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Cardinal Konrad Krajewski, the papal almoner, gives candy to children as he visits the Hope and Peace Center for refugees near the Moria refugee camp on the Greek island of Lesbos May 8, 2019. Cardinal Krajewski has offered to pay the electricity bill after apparently reconnecting shut-off electricity at a building housing migrants in Rome. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Cardinal ‘Fix It’: Almoner’s job is to model direct charity

Cindy Wooden
May 17, 2019
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The office of papal almoner has existed since early in the 13th century. While the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development and Caritas Internationalis, along with its national partners, are responsible for large-scale development, relief and advocacy projects, the almoner’s office is focused on person-to-person charity.

Actor Tim Conway poses with actress Carol Burnett Nov. 6, 2002, at the Academy of Television Arts & Sciences' 15th annual Hall of Fame ceremony in Beverly Hills, Calif. Conway, a Catholic, who won four Emmy Awards on the "Carol Burnett Show," died May 14, 2019, at age 85. He also starred in "McHale's Navy" and later voiced the role of Barnacle Boy for "Spongebob Squarepants." (CNS photo/Fred Prouser, Reuters)

Laughter Tim Conway ‘gave world will never be replaced,’ says daughter

Catholic News Service
May 17, 2019
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Tim Conway, who died May 14 in Los Angeles at age 85, was probably best known for his 11 seasons on TV’s “The Carol Burnett Show,” where he delighted viewers with outlandish sketch comedy and physical humor.

U.S. and California flags fly in front of the dome of the California Capitol in Sacramento May 9, 2019. California state Democratic Sen. Jerry Hill has introduced legislation that would require priests in the state to report to authorities information related to child sexual abuse learned in confession. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth)

California ‘confession bill’ viewed as violation of religious liberty

Pablo Kay
May 16, 2019
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A bill making its way through the California Legislature would make the state the first since 1999 to require priests to choose between violating the law or violating the seal of the confessional.

This image is part of the new documentary "Hesburgh," about Holy Cross Father Theodore Hesburgh, the priest who led the University of Notre Dame for 35 years. Director Patrick Creadon and his crew spent two and a half years making "Hesburgh," which opened May 3 in 35 U.S. cities. (CNS photo/courtesy OCP Media)

Movie Review: ‘Hesburgh’

John Mulderig
May 16, 2019
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In the documentary “Hesburgh,” filmmaker Patrick Creadon provides an informative, though wholly uncritical, biography chronicling many of his globetrotting subject’s varied endeavors and accomplishments.

Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo of Ouagadougou, president of the Burkina Faso bishops' conference, is pictured at the Vatican Feb. 22, 2014. Cardinal Ouedraogo and other church leaders in Burkina Faso have appealed for unity and solidarity after two attacks on Catholics within two days. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Two attacks in two days leave 10 Catholics dead in Burkina Faso

Catholic News Service
May 16, 2019
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Catholic leaders in Burkina Faso appealed for unity and solidarity after two attacks on Catholics in two days left nine laypeople and a priest dead.

Pro-life advocates gather near the U.S. Supreme Court during the annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 19, 2018. By passing a bill to ban abortion in nearly all circumstances, the Alabama Legislature has recognized that abortion is "the extinguishing of a unique human life," said the president and CEO of Americans United for Life. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Pro-life leaders applaud passage of abortion bill in Alabama

Catholic News Service
May 15, 2019
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By passing a bill to ban abortion in nearly all circumstances, the Alabama Legislature has recognized that abortion is “the extinguishing of a unique human life,” said the president and CEO of Americans United for Life.

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