S. Catholic bishops to meet in Baltimore
The nation's Roman Catholic bishops meet in Baltimore this week amid growing church-state tensions. The U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops wants broader religious exceptions to laws on issues ranging from mandatory contraception coverage to gay...Tags: Church and State Relations, Christianity, Timothy Dolan, Roman Catholicism, Same-Sex Marriage
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For U.S. bishops, economic justice isn't on the agenda
At a time of staggering poverty, rampant unemployment and growing income inequality, Catholic bishops will gather for a national meeting in Baltimore today and remain largely silent about these profound moral issues. A recent Catholic News Service...Tags: Unemployment, Christianity, Poverty, Minority Groups, Finance
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After Penn State, Md. may examine strengthening child abuse reporting law
Educators, health practitioners, social service workers and police officers are required under Maryland law to report suspected child abuse to local authorities and to their bosses. But the state has no power to prosecute when the law is not followed....Tags: Lawyers, Teachers, Jerry Sandusky, College Sports, Abusive Behavior
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Rodgers Forge: Hilgartner family celebrates an elevation to monsignor
Father Rick Hilgartner, a scholar of sacred liturgy and executive director of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops' Divine Worship Office, was recently elevated to monsignor. This well-deserved honor was bestowed on this former Rodgers Forge resident...Tags: WJZ-TV, Attack on Pearl Harbor (1941), Religious Festivals, Halloween, High Schools
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Vatican's envoy to U.S. dies at Hopkins after lung surgery
Archbishop Pietro Sambi, the Vatican's ambassador to the United States, died Wednesday of complications from surgery at Johns Hopkins Hospital, church officials said. The 73-year-old Italian prelate had undergone lung surgery nearly three weeks ago and...Tags: Religious Leaders, Christianity, Hospitals and Clinics, Israel, Edwin F. O'Brien
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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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U.S. slow to meet needs, refugees say
Mustafa Hamad Rassoul doesn't see how his family can survive.
Back in Baghdad, the 55-year-old Iraqi Kurd says, the money he made running a clothing shop was more than enough to house and feed his two wives and 10 children. But here in Syria, where he...Tags: Syria, Hospitals and Clinics, Finance, Human Rights, Immigration
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