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While Maryland Catholics are told cardiovascular exercise is good for their body and soul, it’s another sole that can prevent injuries during their fitness regimen.

I have always loved being part of sacramental celebrations. As a priest and a bishop sacramental occasions give me the opportunity to share in the peak personal and religious moments of people lives.

A funeral Mass for Sister Mary Irene Pekar, S.S.N.D., was offered Oct. 23 at the Villa Notre Dame Chapel in Wilton, Conn. Sister Mary Irene died on Oct. 19; she was 89.

Most people’s eyes glaze and they put a protective hand on their wallet when they hear the word fundraiser.

A newly formed consortium of four area Catholic hospitals will meet quarterly to collaborate on palliative and end-of-life care.

VATICAN CITY – A Vatican cardinal beatified Franz Jagerstatter, an Austrian farmer who was beheaded in 1943 after he refused to fight in Hitler’s army.

ROME – Orthodox and Roman Catholics recognize that the bishop of Rome has primacy among all the world’s bishops, although they disagree on the extent to which his leadership translates into a concrete exercise of authority.

DUBLIN, Ireland – Parishioners from three Church of Ireland parishes have joined traditional Anglicans from 12 other countries in requesting that the Catholic Church receive them into full communion.

JERUSALEM – Perhaps in retrospect it was inevitable that Father Patrick Desbois dedicate a part of his life to seeking out the last witnesses to the Nazis’ mass executions of Jews in remote Ukrainian villages.