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March 17, 2022
7 Surprising Facts About St. Patrick’s Day
History.com
Who was the real St. Patrick? Was that legend about the snakes true? And why did so many St. Patrick’s...
March 16, 2022
Pope Francis to Consecrate Ukraine and Russia to Immaculate Heart of Mary
National Catholic Register
Ukraine’s Latin Rite Catholic bishops asked Pope Francis earlier this month to consecrate Ukraine and Russia to the Immaculate Heart...
March 16, 2022
What adults should know about teen dating violence
Manistee News Advocate
By Scott Fraley, Manistee News Advocate This is an issue that Michol Ludwig knows very well. As an outreach specialist with...
March 16, 2022
Pope Francis on Ukraine: ‘Stop this massacre’
Catholic Review
By Cindy Wooden/Catholic News Service | CNS photo/Paul Haring VATICAN CITY (CNS) — Appealing again for an end to the war...
March 16, 2022
Father James Goode, ‘dean of Black Catholic preachers,’ dies at 81
Crux
By Catholic News Service CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz NEW YORK — Franciscan Father James E. Goode, whose evangelizing work among Black...
March 15, 2022
Fr. James E. Goode Homegoing Funeral Mass
St. Charles Borromeo Harlem Parish
From St. Charles Borromeo Harlem Parish, the Homegoing Funeral Mass can be viewed by clicking here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZgQ7ZKoJOWk The Reverend Father...
March 14, 2022
These women may become the first African-American Catholic saints
CNN
An activist from Baltimore started a letter-writing campaign to Pope Francis in hope that he canonizes the first Black Catholic...
March 14, 2022
Maryland Gov. Hogan declares 2022 the ‘Year of Harriet Tubman’
WTOP News
By Ivy Lyons | ilyons@wtop.com Maryland Governor Larry Hogan has proclaimed the year 2022 for Harriet Tubman, the abolitionist and military scout who helped advance...
March 11, 2022
Pioneering Baltimorean was nation’s first Black woman to receive an officer’s commission in the Air Force
The Catholic Review
By George P. Matysek Jr. | Catholic Review Sandra Williams Ortega was stunned to see two high-ranking ROTC leaders standing on...
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