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The only way to ensure that religions contribute to peace rather than violence is to guarantee religious freedom and promote religious education so believers understand that peace and harmony are at the core of every religion, the Vatican’s foreign minister said.

In a whirlwind tour that took him to the westernmost reaches of his new archdiocese, Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien visited 18 parishes and schools in Frederick, Washington, Allegany and Garrett counties Oct. 4-7, the first pastoral visits the prelate has made since his Oct. 1 installation as Baltimore’s 15th archbishop.

Quick: What exactly does the Society for the Propagation of the Faith do? If you stuttered for a minute or two, you’re not the only one.

Longtime board member of Catholic Charities and generous contributor for the Archdiocese of Baltimore Joseph Peter “Blase” Cooke died Oct. 2 at his Glenwood home. The 60-year-old St. Louis, Clarksville, parishioner and married father of three sons had carcinoid cancer.

The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate honored sociologist James D. Davidson of Purdue University in Indiana and Monsignor Francis J. Maniscalco, former U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops spokesman, for their contributions to church research.

A Catholic sports association has partnered with a once-scandal-plagued Italian soccer team in an effort to help clean up sports.

Unscrupulous operators are misleading some immigrants in the United States into false hopes about their chances of being granted legal status in Canada, Detroit-area immigration advisers warned