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Local children’s author tackles St. Patrick in new book

You can’t ask for a better adventure story than the life of St. Patrick.
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School news: A physicist, Dr. Seuss and award recipients

Schools featured include Calvert Hall, Archbishop Spalding, Resurrection-St. Paul, St. Mark and Trinity School.
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‘Francis factor’ has power to evangelize

One of the nice things lately about being a Catholic, especially one who is obviously Catholic (such as editor of a Catholic newspaper) is the number of people who remark, “I like your pope.”
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Biggest downside of being pontiff is the paperwork, Pope Francis says

The thing Pope Francis dislikes most about his job as pontiff is the paperwork, he told residents of an Argentine slum in which he used to minister.
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Pope says it’s important to keep hope alive, have a sense of humor

At the end of his Lenten retreat, Pope Francis said he and his closest collaborators at the Vatican "want to follow Jesus more closely.
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Catching Fire and revolutions (spoilers)

Today was a very anticipated day for fans of "The Hunger Games." It was release day for the second film in "The Hunger Games" movie series, "Catching Fire." As you may remember from last year, many of bloggers, including myself, took on the subject of the violence portrayed in the
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Seton Keough fundraiser honors principal

Seton Keough dedicated its seventh annual Kathleen Bowen Walk for Hope March 12 to principal Angela Calamari, who is currently undergoing radiation for breast cancer
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Loyola U president reflects on the Pope Francis factor

Jesuit Father Brian Linnane shares his interest in the pope in this Q and A.
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Part III: Engaging in the work of evangelization

This week marks the one-year anniversary of the election of Pope Francis. Not surprisingly, recent polls have shown what we all have come to know about our new Holy Father: Pope Francis has caught the attention of American Catholics.
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Timeline: Pope Francis’ eventful first year

See a timeline and photos of Pope Francis' eventful first year.
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St. Pat’s Pop Quiz

How much do you know about the Saint of Ireland, whose feast is March 17?
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A lucky 17 life lessons from The Quiet Man

My mother is 100 percent Irish, so I grew up with soda bread baking in the oven, “Toora Loora Loora” at bedtime, and a series of green cars my father drove to hand out programs at the St. Patrick’s Day parade.Yet somehow I never knew about The Quiet Man until
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