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The internationally acclaimed Irish dance troupe Riverdance will be among those performing for Pope Francis during his Aug. 25-26 trip to Ireland for World Meeting of Families in Dublin, organizers announced July 19. (CNS photo/Jack-Hartin, courtesy Riverdance)

Riverdance to perform for Pope Francis during World Meeting of Families

Michael Kelly
July 20, 2018
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The internationally acclaimed Irish dance troupe Riverdance will be among those performing for Pope Francis at the August World Meeting of Families in Dublin, organizers said July 19.

Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington, celebrates Mass for the Servants of the Lord and the Virgin of Matara at Holy Comforter-St. Cyprian Catholic Church in Washington Nov. 1. During Mass several of the sisters professed their vows. National Vocations Awareness Week is Nov. 5-11. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

New revelation surfaces about Cardinal McCarrick; editorials take church to task

Mark Pattison
July 20, 2018
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Editorials in national Catholic publications have taken the U.S. Catholic Church to task for its failure to root out all forms of clergy sexual abuse in the light of allegations made by former seminarians against Cardinal Theodore E. McCarrick, retired archbishop of Washington.

Dwayne Johnson and Neve Campbell star in a scene from the movie "Skyscraper." The Catholic News Service classification, A-III -- adults. Motion Picture Association of America rating, PG-13 -- parents strongly cautioned. Some material may be inappropriate for children under 13. (CNS photo/Universal)

Movie Review: ‘Skyscraper’

John Mulderig
July 19, 2018
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Way back in 1958, James Stewart’s character struggled with vertigo in the Alfred Hitchcock movie of the same name. But he had it easy compared to Dwayne Johnson’s ex-U.S. military security expert Will Sawyer in “Skyscraper”

A student fills a school exercise at Joaquin Costa public school in Madrid. Spain's Catholic Church has voiced "deep concern" over plans by the government to curb religious teaching and re-examine past accords with the Vatican. (CNS photo/Javier Lizon, EPA)

Spanish church leaders criticize government plans on religion in schools

Jonathan Luxmoore
July 19, 2018
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Spain’s Catholic Church has voiced “deep concern” over plans by the new government to curb religious teaching and re-examine past accords with the Vatican.

A makeshift memorial sits outside the office where five Annapolis Capital employees were murdered June 28. (Paul McMullen/CR Staff)

Cycle of life, interrupted, for bad and then good

Paul McMullen
July 19, 2018
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It’s been three weeks since a man with a grudge and a rifle shot down the doorway to the Annapolis Capital and murdered five of its employees, among them two colleagues. Every one of those 21 days has been required to process the mysteries of life and what can only be described as survivor’s guilt.

Young people mourn over the casket of Gerald Jose Vasquez, a student at the National Autonomous University of Nicaragua, during his July 15 wake in Managua. Vasquez was one of two students shot and killed by paramilitary forces when they were seeking refuge in Divine Mercy Catholic Church after being forced from the university they had occupied in protest for more than two months. (CNS photo/Oswaldo Rivas, Reuters)

Nicaraguan bishops to pray for exorcism as violence continues

Catholic News Service
July 19, 2018
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Churches and clergy in Nicaragua have come under attack for trying to protect populations protesting authoritarian rule.

Deacon Greg Kandra of the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y., speaks in 2016 at a conference for deacons and their wives at the Basilica of Santa Maria Sopra Minerva in Rome. Deacon Kandra had a successful journalism career and was an observant, Mass-going Catholic, but 9/11 changed his life and put him on the path to the diaconate. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Events of 9/11 put successful broadcast journalist on path to diaconate

Peter Finney Jr.
July 18, 2018
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Deacon Greg Kandra’s blog — www.patheos.com/blogs/deaconsbench — has reached 20 million readers, averaging about 150,000 page views per month since 2007.

Pastoral Musician of the Year, Paulist Father Ricky Manalo, rehearses with a combined choir from the Archdiocese of Baltimore and Washington during the National Association of Pastoral Musicians convention in Baltimore July 12. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Liturgical music inspires people’s imagination, composer says

Christopher Gunty
July 17, 2018
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Music “touches the heart” and brings another dimension to what people might hear in the homily, Father Manalo said.

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