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Members of the Our Lady of the Spring Devotee Association celebrate in 2013 the 60th anniversary of the supposed apparitions of Mary in Sabana Grande, Puerto Rico in 1953. A recent bishops' commission says supposed Marian apparitions of Our Lady of America said to have taken place more than six decades ago are not recognized by the Catholic Church and are not appropriate for public devotion. (CNS photo/Wallice J. de la Vega)

Bishops say Our Lady of America apparitions were not supernatural

Greg Erlandson
May 7, 2020
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Bishop Kevin C. Rhoades of Fort Wayne-South Bend, Indiana, and five other bishops have concluded that alleged apparitions of Our Lady of America — said to have taken place more than six decades ago — were not of supernatural origin.

Protesters hold a banner and placards as they demonstrate against a euthanasia law in Brussels in this file photo. The Vatican has stripped 15 Belgian homes for psychiatric patients of their Catholic status because euthanasia was permitted on their premises. (CNS photo/Laurent Dubrule, Reuters)

Belgium’s Brothers of Charity cut ties to their homes over euthanasia

Simon Caldwell
May 7, 2020
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Belgium’s Brothers of Charity have cut ties with their 15 homes for psychiatric patients after the Vatican stripped the institutions of their Catholic status because euthanasia was permitted on their premises.

A teacher at Holy Name of Jesus Catholic School in Henderson, Ky., helps third-grade students with a reading lesson in this 2018 file photo. U.S. Catholic schools are moving to avert fiscal disaster amid the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

U.S. Catholic schools move to avert fiscal disaster amid pandemic

Tom Tracy
May 7, 2020
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Catholic schools in the U.S. are busy trying to avert fiscal calamity by turning to government emergency support, online appeals and campus virtual tours to prop up next year’s enrollment.

The Immaculate Heart of Mary concert series is celebrating 10 years. (Courtesy Immaculate Heart of Mary)

Immaculate Heart music series to celebrate 10th anniversary with online concert

Tim Swift
May 6, 2020
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The coronavirus may have cut the season short for the Church of the Immaculate Heart of Mary’s annual concert program, but the pandemic won’t stop parishioners from celebrating the 10th anniversary of the beloved Towson music series this Mother’s Day.

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