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Renounce your Catholic faith, his boss said, and convert to Muslim. James Okeny refused, and lost his job as a result.

Respect Life boosted by 40 Days movement

A movement that had a modest start in Texas four years ago is being utilized by the Archdiocese of Baltimore to advance its Respect Life program.

Q&A With Josh Blakesley

Nationally known Christian rock artist Josh Blakesley will perform at the Sept. 28 Immersed in God’s Love event at The John Carroll School in Bel Air. The event will feature an outdoor Mass and a concert with Mr. Blakesley and Jackie Francois. Single tickets are $5 and families pay $20. The event begins at 5:15 p.m.

Shocks to economy raise concern about housing, energy, food prices

WASHINGTON – The financial shocks that have staggered the U.S. economy in September have raised worries about the prices of housing, energy and food as well as retirement income, said a spokesman for a Catholic-run investment services firm.

Nobel winners talk to 3,000 youths about peacemaking in violent world

LOS ANGELES – PeaceJam Foundation likes to prove that young adults do care about what older people think, particularly adult activists who have taken great risks to change oppressive systems.

Pope urges Catholics in secular society to increase prayers, charity

CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy – As reminders of God and the notion of Christian values gradually disappear from public life in even traditionally Catholic countries, people must respond by strengthening their prayer life and increasing their acts of charity, Pope Benedict XVI said.

Site realcatholictv.com disappoints

I read with interest the article (CR, Sept. 11) on the new Internet TV site, realcatholictv.com and clicked on the site with equal interest. Imagine my disappointment when I discovered it to be more of the ‘same old, same old.’

Clear church teaching on prolife issues is needed

Where can we go to get the clear Catholic Church’s teachings and stay properly informed?

Time to regain respect church once commanded

I found it disturbing that the only reference (CR, Sept. 4) to Nancy Pelosi’s erroneous and scandalous comments on when life begins was found in a letter to the editor rather than as an article the week before when several archbishops chided her and corrected her erroneous statements. It appears that the democrat is being protected by the Archdiocese of Baltimore, much the same way the illegal aliens are being protected by the church even though they are clearly breaking the law.

Renovated library blasts Baltimore colleges into information age

John McGinty sat down at a table in the basement of the Loyola/Notre Dame Library Sept. 12 with a soda can in hand and breathed a sigh of relief. He looked around and marveled at his surroundings.

Priest sheds light on Year of St. Paul

Even though scholars believe St. Paul wrote 13 of the 27 books of the New Testament, many Catholics don’t know much about the famous Christian preacher.

Cardinal Gibbons catches Rudy fever