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University of Arkansas football player recalled as ‘an amazing soul’

LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Catholic community in Little Rock and Fayetteville joined the rest of the state in mourning the death of University of Arkansas football player Garrett Uekman.

Vatican exhibit displays inspirational elements of Gaudi church

VATICAN CITY – Without leaving the Vatican, visitors exiting St. Peter’s Basilica can gain firsthand exposure to another impressive church, Antoni Gaudi’s La Sagrada Familia.

HHS defends decision on funding trafficking victims program to Congress

WASHINGTON – A U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops program aiding victims of human trafficking was denied funding after its administrators declined to propose alternatives to a government requirement that female victims receive “the full range of legally permissible gynecological and obstetric care,” a Department of Health and Human Services official told a congressional committee.

Feast of Immaculate Conception Dec. 8

Parishes across the Archdiocese of Baltimore will mark the feast of the Immaculate Conception of the Blessed Virgin Mary with Masses Dec. 8, a holy day of obligation. The feast celebrates that Mary, by special divine favor in anticipation of her role in salvation, was without sin from the moment she was conceived.

CUA president pleased ruling confirms legality of single-sex dorms

WASHINGTON – John Garvey, president of The Catholic University of America, said he was “gratified” by the dismissal of a complaint filed against the university saying its single-sex dorms discriminated against women.

Chinese priest ordained coadjutor with approval of Vatican, government

YIBIN, China – With police officers and dogs monitoring the crowd at St. Mary’s Church, Father Peter Luo Xuegang was ordained coadjutor bishop of Yibin Diocese in southwestern China’s Sichuan province.

Youth ‘Focus’ on Vocations

A study conducted in the 1980s indicated that most priests and religious first seriously thought about ministry around the age of 11 and then again in their junior year of high school. Two years after that study, “Focus 11” was born. First instituted in the Archdiocese of Detroit, the program had two components: one aimed...

Catholic High soph running from competition

If there is one thing that Elizabeth Gonzalez knows that she’s definitely good at, it is running. Running with a passion and a purpose is something that The Catholic High School sophomore started doing in elementary school.

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CRS partners include U of M Medical School leader who is Cathedral parishioner

PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti –On a sweltering October day, a team of leaders from Catholic Relief Services stopped at St. Francois de Sales Hospital here to receive an update on plans to rebuild and transform it into a teaching hospital.

Precautions can make homes safer

If you are a senior in a home with poorly lit stairs, a bathtub without grab bars, or scatter rugs on the floor, be aware that more than more than 35 percent of fall-related hip fractures are fatal.

Care for fellow man: a true Christmas story

I was the youngest of seven children. My father grew up in Frostburg in Western Maryland, and worked in the coal mines. In those days young men either stayed working in the mines or moved north to Pittsburgh. My father was the exception, moving east to Baltimore where he got a job as a purser...