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Hoping that it doesn’t rain, construction attorney Lou Kozlakowski will exchange his business suit and briefcase April 26 for jeans, T-shirt, work boots and a tool box as he heads off to one of Baltimore City’s lower-income neighborhoods to help a family in need.

Archbishop blesses rosaries students made for troops

Fifteen minutes before he left for the drive to Washington, D.C., to see the pope April 15, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien heard these words: “Gegrüßet seist du, Maria, voll der Gnade, der Herr ist mit dir …”

Pope’s visit to synagogue ‘clear message’ of good will, rabbi says

NEW YORK – Pope Benedict XVI’s April 18 visit to a synagogue during the New York leg of his U.S. visit is a “clear message of good will to the Jewish community,” said the rabbi hosting the pope.

U.S. bishops give pope check for $870,000

WASHINGTON – U.S. bishops presented Pope Benedict XVI with a birthday gift from Catholics across the country – a check for $870,000 to support his charitable works.

Iowa Trappists expand casket factory due to increased demand

PEOSTA, Iowa – For the craftsmen and artisans at New Melleray Abbey in Peosta, a relatively new ministry has expanded into a new state-of-the-art, 40,000-square-foot factory, almost five times larger than their previous facility.

Baltimore Catholic lawyer takes hands-on approach to volunteering

St. Mary filmmaker wins prize, thanks to ‘God’s guidance.’

It’s been quite a ride, possibly a supernatural one, for Christopher Strackbein, the former youth and young adult minister at St. Mary, Annapolis, who never dreamed he’d make it into the filmmaking winner’s circle.

Archbishop discusses peace-building, maintaining peace in Burundi

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Archbishop Evariste Ngoyagoye of Bujumbura, Burundi, came to the Conference on the Future of Catholic Peace-building with a story of Catholic engagement that brought about peace in Burundi. He left with a renewed sense of the vigilance necessary to maintain peace and justice in his country.

Chilean specialist talks about his country’s transition to peace

NOTRE DAME, Ind. – Participants at the Conference on the Future of Catholic Peace-building who are in the throes of violence and conflict at home could get a hopeful glance at a possible peaceful future from Eduardo Rojas of Santiago, Chile.

Pope names Slovakian cardinal as envoy to eucharistic congress

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI has named Slovakian Cardinal Josef Tomko to be his representative at the International Eucharistic Congress in Quebec City.

Pope thrills Massgoers at Washington ballpark

WASHINGTON, D.C. – The instant the slow-rolling white popemobile made its entrance into Nationals Park April 17, a wave of applause rippled through the packed stadium – easily rivaling any ovation a hometown slugger might receive.

St. Mary filmmaker wins prize, thanks to ‘God’s guidance.’