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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.

Pope Francis hears the confession of a priest March 7, 2019, at Rome's Basilica of St. John Lateran. The pope administered the sacrament to several priests during his annual Lenten meeting with the priests of the Diocese of Rome. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Wake Up: The real danger posed by the California confession bill

Bishop Robert Barron
May 15, 2019
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Catholics should, of course, rise up in strenuous protest against this very aggressive incursion—but so should anyone who cares about the freedom of religion in our society.

A funeral Mass was offered May 4 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg for Sister Jane Marie Otterson, D.C.

Sister Jane Marie Otterson, D.C., served parishes, outreaches in Baltimore Archdiocese

Catholic Review Staff
May 15, 2019
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A funeral Mass was offered May 4 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg for Sister Jane Marie Otterson, D.C., who gave 71 years to her vocation as a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. Sister Jane Marie died April 29, at age 93.

A funeral Mass was offered May 4 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg for Sister Sheila O’Friel, a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul for 65 years.

Sister Sheila O’Friel, D.C., served in Emmitsburg

Catholic Review Staff
May 15, 2019
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A funeral Mass was offered May 4 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg for Sister Sheila O’Friel, a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul for 65 years.

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