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The only obligation Jerry Frank felt driving downtown to St. Jude Shrine, Baltimore, was an obligation of heart.

With the visit of our Holy Father to this country, we are once again reminded of the “clergy abuse” scandal.

Among the throngs of Catholics who greeted Pope Benedict XVI during his papal visit to the United States were scores of government officials, institutional leaders and other dignities.

The feast of the Ascension of the Lord, a holy day of obligation, will be celebrated May 4 in churches through the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

Dr. Edmund D. Pellegrino, chair of the President’s Council on Bioethics, will deliver an address titled “The Catholic Church and Bioethics: An Historical Overview” April 26 at the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen in Homeland.

I was somewhat disturbed when I read Jim Devereaux’s letter (CR/April 10) in which he almost ridicules peace activists. Since when are peaceful demonstrations frowned upon in the U.S.? Where in the Gospel does Christ say sell your cloak and buy a sword? The Gospel I read says, “Sell your cloak and give to the poor.”