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January 11, 2016

Monday, First Week in Ordinary Time

I. Christmas Really Is Over Yesterday we celebrated the Baptism of the Lord and with that, the Church ended the Season of Christmas. So today in churches all around the world, crèches are being taken down and stored away until next year, Christmas trees, now a fire hazard, are being hauled away, and only a...
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Our Back Pages: Unmasking the mysterious Xavier Rynne

Redemptorist Father Francis X. Murphy, the mysterious Vatican insider who used the “Xavier Rynne” pseudonym to publish detailed reports about intrigue at the Second Vatican Council, acknowledged his true identity to readers of the Catholic Review 25 years ago.
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Church’s credibility found in showing mercy, pope says in new book

Being ministers of God's mercy, church members overcome "prejudice and rigidity," taking risks like Jesus did, Pope Francis said.
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2016 General Assembly Preview: Education tax credit back on front burner

Passage of the education tax credit is one of the Maryland Catholic Conference's top priorities in 2016.
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The church as peacemaker

Religion in general and the Catholic Church in particular have a historical reputation for inspiring wars and violence. Critics incessantly cite the Crusades as an example of this bellicose sentiment even though they were not led by the church nor initiated by the church. The Crusades began when the Byzantine
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Father Joseph Mary Marshall, S.M., 61, was former pastoral associate

Father Marshall served at St. Jerome in Baltimore and St. Joseph in Sykesville.
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Picture this: The night I forgot to do my kindergarten homework

Our evening was going beautifully.For dinner I tried a new cream of roasted tomato soup recipe using an immersion blender, and it turned out really well.I was feeling so proud of myself that I decided instead of running to the store to grab some store-bought dessert to contribute to tomorrow’s
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