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ASSISI, Italy – Assisi – the birthplace of St. Francis, saint of the poor – has instituted a ban on begging.

Sister Carol Wheeler R.S.M.

Mercy’s president of 31 years has much to celebrate

She has been the president and principal of Baltimore’s Mercy High School for 31 years, and may have held such a position longer than anyone else in Catholic secondary education. But, Sister Carol Wheeler, R.S.M., somehow retains the creative energy, freshness and vision she had when she came to the newly opened Mercy as a teacher in 1961 and when she became principal in 1977.

Resurrection parishioner guided by faith, life experience

Speak with Lynn Cassella-Kapusinski for just moments and you’ll immediately understand why the Church of the Resurrection, Ellicott City, parishioner has achieved such success with her foundation dedicated to supporting young people with separated or divorced parents.

Dignity, not utility, must govern bioethics, law students told

STANFORD, Calif. – Human dignity rises above all other considerations in biomedical research and health care and must govern ethical decisions in the lab and at the bedside, Dr. Edmund Dr. Pellegrino, the chairman of the President’s Council on Bioethics, told Stanford University law students April 9.

States take up immigration bills as Congress stays on sidelines

WASHINGTON – States have considered more than 1,100 bills that deal with aspects of immigration this year, while a member of the Congressional Hispanic Caucus April 23 called the Democratic leadership “spineless” for not taking up comprehensive immigration reform.

Three Chicago siblings serve their country as another waits in wings

CHICAGO – Elvira Sosa never saw herself as a military mother. No one in her family, or her husband Pedro’s family, had ever served in uniform.

The Sacred Heart School, Glyndon, holds Latina fiesta

On April 18, The Sacred Heart School gym and West Room in Glyndon were alive with song, dance, and food. More than two hundred people attended the school’s first Fiesta Latina, which included folk dances by student groups and a Parade of Nations. Students from kindergarten and sixth, seventh and eighth grades dressed in costumes of the countries of South and Central America and the Caribbean.

Papal Mass an ‘amazing’ experience for youths

Laura Vesely remembers her parents’ excitement about attending the papal Mass when Pope John Paul II visited Baltimore in 1995. It didn’t seem fair that she was left behind to watch it on television. But, then again, she was only in elementary school at the time.

Expanded role for lay ministers emerges as summit topic

ORLANDO, Fla. – An expanded role for professional lay ministers is high on the list of possible models for pastoral leadership that emerged from an unprecedented gathering in Orlando of 1,200 Catholics – clergy, religious and laity – preparing for the future of a changing church.

University’s new prize goes to entrepreneur who helps relief groups

SAN FRANCISCO – Lynn C. Fritz, a San Francisco entrepreneur with a mission to help aid agencies speed relief to the neediest victims of natural disasters, is the recipient of the first California Prize for Service and the Common Good established by the University of San Francisco.

Religious order finds renewed life in the desert

PHOENIX – When Blessed Theodore de Celles founded the Canons Regular of the Order of the Holy Cross in 1210, Christendom looked a bit different than it does today.

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