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The Loyola Blakefield, Towson, Dons traveled to Villanova University on Jan. 27 to test their depth and determination and came home the National Catholic Swimming Champion for the third time in 12 years.

George Weigel’s oft-stated theme regarding jihadism is reflected in the following quote from his piece in the Jan. 17 Catholic Review: “certain tendencies in Islamic self-understanding … can only be successfully overcome by reconnection in the Muslim mind with faith and moral reason.”

One of the best kept secrets in Maryland are the roles that the more than 40 Crisis Pregnancy Centers, Maternity Homes and Adoption Agencies play in assisting women who have chosen to bring the gift of life from God into the world. Regardless of the circumstances that cause an unplanned pregnancy, the sanctity of the life of an innocent child is not diminished.

The Archdiocese of Baltimore is challenging Maryland Catholics to surpass last year’s record-setting fundraising in the annual Archbishop’s Lenten Appeal.

LIMA, Peru – Late last year, a 15-year-old girl was locked up for 24 days with adult men in a police holding cell in Abaetetuba, Brazil, where she was raped repeatedly and burned with cigarettes and lighters.

ROME – As the General Congregation of the Society of Jesus discusses and deliberates the order’s present and future, one of the big questions faced by the 225 Jesuit delegates is how best to respond to the encouragements and concerns of Pope Benedict XVI.

VATICAN CITY – Pope Benedict XVI urged Ukraine’s Eastern-rite Catholic bishops to improve dialogue and work more closely with the nation’s Latin-rite Catholics.