Commentary: Open enrollment for Medicare benefit closing soon

The holiday season is here. From peppermint lattes and potato latkes, carols to dreidels, there are reminders at every twist and turn.
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Catholic Charities, parishes help fill need in suburbs

Kelly, 37, who lives in Rosedale and has four children, had always taken pride in her self-sufficiency.
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And on Earth … Peace

During the Advent and Christmas seasons, one of the most frequently cited passages from the Bible comes from the Gospel of Luke. As traditionally stated, “Glory to God in the highest, and on earth peace to men of good will.” (Luke 2: 14)
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Do we need an Advent intervention?

It’s Advent again, my friends. This is a time for us to prepare ourselves for the return of Jesus. One might ask, aren’t we to be doing that daily? I agree that we should. We get caught up in everyday living, however, and this takes us away from what we as Catholic Christians should be...
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Love overcomes fear

The great Scripture scholar, the late Father Raymond Brown, also had a sense of humor. He once noted: “Every time an angel shows up in Scripture, the first thing that angel says is: ‘Do not be afraid.’ Maybe angels aren’t quite as lovely as we think they are!”
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New pastors to take the helm

Father Gerard Francik, Pastor of St. Mark, Fallston
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Australian bishops question plan to return ethnic Hazara to Afghanistan

PERTH, Australia – The same day that up to 50 asylum seekers drowned off the coast of Australia, the nation’s Catholic bishops questioned the planned repatriation of more than 300 ethnic Hazara asylum seekers to Afghanistan.
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Our Lady’s message at center of new film

Tim Watkins wants people to know the truth about Our Lady of Guadalupe.
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Legionaries formalize changes in how founder is publicly depicted

ROME – With the authorization of a papal delegate, the Legionaries of Christ have formalized in a new decree a number of reforms regarding the depiction of the order’s founder, the late-Father Marcial Maciel Degollado.
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Our Lady of Guadalupe resonates for Latin Americans

Octavio Colin is a father of nine who recently celebrated his 25th wedding anniversary. The Mexican immigrant believes Our Lady of Guadalupe is the reason he’s alive today to enjoy watching his family blossom.
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Special needs student from Villa Maria dies after accident

A special needs student from Villa Maria School in Timonium died Dec. 10 from injuries sustained Dec. 8 after he became involved in an altercation and jumped from a moving bus. The bus, operated by a company contracted by Baltimore City Schools, was transporting the boy from his Catholic Charities-run school to his home.
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Crane, four others found guilty in Washington state weapons depot protest

WASHINGTON – Five longtime peace activists were found guilty of a series of federal charges stemming from an All Souls’ Day demonstration in 2009 at a U.S. Navy nuclear weapons depot in Bangor, Wash.
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