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Gregorian chant offers Catholics elevated liturgy tied to early church

Gregorian chant was standard in the Mass in the 1950s, but fell out of favor after the Second Vatican Council, when the traditional Latin Mass was changed to the dominant language of each country.
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Pope prays for world’s suffering children on Christmas

Standing on the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica on a clear, crisp Christmas day, Pope Francis spoke about the world's children before his blessing.
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CR welcomes staff writers

The Catholic Review welcomed two new staff writers in late 2017, Ricardo “Rico” De Silva and Emily Rosenthal.
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Fire only serves to forge spirit, OLPH outreach of Ellicott City family

After being displaced from a house fire, the Hendersons continue to serve the homeless population of Baltimore.
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Late Father Andrew Apostoli recalled as a ‘light shining in the darkness’

Father Andrew Apostoli, an author and television host on EWTN, was one of eight Capuchin Friars who founded the Franciscan Friars of the Renewal.
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Creche crush: D.C. couple has collection of 500 Nativity scenes

Thanks to their travels throughout the world over the past 40 years, this Catholic couple has collected at least 500 Nativity scenes.
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Baltimore schools’ interfaith partnership spreads ‘kindness to all’

Students from Cardinal Shehan School in Baltimore teamed up with students from Al-Rahmah School, an Islamic school in western Baltimore County, to prepare lunches for those in need Dec. 19. (
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‘The Sultan and the Saint,’ Dec. 26, PBS

Producers of the new docudrama "The Sultan and the Saint" seize the opportunity created by renewed interest in Francis to tell, to their credit, a chapter from his story not as well-known as others.
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Small Miracle: However long they have him, family cherishes its youngest

The D’Orazio family, parishioners of St. Ignatius in Baltimore, see their infant son, Leo, as a gift from God. Leo suffers from a rare condition that is likely to make his earthly life brief.
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Tax bill passes amid concerns about future effects on poor

Republican lawmakers joined President Donald Trump in cheering passage of the most significant overhaul of the federal tax system in three decades even as the chairman of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee called on the president to work with Congress to fix "unacceptable problems" in the law.
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Archbishop Lori provides invocation for Helping Up Mission improvements

According to Mike Rallo, director of spiritual life for the Helping Up Mission, a faith-based institution with an approach that seeks to help the whole person, it houses more than 400 men.
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