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By PAUL A. BARRA Just when you think religious tolerance and understanding has eased its way into South Carolina, up jumps a sad example of ignorance that it’s hard to believe. Those of us who […]

By NANCY CZABALA SUMMERVILLE — “We honor every student,” reads the school’s bumper sticker. At Summerville Catholic it is stressed that students do the best that they can, emphasizing that everyone has their own gifts, […]

By NANCY CZABALA COLUMBIA — More than 600 diocesan teachers met in Columbia Feb. 16. They fought heavy rains and traffic coming from all over the state by carpool and bus to gather for the […]

BOOK REVIEW: NEARER MY GOD: AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF FAITH, by William F. Buckley Review by PETER J. MCCORD How to describe Bill Buckley? Author of 39 books. Publisher of The National Review. Novelist. TV host […]

DILLON — McLeod Regional Medical Center in Florence and St. Louis-based SSM Health Care (SSMHC) completed the sale of Saint Eugene Community Hospital in Dillon from SSMHC to McLeod Regional, on Jan. 1. Under the […]

By SISTER PAT KEATING “Is present-day America becoming less sensitive, less caring toward the poor, the weak, the stranger, the needy? It must not! … Both as Americans and as followers of Christ, American Catholics […]

ROCK HILL — Sister Miriam Therese Winter will be the guest speaker for the 18th Annual Cardinal Newman Lecture The Oratory is hosting on Saturday, Feb. 7, in the Pope John Center in Rock Hill. […]

By PAUL A. BARRA CHARLESTON — The Bolchoz name is one that pops up everywhere in the Lowcountry, from Joseph the dentist in Mount Pleasant to Laurence the retired assistant principal at Bishop England High […]

By JULIE DOWNS GREENVILLE — Five bishops from four faiths will come together Jan. 18 to celebrate an ecumenical prayer service acknowledging their common baptism and encouraging racial harmony. The churches of the LARCUM covenant […]

By MARY JO CURTSINGER CHICAGO — On Nov. 3, 1988, Cardinal Joseph Bernardin came to Catholic Theological Union in Chicago to receive something and to ask for something more. What he received was an honorary […]