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New Cardinal Luis Ladaria, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, receives his red biretta from Pope Francis during a consistory to create 14 new cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican June 28. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Credible leadership serves others, pope tells cardinals at consistory

Carol Glatz
June 28, 2018
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Defending the weak or hopeless and becoming a servant to those most in need is the best promotion one can ever receive, Pope Francis told new and old cardinals.

John Travolta stars in a scene from the movie "Gotti." The Catholic News Service classification is A-III -- adults. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is R -- restricted. Under 17 requires accompanying parent or adult guardian. (CNS photo/Vertical Entertainment)

Movie Review: ‘Gotti’

Kurt Jensen
June 28, 2018
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Aficionados of stilted dialogue in low-budget crime sagas will likely find much to savor in “Gotti” (Vertical Entertainment).

Mark Janus addresses the media outside of the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington Feb. 26. Janus, an Illinois state employee, sued over the union at his workplace making him pay fair-share fees as a nonunion member. He said it was unconstitutional and the high court in a ruling June 27 sided with him in the case, Janus v. AFSCME. (CNS photo/Leah Millis, Reuters)

High court rules against unions in dues case; USCCB had backed labor

Mark Pattison
June 28, 2018
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By a 5-4 majority, the Supreme Court declared June 27 that one of its rulings from 1977 was “wrongly decided” and overruled it, in a case on whether public-sector unions could continue to make nonmembers pay fair-share fees not related to the unions’ lobbying and political efforts.

Faith leaders and several hundred supporters march next to a fence after entering the Otay Mesa Detention Center in San Diego June 23 during a rally in support of immigrant families who had been separated at the U.S.-Mexico border. (CNS photo/David Maung)

Making a difference

Effie Caldarola
June 27, 2018
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As the rhetoric heats up, people who work at the White House are being kicked out of restaurants. Entertainers make lewd jokes and hurl obscenities at the president. What’s happening to us?

Pro-life advocates gather near the U.S. Supreme Court during the annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 19. The U.S. Supreme Court ruled 5-4 June 26 that a California law which placed requirements on crisis pregnancy centers that oppose abortion violates the First Amendment. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Archbishop Lori praises Supreme Court ruling on pregnancy centers

George P. Matysek Jr.
June 26, 2018
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The Supreme Court ruled 5-4 June 26 that a California law that placed requirements on crisis pregnancy centers that oppose abortion violated the First Amendment.

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