Day

April 4, 2016

Pope asks for new Catholic institutions of mercy, charity

Pope Francis asked Catholic dioceses around the world to set up a permanent memorial of the Year of Mercy by establishing a hospital, home for the aged or school in an under-served area.
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Archdiocese of Baltimore releases annual report for 2014-15

According to the report, support for Catholic charitable outreach, parish ministry, Catholic education, religious education and other archdiocesan priorities continues to be strong.
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Focusing on the common good

The common good is not the sum of all the individual goods, nor is it a utilitarian kind of greatest good for the greatest number of people.
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Faithful contemplate doubt and miracles on Divine Mercy Sunday at Holy Rosary

The April 3 Divine Mercy Sunday liturgy at Holy Rosary Church in Fells Point emphasized the virtue of believing without seeing.
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Pope meets head of traditionalist Society of St. Pius X

As discussions continue between Vatican officials and leaders of the traditionalist Society of St. Pius X, Pope Francis met with Bishop Bernard Fellay, head of the society.
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When your child asks about abortion

Dinner is on the stove and I’m setting the table when our second grader walks into the kitchen.He is carrying a postcard he’s pulled out of the pile of mail.“Is this what we were talking about?” he asks, and he points to a picture on the postcard.I glance down and
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Don’t know much geography: identifying U.S. states on shirts and tortilla chips

Our children’s interests and talents lie in so many different areas that I couldn’t begin to guess their future careers.But after the news about the shirts in Walmart that mixed up the shapes of Maryland and Massachusetts, I’m figuring maybe they could consider going into T-shirt design. Just this past weekend we were
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