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YANGON, Myanmar – Bishops in Myanmar have called on Catholics to cut down on external celebrations of Advent and Christmas this year and focus on promoting peace and development.

Philanthropist supports Mercy Medical Center

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Mary Catherine Bunting, the granddaughter of the founder of the Noxzema Chemical Co., never had to work.

From a motherhouse to City Hall

The Sisters of the Most Precious Blood in O’Fallon, Missouri, faced an all-too-familiar challenge for religious communities in the early 1990s. While the number of sisters had shrunk dramatically from decades past, the community still maintained an enormous 200,000-square-foot motherhouse with 12 buildings resting on 42 acres of property at St. Mary’s Institute.

Sykesville parish expands seating for daily Mass

Father Terence Weik, S.M., calls it his “wonderful, happy problem.”

Williams, Lee nominated as McDonald’s All-Americans

The Seton Keough High School, Baltimore, Head Coach Jackie Boswell has been looking forward to this basketball season since her seniors were freshmen.

News reports say cardinal was assaulted

LOS ANGELES – Los Angeles Cardinal Roger M. Mahony told archdiocesan priests in October that he was assaulted during the summer by a man who was angry over the church’s sexual abuse scandal, according to reports from priests who attended the annual meeting.

Religious groups, aid agencies offer hope to Nicaragua

MANAGUA, Nicaragua – At Managua’s La Chureca garbage dump in Nicaragua, thousands of vultures swarm through thick, acrid smoke rising out of burning and smoldering mounds of garbage.

Researcher sees continued need for embryonic stem cells

SAN FRANCISCO – Human embryonic stem cells will play a role in stem-cell research for years to come as scientists try to confirm a promising technique that reprograms adult cells to mimic embryonic stem cells, according to the interim chief of California’s state-funded stem-cell research institute.

Repair work completed at St. Vincent de Paul

As the scaffolding comes down around the Baltimore landmark St. Vincent de Paul, parishioners, pedestrians and motorists, as well as the homeless camped in front of the church, will see the cross replaced on the tower of one of the oldest Catholic church buildings in the city.

Portable defibrillators improve survival chances

A heart attack happens fast – and often.

Permanent health-care facility helps immigrants

With the stroke of a pen, uninsured east Baltimore immigrants gained the promise of a permanent health care facility with broader medical services, five days a week.

Father Hurst installed as new head of St. Mary’s