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Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Catherine Phelps died unexpectedly June 15. She served as head of Trinity School for 47 years, twice leading it National Blue Ribbon recognition. (CR File)

Sister Catherine Phelps, longtime leader of Trinity School, dies

Emily Rosenthal Alster
June 19, 2018
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Sister of Notre Dame de Namur Catherine Phelps died unexpectedly June 15. A Baltimore native, she served as head of Trinity School for 47 years, twice leading it National Blue Ribbon recognition.

Sun shines through a statue of Christ on a grave marker alongside an American flag June 7 at St. Mary Catholic Cemetery in Appleton, Wis. U.S. Catholics are encouraged to pray and take action act in support of religious liberty at home and abroad during Religious Freedom Week June 22-29. The them of this year's observance, sponsored by the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, is "Serving Others in God's Love." (CNS photo/Bradley Birkholz)

Religious freedom in U.S., around world focus of June 22-29 observance

Catholic News Service
June 19, 2018
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“Serving Others in God’s Love” is the theme of this year’s Religious Freedom Week. U.S. Catholics are encouraged to pray and take action act in support of religious liberty at home and abroad.

In this 2008 file photo, a woman in Havana, Cuba, reads the Granma journal. During his homily at morning Mass June 18 at Domus Sanctae Marthae, Pope Francis said all dictatorships begin the same way: Media outlets are put in the hands of "unscrupulous" people who spread lies and weaken democracy. (CNS photo/Stringer, EPA)

Dictatorships begin with taking over media to spread lies, pope says

Carol Glatz
June 19, 2018
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All dictatorships begin the same way: media outlets are put in the hands of “unscrupulous” people who spread lies and weaken democracy, Pope Francis said.

Arzobispo dice que la separación de las familias causa trauma, apela a la eliminación de esta política

Archdiocese of Baltimore
June 18, 2018
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18 de junio de 2018 El Reverendísimo William E. Lori, Arzobispo de Baltimore, expresó su decepción y profunda preocupación por la separación de familias como resultado de la política de inmigración vigente en los Estados Unidos. “No hay una justificación racional para que un gobierno civilizado separe a niños de sus padres como herramienta para aplicar […]

An unnamed child with a rare congenital birth defect called esophageal atresia is seen in Damascus Countryside Specialized Hospital in Douma, Syria, Oct. 11, 2017. (CNS photo/Mohammed Badra, EPA)

Pope: Aborting children with birth defects is like Nazi eugenics program

Junno Arocho Esteves
June 18, 2018
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Children are God’s greatest gift and should be welcomed “as they come, as God sends them, as God allows, even if at times they are sick,” the pope said.

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