MEXICO CITY -- Two priests were gunned down as they returned from Candlemas celebrations in a corner of Mexico rife with drug cartel violence and increasingly lethal for prelates.
Fathers Ivan Anorve Jaimes and Germain Muniz Garcia were killed early...
Those not from our area might believe they understand the flood of emotions coming from people after the Philadelphia Eagles ended their franchise Super Bowl drought and claimed their first NFL Championship since 1960.
They think they get it. Other...
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Padua Academy had winners in seven events, including a state-record performance from standout Lydia Olivere, as the Pandas captured their sixth straight indoor track and field state championship Feb. 3 at the Prince Georges Sports and Learning Center...
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WASHINGTON -- Catholics have to learn to see innocence in the faces of those coming to the U.S., just as they see the innocence of children in the womb, a Seattle auxiliary bishop said Feb. 3 in...
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WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The bishop who chairs the U.S. bishops' Ad Hoc Committee Against Racism gave a sobering assessment of U.S. Catholics' treatment of blacks, from the laity to the hierarchy.
"The American Catholic Church has continued to...
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As the teams head down the homestretch of the regular season, this week features a few Catholic rivalry matchups, including the most celebrated on both the boys’ and girls’ sides.
Boys
Tuesday
Ss. Peter and Paul at Jemicy, 4 p.m.
Polytech (1-14)...
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VATICAN CITY -- Usury is a grave sin that must be fought by building more just and humane economic and financial systems as well as by teaching people to live within their means, Pope Francis said.
The practice...
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When we read Scripture, we marvel at the compassion that Jesus showed to the sick and suffering. Often, we read that Jesus was "moved with pity" for the distress of others, and scholars tell us this phrase...
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Among the seven sacraments of the church, I can say with some confidence (after 51 years as a priest) that the one most frequently misunderstood is the anointing of the sick.
Two weeks ago, I happened to be...
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Sickness can be nothing less than dumbfounding. Perhaps without warning it strikes a friend or relative, someone who last month appeared entirely healthy. Its arrival stuns us.
Initially we may feel helplessly at a loss, neither knowing what...