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A statue of Mary is seen outside St. James Church in Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, in this Feb. 27, 2011, file photo. Pope Francis has decided to allow parishes and dioceses to organize official pilgrimages to Medjugorje; no decision has been made on the authenticity of the apparitions. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Not ruling on apparitions, pope allows pilgrimages to Medjugorje

Cindy Wooden
May 13, 2019
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Parishes and dioceses are now allowed to organize official pilgrimages to Medjugorje, Bosnia-Herzegovina, but it must be clear that the Catholic Church has not recognized as authentic the alleged Marian apparitions there.

The Basilica of St. Francis with its bell tower is pictured through corn in Assisi, Italy, Sept. 6, 2011. Pope Francis has invited young economists and entrepreneurs to take part in an initiative to be launched in Assisi March 26-28, 2020. The initiative seeks to find new ways to do business, promote human dignity and protect the environment. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope invites young people to pledge to build a new economy

Carol Glatz
May 13, 2019
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Pope Francis has invited young economists and entrepreneurs around the world to help create a “new and courageous culture” that finds new ways to do business, promote human dignity and protect the environment.

Sister Carmen Sammut, superior general of the Missionary Sisters of Our Lady of Africa and the outgoing president of the International Union of Superiors General, gives her address alongside Pope Francis during a meeting of the organization at the Vatican May 10, 2019, at the Vatican. Sister Carmen and other members were in Rome for the plenary assembly of the International Union of Superiors General, which represents more than 450,000 women religious in more than 100 countries. (CNS photo/Vatican Media via Reuters)

Pope discusses deaconesses, need for nuns to be servants not ‘maids’

Carol Glatz
May 12, 2019
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Pope Francis told the heads of women’s religious orders from around the world they need to send sisters on assignments that truly serve the church and those in need, and not agree to requests for “maids.”

Archdiocesan leaders respond to pope’s reforms on accountability

Christopher Gunty
May 9, 2019
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Baltimore Archbishop William E. Lori welcomed Pope Francis’ May 9 document clarifying and revising norms and procedures for holding bishops and religious superiors accountable in protecting minors as well as in protecting members of religious orders and seminarians from abuse.
“I welcome his motu proprio, ‘Vos Estis Lux Mundi’(‘You Are the Light of the World’), which creates new church law establishing uniform and universal requirements for allegations of child sexual abuse, as well as for those who abuse their authority, including bishops,” Archbishop Lori said.

Mary Gregorini, a judge for the 2019 Archdiocese of Baltimore Department of Catholic Schools Spelling Bee at Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Ellicott City May 8 presents first-place winner and Trinity School sixth grader, Sonya Heffernan, with the antenna headband she wore during the competition as a parting gift. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Baltimore Archdiocese spelling bee has middle-schoolers abuzz

Mary K. Tilghman
May 9, 2019
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The competition brought 38 middle school-age students from across the archdiocese – all winners of separate spelling bees at their respective schools – to Our Lady of Perpetual Help School in Ellicott City.

Nicholas Hoult and Lily Collins star in a scene from the movie "Tolkien." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo/Fox Searchlight)

Movie Review: ‘Tolkien’

John Mulderig
May 9, 2019
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By turns lyrical and moving, “Tolkien” (Fox Searchlight) is a sophisticated profile of the future novelist’s youth that succeeds on a number of levels.

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