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					Deacon Michael McGinty has stepped into his role as the newest director of Catholic education and superintendent of schools for the Archdiocese of St. Paul and Minneapolis. In a June 1 announcement about Deacon McGinty's new role, Archbishop Bernard Hebda wrote that the deacon demonstrates "deep faith, pastoral wisdom, operational excellence, and a profound commitment to the evangelizing mission of Catholic education."				</div>
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					As its title suggests, the comedy "Coyote vs. Acme" (Ketchup Entertainment), which blends live action with animation, concerns a legal case. Namely, a tort suit brought by Looney Tunes character Wile E. Coyote against the Acme Corporation alleging that the company has repeatedly sold him dangerously defective products.				</div>
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					The apostolic nunciature in Paris confirmed to OSV News Aug. 31 that no papal celebration is scheduled in the Father Marko Rupnik mosaic-decorated chapel inside its Paris building during the apostolic trip to France Sept. 25-28.				</div>
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					They're the new neighbor a growing number of communities across America don't seem to want -- data centers. But what are they, and why are some people opposed to them?				</div>
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					September is dedicated to the Care of Creation throughout the universal Church. In the encyclical “Laudato Si’, On Care for Our Common Home,” the Church asks each of us to develop a habit of life that reflects an “integral ecology.”				</div>
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					Archbishop William Lori of Baltimore had never gone to the Minnesota State Fair. That changed on Aug. 28, when he made his first visit. He liked it so much he came again two days later to concelebrate Mass with a seasoned fair-goer, Father Robert Fitzpatrick, who has been celebrating State Fair Masses since 2014.				</div>
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