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Here’s a tease of my review of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows. “In the opening minutes of Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows Part I, it becomes brutally clear this is no longer a children’s story. It has been said that the world has watched Harry Potter and friends grow up before our eyes. I’d […]

Redemptorist Father Theodore M. “Ted” Heyburn, a well-known pastor of several area parishes, died Nov. 12. He was 77.

If you’re heading out to BYCC, make sure you check this video featuring APEX Ministries!

Hello and welcome to Matt Palmer’s Catholic Review blog. Stay tuned for live coverage of the Baltimore Youth Catholic Conference from Ocean City, MD Nov. 19-21!

WASHINGTON – With the U.S. solicitor general arguing in support of Arizona’s school tuition tax credit program, the Supreme Court justices Nov. 3 bounced back and forth between questions about the program’s constitutionality and whether the taxpayers who sued even have the legal standing to challenge it.

Re the latest column by Tony Magliano, “Afghanistan: Longest U.S. War” (CR, Oct. 14), I’m sure many of your faithful Catholic readers object to the constant expressions of anti-American writings put forth by Magliano. His every thought seems to focus on the killing of Afghan civilians by American military. Our involvement in Afghanistan is a terrible cross for our nation, but well meant by an unselfish and democratic country. We need support by all Americans – not the ravings of Magliano against our military. Please find someone from Catholic News Service to express pride in the terribly difficult task at hand for our courageous troops abroad. We all despise war. But support our nation, its military and the actions thereof.