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December 23, 2019

Christmas-themed dinner at Baltimore’s Franciscan Center includes help from school presidents

The north Baltimore outreach wants to expand its network of volunteers to include more Catholic high schools.
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Father John Bauer, C.SS.R, served as chaplain to soldiers in Vietnam, Orioles

The priest, a son of Highlandtown, died Dec. 20 at age 92 after a fulfilling ministry that included serving the rural poor, soldiers in battle and professional athletes.
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Before Christmas, Pope Francis meets with children, talks about St. Joseph

When a group of children sang a belated "Happy Birthday" to Pope Francis and gave him a big cake, he needed to think twice before not eating some of it before lunch.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: 4th Sunday of Advent; Sacred Heart of Mary

When our faith, our hope, our love – and our joy – are palpable, visible, real – then the questions from those who doubt or have turned away will come to us, and then we will be able to share the reasons of our hope – the hope that springs up afresh each year, on...
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Movie Review: ‘The Irishman’

More of a character study than shoot-'em-up, the film is problematic for viewers of faith in its presentation of three very bad men devoid of conscience.
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Christmas past resonates for oldest pastor

This year will mark Monsignor Burke's 40th Christmas at St. Francis of Assisi in Baltimore. He’ll celebrate the 5 p.m. Mass on Christmas Eve, and the 11:30 a.m. Mass on Christmas Day.
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Advent: It’s not over ’til it’s over

We’ve made it this far. Ready or not, Christmas is coming. But this last little stretch offers a sliver of time.
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