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Washington Auxiliary Bishop Roy E. Campbell Jr. blesses the cemetery at Sacred Heart Catholic Church in Bowie, Md. Nov. 15, 2025.

Washington Archdiocese’s project honors those enslaved by Catholic Church in Maryland

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Pope returns Indigenous artifacts from Vatican Museums to Canada

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Don Cheadle stars in a scene from the movie "Hotel Rwanda." The USCCB Office for Film & Broadcasting classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents are strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo from United Artists) (Oct. 19, 2009) See MEDIA NOTEBOOK Oct. 19, 2009.

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What to Do When There’s Nothing You Can Do

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Living Hope 

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Ronald Rolheiser, OMI

A Spirituality of Aging and Letting Go
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Richard B. Patterson, PhD

Becoming Wounded Healers
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Maureen O'Brien

Listening, Following, Re-Discovering, Healing
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Elizabeth Bookser Barkley, PhD

The Legacies of Helen Prejean and Religious Sisters

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Dilexi te’s Urgent Plea: Risk the Poor or Lose Jesus

Patricia Breen McNeil

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What Is Mine to Do? 

Daniel Imwalle

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Sister Norma Pimentel’s Mission 

Richard Rohr, OFM

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