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Father Terry Weik, S.M., counts her among the “most extraordinary” young people he’s ever met.

The Mass Part 4: Presentation of the gifts

Before moving forward let’s review. One week ago, we saw that the church considers the Liturgy of the Word power-packed. What the liturgy’s actions say, the word of God enacts, or as the “Catechism of the Catholic Church says: “The liturgical word and action are inseparable both insofar as they are signs and instruction and insofar as they accomplish what they signify.”

Conference examines Homeland Security’s handling of immigration

WASHINGTON – Five years after the Department of Homeland Security was created as an umbrella agency, its handling of immigration-related situations came in for harsh criticism at an immigration law and policy conference May 20.

Religious leaders support reworked U.S. Senate climate-change bill

WASHINGTON – Christian and Jewish religious leaders May 21 formally threw their support behind a reworked U.S. Senate bill that addresses environmental climate change.

Musicologists find gems in scores found in Bolivian mission churches

CONCEPCION, Bolivia – While the painstakingly restored churches in eastern Bolivia may be the crown jewels of South America’s colonial Jesuit missions, the real gems were found in several decrepit boxes after nearly two centuries of neglect.

Frostburg community rallies in support of St. Michael School

Parents, administrators and other supporters are pulling out all the stops to keep St. Michael School in Frostburg from closing its doors forever.

Bishop Walsh School institutes vocations program

CUMBERLAND – When Archbishop Edwin F. O’Brien visited Bishop Walsh School in Cumberland soon after his Oct. 1 installation, he challenged students and faculty to come up with ways of raising awareness about vocations to the religious life.

Bishop Walsh School institutes vocations program

City officials, clergy work for solutions to crime, social ills

St. Frances Academy, Baltimore, rallies to fight being used as a drop point for the drug trade.

Together, husband and wife get degrees at College of Notre Dame

Andrew Newton was jealous when his mom and dad tried on their graduation caps and gowns.

Retired Sydney bishop doesn’t want fight with U.S. bishops over book

WASHINGTON – A retired Australian bishop who has been asked by several U.S. bishops to cancel his book tour said he stands behind his critique of authoritarian and sexual abuses in the church but does not want a battle.

U.S. born Passionist priest named bishop of Mandeville, Jamaica