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WASHINGTON – Jesuit-run Fordham University’s law school presented U.S. Supreme Court Justice Stephen G. Breyer with a prestigious ethics prize Oct. 29, despite a protest held outside the event and a call by a national Catholic organization to rescind the honor in light of the judge’s support for legal abortion.

Pope says ‘first being’ created world intentionally

VATICAN CITY – The world did not emerge out of chaos; rather it was created intentionally by “the first being,” Pope Benedict XVI said.

NDP wins with unparalleled pack

Who needs a star or two when you can deliver unparalleled pack running? Notre Dame Preparatory School, Towson, continues to make the point that cross country is a team sport, as the Blazers stuck together, figuratively and literally, to repeat at the Interscholastic Athletic Association of Maryland championships Oct. 29.

Stella Maris walks with families as they face hospice care

When James P. O’Conor Jr. was diagnosed with pancreatic cancer and it became clear that treatment would not be successful, his younger brother took solace in the fact that James was able to spend his final days at Stella Maris.

Catholics can find comfort in death, expert says

During her 30 years as a physician and pediatrician, Dr. Patricia Fosarelli has seen her fair share of death and mourning.

Here’s how to help

When someone you know loses a loved one to death, you want to reach out, but may feel unsure of what to say or do. Here is some advice:

Mid-field adjustment: Soccer star becomes seminarian

Chase Hilgenbrinck was happily living his dream of playing professional soccer for the first-place New England Revolution when he turned the ball over to God.

Are you being called?

So you think you have a vocation to the priesthood? Try these steps to conquer your fear or confusion.

PEOPLE, PLACES, THINGS

For the second time, St. Pius X School, Baltimore, received the School of the Year Award from the Maryland Center for Character Education for the school’s Character Education program. This program promotes values and ideals to help students achieve their fullest potential and future success and to become better Christians and citizens in today’s challenging world.

On Having an Agenda: a Great Blessing

A vast army of senior persons have to decide how to use their time. Our successes in health care have given us years – even decades – beyond the once-ironclad sixty-five, but they haven’t filled the potential void. Our generation once thought we could glide down the sunset slope, making use of the education that had come our way and keeping fairly current, while avoiding like the plague any hint of devotion to the past.

Escaping from slavery: The journey to liberation

Beginning around 1840 and until 1860, the “Underground Railroad” operated to liberate slaves from enslavement in the South to freedom in the North. The conductors of the railroad were former slaves and white abolitionists. The most famous conductor was Harriet Tubman, who escaped from slavery in 1849. After obtaining her freedom, she returned to the South 19 times to rescue 300 other slaves and never losing one.

Prayer helps in dealing with loss