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Young members of an indigenous group from the Amazon region listen during a meeting with Pope Francis Jan. 19 at Madre de Dios stadium in Puerto Maldonado, Peru. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

In Panama, world’s indigenous young people to meet before World Youth Day

Barbara J. Fraser
May 30, 2018
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More than 1,000 young pilgrims will share their cultures, joys and struggles at a gathering of indigenous youth in a small town in Panama just before World Youth Day in January.

A file photo shows Kevin Plank, founder of Under Armour, posing with a Partners in Excellence student in Baltimore. Plank gave a $1 million grant to the educational program that helps children from low-income families attend Catholic schools. (CR File)

Under Armour and #WeWill

Craig Gould
May 30, 2018
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We can’t just say, “we love the young church.” We have to name them. Jazmine, Michael, Shantay, Jose and all those other young people in your church require adults who can call them by name.

Archbishop Luis Ladaria, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith, speaks at a May 17 Vatican news conference for the release of a document on the moral dimensions of economic activity. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Teaching on all-male priesthood is definitive, cardinal-designate says

Cindy Wooden
May 29, 2018
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That only men can be validly ordained to the priesthood is a truth that is part of the Catholic faith and will not and cannot change, said Cardinal-designate Luis Ladaria, prefect of the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

Called to serve

Robyn Barberry
May 29, 2018
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When Deacon Ray Van Pelt announced at the end of Mass at St. Joan of Arc in Aberdeen that the church was looking for altar servers, Collin whispered to me, “I want to do that!” Collin has been attending Mass weekly (barring the occasional snow storm or stomach bug) since he was 5 days old. […]

Deacons Matthew J. Defusco, from left, Daniel Michaud, Robert Katafiasz, Bishop Mark E. Brennan, Archbishop William E. Lori, Bishop Denis J. Madden, Deacon Matthew Himes, Bishop Adam J. Parker and Deacons Tyler Kline and Justin Gough, following the ordination to the diaconate at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore May 26. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Baltimore Archdiocese welcomes six new deacons

Emily Rosenthal Alster
May 27, 2018
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There was standing room only as Archbishop William E. Lori ordained six men as deacons May 26 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of the Assumption of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Baltimore.

Pope Francis presents a gift to Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople during a meeting in the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican May 26. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope, patriarch call for ethical intervention in economy

Cindy Wooden
May 27, 2018
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Pope Francis and Ecumenical Patriarch Bartholomew of Constantinople called on Christians to work together to build a culture of solidarity in the face of growing economic inequality and a lack of respect for the human dignity of the poor and of migrants.

A voter casts his ballot May 25 in Dublin as Ireland holds a referendum on its law on abortion. Voters went to the polls May 25 to decide whether to liberalize the country's abortion laws. (CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters)

Voters in Ireland pave way for abortion on demand

Catholic News Service
May 26, 2018
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Voters in Ireland have opted to remove the right to life of the unborn from the country’s constitution, paving the way for abortion on demand up to 12 weeks.

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