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By George P. Matysek Jr.
Nicholas Mangione’s first business enterprise launched in a modest office on North Avenue in Baltimore in 1950. Commercial Contractors Inc. was so strapped for cash that it had to rely on Mangione’s landlord to answer phones, the prominent Baltimore entrepreneur told the Catholic Review in a 2000 interview. And there were many times when Mangione […]
Columns
By Lucia A. Silecchia
Every year, as Advent and Christmas approach, I seem to have the same conversation with one of my students.
Local
Leo Alonso, CEO of Porto Charities, visited the diocesan chancery building Nov. 26 to present a $6,000 contribution on behalf of the nonprofit organization to support special religious education efforts or SPRED.
Parishes
Our Lady of La Vang Mission is a Vietnamese Catholic community named after the apparition of Mary to a group of Catholics at La Vang, Vietnam, who were hiding in the jungles to avoid religious persecution in the late 19th century.
Global
By Walter Sánchez Silva
Paris Archbishop Laurent Ulrich celebrated the first Mass during which the altar of the restored Notre Dame Cathedral was consecrated Dec. 8, following the fire that ravaged the church in April 2019.
Local
Parishioners received a jump start on their holiday shopping with the help of Christmas bazaars across the diocese. Here are just a few recent “shopportunities.”
Global
By Cindy Wooden
VATICAN CITY — "With tears in our eyes, let us raise our prayer for peace," Pope Francis said as he thanked the people of Bethlehem and Palestinian authorities for a Nativity scene to decorate the Vatican audience hall.
Books
Local author Stephen Gabriel has written a new book of advice for retirement living, inspired by counsel St. John Paul II offered seniors late in his papacy.
Pope Francis
By Cindy Wooden
ROME — With the city of Rome presenting a gauntlet of major roadworks and construction projects ahead of the opening of the Holy Year 2025, Pope Francis used the disruptions as an opportunity to encourage people to do some spiritual renovation before the jubilee.
Pope Francis
By Carol Glatz
VATICAN CITY — Christians are called to be more like Mary: generous and loving servants of the Lord, Pope Francis said.
