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The Holy Land preservation efforts need funds, and Catholics throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore will be asked to give generously for the cause during the Good Friday second collection March 21.

Neal Kopasek takes the idea of building up the body of Christ quite literally. He would like to see parishioners throughout the archdiocese healthy and fit so they’re ready to carry out whatever work the Lord calls them to do.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI urged members of a recently established Vatican commission “to continue their commitment in favor of the Catholic community in China.”

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI’s upcoming encyclical is titled “Charity in Truth” and covers a wide range of issues related to globalization and social justice, said an Italian report.

Holy Week and Easter, with their powerful story of death and resurrection, are especially poignant this year. In a period of just over a month, three priests of the Archdiocese of Baltimore have died: Father Chris Carney (whom I have already written about), Father Wayne Funk, pastor of St. John the Evangelist in Frederick, and Monsignor Jim Cronin, founding pastor of St. Isaac Jogues in Carney.

When Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien was installed as Baltimore’s 15th spiritual shepherd last October, he highlighted three priorities: promoting vocations, advancing the sanctity of life and building up the city of Baltimore.

A father of three young children in southern Carroll County was hospitalized, and his wife was overwhelmed running to the hospital and caring for their children.