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By NANCY CZABALA ORANGEBURG — Last weekend saw the opening of a new $500,000 church in Orangeburg, which has come to stand through the support of groups nationwide. Amid the racially instigated church burnings in […]

By PAUL A. BARRA CHARLESTON — Parishes and schools across the Diocese of Charleston are celebrating National Vocations Awareness Week Jan. 11-18. Father Joseph Maher of the Church of the Nativity on James Island was […]

CHARLESTON — Tommy Lavelle was recently honored by the Athletic Department of Bishop England High School during the halftime of their game against Hilton Head Prep. Longtime basketball coach at the school, Lavelle retired last […]

CHARLESTON — The Diocese of Charleston is “deeply distressed” to learn about additional charges against Charles Sullivan, “because that means more children may have been harmed,” said Mary Jeffcoat, director of Communications, in a statement […]

By NANCY CZABALA COLUMBIA — Thousands marched in Columbia this past Saturday to peacefully protest abortion and to remember the 25th anniversary of Roe vs. Wade and Doe vs. Bolton, the Supreme Court decisions that […]

By RANDLE CHRISTIAN Super Bowl Sunday is just around the corner — a time for football, fellowship and feasting in homes across the country. It’s also a day for Christian to remember the poor and […]

By MARY HOOD HART It’s that time of year again. Newsstands are stacked with the magazines promoting weight loss tricks and exercise strategies. More Americans are overweight than ever before, yet a new year makes […]

By TIM BULLARD A North Myrtle Beach doctor who has devoted over five decades of research to a cure for cancer has recently received a prestigious honor from an international Catholic organization. Born in Saranac […]

GREENVILLE — Ninety-five travelers from Greenville recently completed an 11-day pilgrimage to Vatican City, Rome, Florence, Assisi, Pompeii, Naples and Sorrento. Kathy Goben, music minister at St. Mary Magdalene Church in Simpsonville, formed the Carolina […]

By JORDAN MCMORROUGH CHARLESTON — The challenge of ministering to a booming Catholic population with a diminishing number of priests was the focus of a two-day convocation of over 100 clergy from the Diocese of […]