Holy Cross celebrates history, looks to future

John E. “Jack” Vana, 70, attended Holy Cross School in Federal Hill for all eight years, was married at Holy Cross Church 48 years ago and still helps out with parish sour beef and dumpling dinners. Elizabeth Linski was baptized and married at the church, attended school at Holy Cross and worked at the parish...
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Dragon boats take over harbor, fuel Catholic Charities

As the canoe-like boats adorned with dragon heads raced across the water in Hong Kong, Harold A. Smith’s mind drifted back to Baltimore.
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Catholics worldwide reach out to Haiti following devastating storms

VATICAN CITY – Catholic relief agencies and parishes worldwide are responding to the devastation in Haiti, battered by four deadly hurricanes.
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Thousands of sick flock to Lourdes to see pope, pray to Mary

LOURDES, France – From an altar ringed with wheelchairs and stretchers, Pope Benedict XVI encouraged thousands of sick people at Lourdes to seek solace in Mary’s smile and maternal love.
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Quebec cardinal returns Order of Canada medal to protest Morgentaler

STE.-ANNE-DE-BEAUPRE, Quebec – Flanked by the bishops of Quebec, Cardinal Jean-Claude Turcotte of Montreal announced he was handing back his 1996 Order of Canada medal to protest that the same award was given to an abortion physician this summer.
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Franciscan Center has been a blockbuster for 40 years

As Baltimore’s Franciscan Center celebrated its 40th anniversary with a block party, Sept. 10, volunteer Ellen Daniels stood in the hubbub and spoke about how the nonprofit organization was able to help her.
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Rosedale parish, Knights mark, World Day of Prayer for Peace

The Knights of Columbus and members of St. Clement Mary Hofbauer paused at the Rosedale parish on the morning of Sept. 11 to observe the Knights’ World Day of Prayer for Peace.
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Families that eat well together, stay healthy together

Mom and Dad are often the first teachers of their children when it comes to words, letters and numbers. It’s no different when it comes to health.
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Pope says Western efforts to marginalize religion would be disastrous

PARIS – Pope Benedict XVI warned that Western cultural efforts to marginalize religion and believers would bring disaster for humanity and ultimately “play into the hands of fanaticism.”
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Politics in the pulpit: New election wrinkles in the age of YouTube

WASHINGTON – In the first election cycle since YouTube became an Internet phenomenon, a pastor might find that his Sunday sermon is no longer simply a conversation with his flock. The words can travel around the world in a flash.
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Christians from Orissa recount harrowing experiences

CUTTACK, India – Suresh Nayak, a Catholic from Orissa state’s Kandhamal district, cannot overcome the experience of being forced, under the threat of death, to convert to Hinduism.
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Franciscan Center has been a blockbuster for 40 years

As Baltimore’s Franciscan Center celebrated its 40th anniversary with a block party, Sept. 10, volunteer Ellen Daniels stood in the hubbub and spoke about how the nonprofit organization was able to help her.
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