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

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
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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.

Jorge Tabug Jr., a 3rd Officer on the Atlantic Star, a container ship flying under the flag of the United Kingdom, gives a thumbs-up to supplies delivered May 12 by Andy Middleton, right, director of the Apostleship of the Sea in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. (Courtesy Andy Middleton)

Virus hits home for Apostleship of the Sea

Lisa Harlow
June 17, 2020
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“The pandemic has given me a better perspective on the life of seafarers,” Middleton said.

“I can’t stop,” said Rosina Cascio, a parishioner and receptionist at St. Ignatius Hickory Church in Forest Hill, who will celebrate her 100th birthday June 27. She was photographed May 10. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Hickory centenarian ‘loves’ her job

Peter Schlehr
June 17, 2020
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Like millions out of work and stuck at home by the coronavirus pandemic, Rosina Cascio looks forward to the green light that would signal the return to her job in the St. Ignatius Hickory parish office.

Pope Francis speaks during his weekly general audience in the library of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican June 17, 2020. During the audience, the pope said that true believers do not condemn people for their sins or shortcomings but intercede on their behalf with God through prayer. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Christians called to intercede for, not condemn, others, pope says

Junno Arocho Esteves
June 17, 2020
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True believers do not condemn people for their sins or shortcomings but intercede on their behalf with God through prayer, Pope Francis said.

A nurse listens to the heartbeat of an unidentified woman at St. Joseph's Hospital and Medical Center in Phoenix. (CNS photo/J.D. Long-Garcia, The Catholic Sun)

HHS rule helps ‘restore rights of health care providers,’ say bishops

Julie Asher
June 16, 2020
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The chairmen of three U.S. bishops’ committees welcomed a final rule implemented by the Trump administration June 12 to restore “the long-standing position of the federal government that discrimination on the basis of ‘sex’ means just that and does not refer to ‘termination of pregnancy’ nor ‘gender identity.'”

Pastoral letters on racism

Archdiocese of Baltimore
June 16, 2020

Archbishop William E. Lori’s pastoral letters on racism The Journey to Racial Justice: Repentance, Healing and Action January 2019 Read the letter here in English. Read the letter here in Spanish. The Enduring Power of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s Principles of Nonviolence February 2018 Read the letter here in English. Read the letter here […]

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