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Pope Francis walks with then-First Vice President Miguel Mario Diaz-Canel Bermudez of Cuba after arriving in Holguin, Cuba, Sept. 21, 2015. New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan is set to meet with Diaz-Canel, who is now president, during a Feb. 7-12, 2020, trip to the island nation, which includes a visit with the cardinal of Havana and other Cuban prelates. (CNS photo/Andres Martinez Casares, Reuters)

Cardinal Dolan to meet with Cuban president, church leaders during visit

Rhina Guidos
February 7, 2020
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New York Cardinal Timothy M. Dolan is set to meet with the president of the Republic of Cuba during a Feb. 7-12 trip to the island nation, which includes a visit with the cardinal of Havana and other Cuban prelates.

Noah Johnson, a parishioner of Our Lady of Perpetual Help in Ellicott City and senior at DeMatha Catholic High School in Hyattsville, won a Madden NFL 20 Challenge in Redwood City, Calif., Feb. 1. (Courtesy EA Sports)

Screen time pays off for product of OLPH School in Ellicott City

Erik Zygmont
February 7, 2020
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Between worship at Our Lady of Perpetual Help, three AP classes at DeMatha, a spot on the Stags’ baseball team, Howard County rec league basketball and entertaining his younger sister, Ava, Noah Johnson found the time to, as he put it, “perfect my craft” and become the youngest-ever winner of Madden NFL 20 Challenge.

Monsignor Lloyd E. Aiken attended Sacred Heart in Glyndon as a child and later become its pastor. (Courtesy the Archdiocese of Baltimore)

Monsignor Aiken, who oversaw transformation of Glyndon parish, dies at 75

Paul McMullen
February 7, 2020
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Monsignor Lloyd E. Aiken, who spent most of his priesthood at Sacred Heart in Glyndon, the parish of his youth, died at Stella Maris Hospice Feb. 5, a year to the day after informing the people he served that he had been diagnosed with stomach cancer.

People wearing face masks are seen at the escalator of a Beijing subway station Jan. 27, 2020, as the country is hit by an outbreak of the new coronavirus.The virus has spread to almost every province in mainland China during Lunar New Year. (CNS photo/Carlos Garcia Rawlins, Reuters)

With the spread of the coronavirus, be on guard against racism

Rita Buettner
February 7, 2020
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As coronavirus spreads around China and starts to reach other parts of the world, we need to be on guard not to let fear of a new disease translate into racist comments and actions against Asian-Americans.

Alice Krige and Sophia Lillis star in a scene from the movie "Gretel & Hansel." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS/Orion Pictures)

Movie Review: ‘Gretel and Hansel’

Kurt Jensen
February 6, 2020
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The film covers the familiar outlines of the old story, with two children negotiating a dark and very foggy forest as they escape a famine-scarred home life in search of food and security.

U.S. President Donald Trump addresses the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington Feb. 6, 2020. (CNS photo/Leah Millis, Reuters)

Among calls for unity, Trump criticizes Democrats at prayer breakfast

Dennis Sadowski
February 6, 2020
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As three members of Congress and a well-known economist called for healing, unity and “love of neighbor” at the National Prayer Breakfast, President Donald Trump broke ranks and criticized Democrats for impeaching him while hailing Republicans who acquitted him.

In this Feb. 21, 1946, file photo, students at St. Augustine School in Washington, led by the Oblate Sisters of Providence, participate in Negro History Week; the precursor to Black History Month, observed each February. (CNS photo/courtesy Oblate Sisters of Providence)

Black history is Catholic history

Shannen Dee Williams
February 6, 2020
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As we mark this 94th annual celebration of black history during February, I encourage all Catholics interested in justice, reconciliation and peace to commit to learning about the central place of black people in the church’s long and complex history.

Mercy Sister Mary Scullion meets with Rep. Dwight Evans, D-Pa., Feb. 4, 2020, prior to President Donald Trump's State of the Union address. Evans invited Sister Scullion, co-founder of Project HOME, which helps the homeless in Philadelphia, as his guest to the president's address in the Capitol. (CNS photo/courtesy Emmanuel Sofolawe)

Sister who works with Philadelphia homeless attends State of the Union

Carol Zimmermann
February 6, 2020
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Mercy Sister Mary Scullion, co-founder and executive director of Project HOME, an organization that helps the homeless in Philadelphia, was one of the many guests who attended the Feb. 4 State of the Union, which she hoped would draw attention to homelessness and inspire federal aid to alleviate it.

Migrants from Central America trying to reach the United States react as police approach them near Frontera Hidalgo, Mexico, Jan. 21, 2020. At least 138 Salvadorans have been murdered after being deported back to country from the United States, according to a report released Feb. 5 from Human Rights Watch. (CNS photo/Andres Martinez Casares, Reuters)

Human Rights Watch says deportees killed after return to El Salvador

David Agren
February 6, 2020
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At least 138 Salvadorans have been murdered after being sent back to their violent Central American country from the United States, according to a report from Human Rights Watch.

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