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July 6, 2017

Father Callahan, longest-serving pastor of St. Margaret in Bel Air, dies at 80

“He was a great intramural football player, tough as nails," Deacon Patrick Goles said of Father Callahan. “He was a hard-nosed pastor, too. He knew what he wanted. Do the right thing, and let the chips fall where they may. That’s how he lived.”
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Question Corner: Images of Mary/ Attend daughter’s wedding?

Father Doyle answers questions about images of Mary and attending the wedding of a child who doesn't want to get married in the Catholic Church.
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Convocation delegates return to Baltimore energized for missionary discipleship

Several delegates to a historic July 1-4 gathering of nearly 3,500 Catholic leaders from across the country said they returned to the Archdiocese of Baltimore with a renewed commitment to helping people of every background develop a deeper relationship with Christ.
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Joaquin Navarro-Valls, former Vatican spokesman, dies of cancer

Joaquin Navarro-Valls, who spent 22 years as director of the Vatican press office, died at home in Rome July 5 at age 80 following a battle with pancreatic cancer.
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Movie Review: ‘Spider-Man: Homecoming’

This vibrant comic-book adaptation follows the double life of seemingly ordinary high school student Peter Parker (Tom Holland) as he struggles to keep his extra-curricular crime-fighting activities from his easily worried guardian, Aunt May (Marisa Tomei).
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Pope praises late-Cardinal Meisner’s faithful, fearless dedication

Cardinal Meisner was one of four cardinals who formally asked Pope Francis to clarify his teaching on Communion for the divorced and civilly remarried. The 83-year-old cardinal died unexpectedly in his sleep July 5 while on vacation in southern Germany.
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Former St. Elizabeth of Hungary pastor was humble adventurer

Third Order Regular Franciscan Father Robert T. Sisk, who died June 23 at the St. Francis Friary at Mount Assisi in Loretto, Pa., was remembered as a kind-hearted parish priest whose humble personality contrasted with an adventurous past serving in foreign missions.
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Movie Review: ‘Despicable Me 3’

Director Pierre Coffin's animated comedy "Despicable Me 3" -- the second direct follow-up to the 2010 original -- turns out to be something of a disappointment, falling short when compared to its predecessors.
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