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R. Kelly, left, and Pete Davidson are seen in this composite photo. Davidson said March 9 during a "Saturday Night Live" skit that supporters of the Catholic Church are like R. Kelly fans, linking the church's global sex abuse crisis to the the R&B singer facing charges of criminal sex abuse of minors. (CNS photo/Kamil Krzaczynski and Danny Moloshok, Reuters)

Catholic officials want apology for ‘disgraceful’ Saturday Night Live skit

Carol Zimmermann
March 13, 2019
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The initial groans from the audience during a “Saturday Night Live” skit when comedian Pete Davidson likened people who “support the Catholic Church” to R. Kelly fans were just a taste of the reaction this skit would receive from some Catholic officials.

Moana Patterson, at left, a teacher at Valley View Elementary in Bountiful, Utah, appears at a March 11, 2019, news conference, where she told reporters she never would have asked her student, William McLeod, to wash off the ashes on his forehead if she had known they were a sacred religious symbol. She is pictured with two members of the Utah Legislature, Republican Rep. Ray Ward and Republican Sen. Todd Weiler, and Tiffany Ivins-Spence, the mother of a student in Patterson's class. (CNS photo/Linda Petersen, Intermountain Catholic)

Teacher apologizes for telling boy to remove cross of ashes on forehead

Catholic News Service
March 13, 2019
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“The diocese is very grateful to the young student who used the situation to educate his teacher about a part of his faith and its importance to him,” a spokeswoman said. “Learning about one another is one way we build community across religious, political, racial, ethnic and other borders.”

Andrew Klein, right, is shown at The John Carroll School’s Genocide Awareness Vigil in April 2018. To his left are Don Goldstein,the son of Sol Goldstein, a Baltimorean who helped liberate the Buchenwald concentration camp, and Louise Géczy, the senior project coordinator at John Carroll. Klein died March 11 in an auto accident. (Courtesy The John Carroll School)

John Carroll School mourns loss of alum who raised awareness of Holocaust

Paul McMullen
March 12, 2019
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The sudden loss of Andrew Klein came as students at his scholastic alma mater were receiving more lessons in empathy for and knowledge of others, thanks to his example and the foundation begun by his family

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School peer ministers, front row, from left: Joy Sanders, Brandylee Hunt, Monica Murguia and Blanca Romero-Delgado; and back row: Lillianna Hoyt, Hernan Torres, Imani Kirk, Aaron Seivers and Brayan Perez. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Foundation continues Pacione’s spirit

Mary K. Tilghman
March 12, 2019
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The Pacione Foundation carries on the legacy of Mark Pacione, an innovator in ministering to young members of the Catholic Church who headed the Archdiocese of Baltimore’s Division of Youth and Young Adult ministry from the mid-1980s until 2009,

People watch a tractor excavate Ethiopian Airlines Flight ET 302 plane crash March 10, 2019, near Bishoftu, Ethiopia. The crash killed 157 people from 35 countries. Among the dead were Georgetown University law student Cedric Asiavugwa and four Catholic Relief Services staffers: Getnet Alemayehu, Mulusew Alemu, Sintayehu Aymeku and Sara Chalachew. (CNS photo/Maheder Haileselassie, Reuters)

Four CRS staffers, humanitarian workers aboard Ethiopian jet that crashed

Dennis Sadowski
March 11, 2019
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“I was saddened to learn of the deaths of four employees of Catholic Relief Services who were among the 157 people killed in Sunday’s tragic plane crash in Ethiopia,” Archbishop Lori said. “They devoted their lives to the service of others. May God embrace all who lost their lives and may God give consolation to those who mourn them.”

Archbishop Announces Completion of Preliminary Investigation of Allegations Against Bishop Michael Bransfield, Imposes Ministerial Restrictions on Bishop Bransfield and Former Baltimore Auxiliary Bishop Gordon Bennett, S.J.

Archdiocese of Baltimore
March 11, 2019

For Immediate Release Monday, March 11, 2019 On September 13, 2018, the Holy See announced the retirement of Michael J. Bransfield as Bishop of the Diocese of Wheeling-Charleston in West Virginia and appointed Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori as Apostolic Administrator of Wheeling-Charleston, with a mandate to conduct a preliminary investigation into allegations of sexual […]

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