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Villa Julie College faced an identity crisis.

Archbishop Pietro Sambi, Pope Benedict XVI’s representative to the United States, will install Bishop W. Francis Malooly, western vicar, as the ninth bishop of the Diocese of Wilmington during a special Sept. 8 Mass at St. Elizabeth Church in Wilmington. The liturgy will begin at 2 p.m.

The annual Peter’s Pence collection, which enables Pope Benedict XVI to respond with emergency financial assistance to those in need throughout the world, will take place Sept. 6-7 in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. The money helps those who suffer as a result of war, oppression and natural disasters, according to the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops’ Web site.

Scaria Nirappel, father of Father James Nirappel, died Aug. 20 in Kerala, India. He was 76 years old.

For one night, food will be the way to Villa Maria’s heart.

SAN FRANCISCO – Kevin Murphy, vice president for theology and ethics at the St. Joseph Health System, dismissed the notion that his organization was anti-union and responded to criticism coming from some Catholic leaders about the system’s conflict with United Healthcare Workers West, a unit of the Service Employees International Union.

For one night, food will be the way to Villa Maria’s heart.

For one night, food will be the way to Villa Maria’s heart.