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Mount St. Joseph takes top seed into 45th annual BCL tournament

St. Frances Academy senior Daquan Bracey and John Carroll sophomore Immanuel Quickley were honored as the top players.
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St. Frances Academy receives $500,000 gift

St. Frances Academy in Baltimore recently received a $500,000 gift from the Paul DeMatteo Charitable Fund.
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Letter to my son, who wants to be a police officer

Dear Son,When you turned six last summer, you got a police officer’s uniform and wore it everywhere. You told me you want to be a real police officer when you grow up so that you can catch bad guys. But, I didn’t want you to spend your days experiencing
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Creating a picture for God

When you’re 6, sitting still during Mass is so hard.At Sunday Mass our little boy was looking every which way, smiling at the people behind us, dropping things on the floor, wiggling and wriggling and craning his neck to see everything he could—in every direction.“There’s a baby crying, Mama. Way
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Physician-assisted suicide sees first major public debate of 2016

Two House of Delegates committees heard testimony on both sides of the assisted suicide debate Feb. 19.
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Synergy bolsters Catholic universities, K-12 schools in Baltimore archdiocese

A pleasant surprise for parents sending their children to Catholic schools with eyes toward a quality college education: Their children are already benefitting from Catholic universities in the Archdiocese of Baltimore.
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Being human: Pope Francis delights many, frustrates some

The pope is human. Pope Francis demonstrated that in Mexico, as he does wherever he goes, and most people find it attractive most of the time.
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Sister Mary Lina Litvik, S.S.N.D., managed Villa Assumpta

Sister Mary Lina Litvik of the School Sisters of Notre Dame died Jan. 23 at the age of 98.
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Appeals court rules against EWTN, other Catholic entities on mandate

In a 2-1 decision, a three-judge panel of the 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta upheld the HHS mandate that is part of the federal health care law.
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‘No more death, no more exploitation,’ pope says at U.S.-Mexico border

Speaking from the symbolic platform of the U.S.-Mexico border, Pope Francis pleaded for the plight of immigrants.
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Building walls to keep immigrants out is not Christian, pope says

On the plane carrying him back to Rome from Mexico, Pope Francis insisted building walls to keep immigrants out of one’s country is un-Christian.
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In Zika outbreak, contraceptives may be ‘lesser evil,’ pope says

With physicians across Central and South American urging women to postpone pregnancy because of the Zika virus that causes birth defects, Pope Francis said using contraceptives could be a “lesser evil.”
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