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VATICAN CITY – German-born Pope Benedict XVI said he still feels “pain for what happened” in his homeland in 1938 when Nazi mobs went on the rampage against Jews, an event that became known as Kristallnacht.

VATICAN CITY – Two Italian nuns, both in their 60s, were kidnapped Nov. 10 in northeastern Kenya near the border with Somalia, the Vatican newspaper reported.

The election of Sen. Barack Obama generated a decidedly mixed response from Catholic leaders throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore.

For nearly 40 years, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development has been helping the poor help themselves.

“Look at that accomplishment. When you face the Lord, that’s the kind of thing you want to talk about.”

WASHINGTON – Nonprofit organizations, often seen as the last bastion separating people from poverty, may find themselves on shakier financial footing because of the current economic upheaval, a panelist suggested during a Nov. 4 forum in Washington sponsored by the Urban Institute.

For nearly 40 years, the Catholic Campaign for Human Development has been helping the poor help themselves.

A newly installed Rodgers Trillium Masterpiece three-manual organ was installed in St. Peter the Apostle, Libertytown, and will be dedicated in a concert Nov. 22 at 7 p.m. After a fire destroyed the original church in June 2004, the custom-made Rodgers digital pipe organ was purchased with parishioner and community donations during a capital campaign.