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A prayer to celebrate Juneteenth — a light of hope for freedom and justice

June 19, 2020

Black Catholic Ministry, Press Release, Racial Justice

The brutal history of slavery and segregation continues to inflict pain on our society, and Juneteenth offers a light of hope on the fight for freedom and justice.

Statement on the June 18th U.S. Supreme Court Decision on DACA

Archdiocese of Baltimore

June 19, 2020

Local News, News, Press Release

Most Rev. William E. Lori, Archbishop of the Archdiocese of Baltimore, expressed enthusiastic support for the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent decision upholding the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals (DACA) program.

Today: Solemnity of Most Sacred Heart of Jesus

Archdiocese of Baltimore

June 19, 2020

readings, Uncategorized

“Come to me, all you who labor and are burdened, and I will give you rest. Take my yoke upon you and learn from me, for I am meek and humble of heart; and you will find rest for yourselves.”

Introducing…

Rita Buettner

June 18, 2020

Blog, Commentary, Open Window

Our younger son has loved birds for as long as I can remember. And, at some point during this pandemic, he started asking for a pet bird.

The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington July 9, 2018. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

High court rules against Trump administration’s plan to end DACA

Carol Zimmermann

June 18, 2020

Hispanic Ministry, News, World News

In one of the most anticipated cases of the term, the Supreme Court June 18 ruled against efforts by the Trump administration to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA.

Jesuit Father Richard Malloy, director of mission and ministry at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Baltimore, is pictured in Yellowstone National Park in Wyoming in 2016. (CNS photo/Nancy Wiechec)

People call me ‘Father,’ but I don’t have kids

Father Richard G. Malloy, S.J.

June 18, 2020

Commentary, Guest Commentary

The older I get, the more in awe I am of the witness and self-sacrificial love parents have for their children.

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Pandemic means Class of 2020 priests have to wait a little longer to celebrate Mass

Paul McMullen

June 18, 2020

#IamCatholic, Coronavirus, Local News, News, Vocations

The ordination of new priests has been delayed in 2020 because of the coronavirus pandemic.

Retired Pope Benedict XVI is seen in a file photo praying with his brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger in his private chapel at the Vatican. The Vatican announced June 18, 2020, that Pope Benedict XVI, who is 93, traveled to Germany to visit his ailing older brother, who is 96. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)

Retired pope travels to Germany to visit his ailing brother

Cindy Wooden

June 18, 2020

News, Vatican, World News

Retired Pope Benedict XVI, who is 93 years old, traveled to Germany to visit his ailing older brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, who is 96.

Today: Thursday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time

Archdiocese of Baltimore

June 18, 2020

readings, Uncategorized

“Give us this day our daily bread; and forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us; and lead us not into temptation, but deliver us from evil.”

Lessons from an unusual school year

Rita Buettner

June 17, 2020

Blog, Commentary, Open Window

What have we learned over the past three months?

A death-row jail cell is seen at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, in this 2010 file photo. (CNS photo/Jenevieve Robbins, Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice handout via Reuters)

Supreme Court stops Texas execution for inmate’s religious liberty

Carol Zimmermann

June 17, 2020

News, Prison Ministry, Respect Life, World News

The U.S. Supreme Court granted a last-minute stay of execution for Texas death-row inmate Ruben Gutierrez June 16, saying the state prison officials need to reexamine their rule that bans clergy from being with prisoners to the execution chamber.

Catholic composer David Haas is shown in a concert at the Ateneo de Manila University in Quezon City, Philippines, in this 2016 photo. (CNS photo/Titopao, CC BY-SA 4.0)

Catholic composer denies claims of sexual misconduct; publisher cuts ties

Maria Wiering

June 17, 2020

News, World News

Catholic composer David Haas denies allegations of sexual misconduct with adult women that led his music publisher, GIA Publications, to suspend its relationship with him.

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