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Here’s a story for the ‘strange but true’ file.  Rep. Michele Bachmann once claimed that an ex-nun was involved in holding Bachmann against her will.  From The Daily Beast: In April 2005, Pamela Arnold wanted to talk to her state senator, Michele Bachmann, who was then running for Congress. A 46-year-old who worked at the […]

CHRISTCHURCH, New Zealand – The Cathedral of the Blessed Sacrament – already closed since last September’s major earthquake – suffered further damage in the June 13 quakes that hit Christchurch.

Otis Rolley unveils an education voucher proposal June 13 in Baltimore. (CR/George P. Matysek Jr.) Otis Rolley is trying to shake things up in his bid to succeed Stephanie Rawlings-Blake as the next mayor of Baltimore. During a June 13 press conference outside public school headquarters on North Avenue, Rolley said he wanted to close […]

The column “Vengeance is not justice for bin Laden,” by Jesuit Father William J. Byron (CR, June 2) should have defined justice and vengeance to distinguish the difference.

Nicholas DiGregory, a senior in the Mother of Divine Grace Homeschool program and a parishioner of St. Peter the Apostle in Libertytown, has been awarded the Father Michael Scanlan Scholarship, a full four-year scholarship, from Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Nicholas DiGregory, a senior in the Mother of Divine Grace Homeschool program and a parishioner of St. Peter the Apostle in Libertytown, has been awarded the Father Michael Scanlan Scholarship, a full four-year scholarship, from Franciscan University of Steubenville.

Remember the old Bob Hope USO shows? If not, then you’re young. Back in the day, Bob Hope was a world-famous actor/comedian who also dedicated his time to entertaining the armed forces. Well, Loyola Blakefield put their own spin on it with a five-day tour that spanned a couple of cities in early June. The […]

It’s an understatement to say that the people of Poland – and especially the people of Blessed Pope John Paul II’s hometown of Wadowice – love their Polish pope.  Check out this video report on how the late pope’s home parish expresses that love. [youtube=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MadNhgq1D30]

For many of the 26 people who joined Bishop Mitchell T. Rozanski on a recent pilgrimage to the Czech Republic, Hungary and Poland, the spiritual highlight was praying in the presence of the famous icon known as Our Lady of Czechtochowa. The pilgrims had the honor of sitting only a few feet away from the “Black […]