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  By Cindy Wooden| Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — More black smoke poured from the chimney on the roof of the Sistine Chapel at 11:40 a.m. March 13, which seemed to indicate the 115 […]

  By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — Despite the rain, thousands of people filled St. Peter’s Square after dark March 12, the first evening of the conclave, to witness the black […]

CHARLESTON—As the cardinals processed into the Sistine Chapel in Vatican City for the start of the papal conclave on March 12, Bishop Robert E. Guglielmone celebrated Mass almost 5,000 miles away in the Cathedral of […]

By Cindy Wooden | Catholic News Service VATICAN CITY — The 115 cardinals participating in the conclave will know the identity of the new pope before the rest of the world, but their advance knowledge […]

BEAUFORT—A building that has served as a spiritual home for more than 160 years came to life again on Feb. 22 with the blessing of the newly restored historic St. Peter Church on Carteret Street […]

  SUMTER–The Sumter Cursillo Group sponsored a Catholic book give away recently to support local parishes and help encourage parishioner growth. Free books, pamphlets, media and flyers were available after Mass during the first three […]

By Carol Glatz | Catholic News Service CASTEL GANDOLFO, Italy —Pope Benedict XVI, who began his papacy describing himself as a “humble servant in the Lord’s vineyard,” described his retirement as a time of being […]

MYRTLE BEACH—St. Andrew Church was filled with as many stories as there were couples — about 350 of them. A handful were newlyweds, but most had been married for over 55 years, according to Kathy […]