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Pope Francis answers questions from journalists aboard his flight from Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates, to Rome Feb. 5, 2019. Leaders of the three branches of the French religious Community of St. John issued a statement in response to the pope's remarks on the plane that referenced their order being dissolved by Pope Benedict XVI because of sexual abuses. They explained that one group of nuns had been dissolved to form a new community and that the order has enacted strong protections against clerical sexual abuse, including the abuse of nuns by its priests and brothers. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

French order, acknowledging abuse by founder, clarifies pope’s remarks

Cindy Wooden
February 11, 2019
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The leaders of three branches of the French religious Community of St. John insist their order has enacted strong protections against clerical sexual abuse, including the abuse of its nuns by its priests and brothers.

Cardinal Gerhard Muller, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, is pictured before Pope Francis' general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this Nov. 19, 2014, file photo. Cardinal Muller released a "Manifesto of Faith" Feb. 8 in which he affirms basic teachings of the church "in the face of growing confusion about the doctrine of the faith." While the document has been viewed as a correction of Pope Francis' teachings, it does not specifically cite the pope. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Cardinal warns against being silent, in error about Catholic faith

Carol Glatz
February 11, 2019
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To keep silent about the truths of the Catholic faith or to teach the contrary is a form of religious deception that comes from the anti-Christ, said Cardinal Gerhard Muller.

Norma Weber Cetnar Hart, 88, holds Leah Ballor, three months, at Leah’s baptism Jan. 20 at St. Joseph in Sykesville, where she was the newest family member to wear a gown made from Norma’s first Communion dress. (Courtesy Beverly Cetnar Hart)

Sykesville family carries on tradition

Emily Rosenthal Alster
February 9, 2019
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When three-month-old Leah Therese Ballor was baptized at St. Joseph Catholic Community in Sykesville Jan. 20, she continued a family tradition by wearing a gown that has roots with an aunt who was a Daughter of Charity who had served in China in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.  

Ricardo Abarca, Jorge Millan, Miguel Plata, Erick Delgadillo, Ismael Cruz and Gina Rodriguez star in a scene from the movie "Miss Bala." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo/Sony Pictures)

Movie Review: ‘Miss Bala’

John Mulderig
February 8, 2019
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“Miss Bala” (Columbia), director Catherine Hardwicke’s remake of a well-received 2011 Spanish-language film, is meant to be the tale of an ordinary woman discovering her inner toughness when placed in extraordinary circumstances.

U.S. President Donald Trump joins Sens. James Lankford, R-Okla., and Chris Coons, D-Del., in prayer at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington Feb. 7, 2019. (CNS photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters)

Trump defends rights of faith-based adoption agencies at prayer breakfast

Catholic News Service
February 8, 2019
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Touting efforts to protect religious freedom, President Donald Trump told the National Prayer Breakfast that his administration would defend the right of faith-based adoption agencies to place children in families based on firmly held religious beliefs.

Archbishop Lori’s Talk: “Interior and Exterior Freedom”; St. Thomas More University

Archbishop William E. Lori
February 7, 2019
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Over time, I have come to see how easily discussions of religious freedom can start off on the wrong foot. We often wade into controversies over specific threats to religious freedom without sufficiently reflecting on what freedom itself is and on how the exercise of our freedoms are to engage and influence the culture in which we are immersed.

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