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Communication is what it’s all about for couples attending Catholic Engaged Encounter. Designed to draw couples closer and build stronger relationships, the weekend retreat encourages engaged couples to explore all aspects of married life in an open and honest way.

Internships play vital role in shaping careers

The work world can be a daunting place for recent college graduates.

Loyola adds emphasis on urban education

Its “Year of the City” outreach, during the 2006-07 academic year, was evidence of Loyola College in Maryland’s desire to enhance not just the lives of its students, but of the residents of the jurisdiction, Baltimore City, that has its main campus.

Encyclical breaks new ground on social issues, commentators say

WASHINGTON – Pope Benedict XVI’s new encyclical, “Caritas in Veritate” (“Charity in Truth”), breaks new ground on such topics as microfinancing, intellectual property rights, globalization and the concept of putting one’s wealth at the service of the poor, according to Catholic scholars and church leaders.

U.S. archbishop is part of Legionaries’ visitation that starts July 15

ROME – A Vatican-ordered apostolic visitation of the Legionaries of Christ and their institutions will begin July 15, and the papal delegates carrying out the investigations will include U.S. Archbishop Charles J. Chaput of Denver.

Archbishop O’Brien on the closing of Towson Catholic

Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien issued the following statement on the closing of Towson Catholic High School.

Towson Catholic community struggles with closing

An almost funereal feeling permeated the air of Towson Catholic High School’s parking lot July 7.

G-8 summit faces challenge of reducing poverty during economic crisis

WASHINGTON – As the participants in the Group of Eight summit gathered in L’Aquila, Italy, July 8-10, the economic crisis gripping the world was getting lots of attention.

Late actor Karl Malden remembered for famous portrayal of priest

WASHINGTON – Oscar-winning actor Karl Malden, who famously portrayed Father Pete Barry, a mob-combating Catholic priest in 1954’s “On the Waterfront,” died July 1 in Los Angeles of natural causes. He was 97.

Obamas miss having a church, but worry about causing disruptions

WASHINGTON – After a painful controversy about the sometimes bombastic comments made by the former pastor at their longtime church in Chicago, President Barack Obama said he and his wife, Michelle, were treading carefully in choosing a worship community in Washington.

Towson Catholic High School closes, will not operate in 2009-10

Saying the economy was crippling Towson Catholic High School, Immaculate Conception parish has closed the 87-year-old institution.

In new encyclical, pope calls for sharing earth’s resources equitably