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Quick: What exactly does the Society for the Propagation of the Faith do? If you stuttered for a minute or two, you’re not the only one.

Catholic Charities board member J.P. ‘Blase’ Cooke dies

Longtime board member of Catholic Charities and generous contributor for the Archdiocese of Baltimore Joseph Peter “Blase” Cooke died Oct. 2 at his Glenwood home. The 60-year-old St. Louis, Clarksville, parishioner and married father of three sons had carcinoid cancer.

Sociologist says good news outweighs bad

The Center for Applied Research in the Apostolate honored sociologist James D. Davidson of Purdue University in Indiana and Monsignor Francis J. Maniscalco, former U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops spokesman, for their contributions to church research.

Catholic center works to clean up sports

A Catholic sports association has partnered with a once-scandal-plagued Italian soccer team in an effort to help clean up sports.

Clearing quake debris still the main focus in Peru

PISCO, Peru – Six weeks after an earthquake flattened 80 percent of the adobe brick homes in Pisco, the town on the Pacific coast 140 miles south of Lima, had only recently started to rumble consistently with the more welcome sound of heavy equipment hauling away tons of rubble.

Experts warn of immigration scam

Unscrupulous operators are misleading some immigrants in the United States into false hopes about their chances of being granted legal status in Canada, Detroit-area immigration advisers warned

Recognition of natural law’s ethics promote dignity

The foundation of human rights, democracy, and cooperation among peoples and religions is threatened by a growing assumption that there are no ethical absolutes, Pope Benedict XVI said.

Vatican newspaper’s survival depends on its revival

VATICAN CITY – The recent change at the helm of the Vatican newspaper marks an effort to revive a publication that has gone from glory days to malaise.

Immigration reports have familiar ring

WASHINGTON – A stack of reports helps define some of the human consequences of the gnarled U.S. immigration system.

Parish hosts synagogue’s high holy days services

NORTHBROOK, Ill. – Our Lady of the Brook Church in Northbrook took on a slightly different sound in September, as prayers were sung in Hebrew and the shofar sounded. The parish hosted the Northbrook-based Shir Hadash Reconstructionist Synagogue’s high holy days services in its worship space, after working through archdiocesan channels to get permission.

Cardinal Mahony urges health insurance for all

California faces a tough uphill battle to reform its health care delivery system, but the growing need and the mounting pressure to address the issue may sway the Legislature and the voters to act, said panelists at a recent gathering on health care.

Survey: Americans know Big Mac, not commandments