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Monsignor Joseph Luca, pastor of St. Louis in Clarksville and St. Francis of Assisi, Fulton, enjoys a "socially distant parade" organized by parishioners to recognize the 50th anniversary of his ordination to the priesthood. (Courtesy St. Louis, Clarksville/St. Francis of Assisi, Fulton)

Parishes plan for reopening

Christopher Gunty
May 18, 2020
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The Archdiocese of Baltimore started Phase I of its reopening plan May 15, allowing churches to be open for private prayer and adoration. Parishes may offer the sacraments of reconciliation and baptism, and funeral and wedding Masses may be held with a limit of 10 attendees.

This is the prayer card the Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development published to mark the fifth anniversary May 24 of Pope Francis' encyclical "Laudato Si' on Care for Our Common Home." (CNS photo/Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development)

Vatican listens to ‘cry of poor, cry of the Earth’ during pandemic

Cindy Wooden
May 18, 2020
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Pope Francis’ vision of “integral human development” and “integral ecology” involves identifying the connections between the condition of human beings and the condition of the environment, said Cardinal Peter Turkson.

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Cannons deliver a 21-gun salute at the end of the funeral of Pope John Paul II, broadcast from Rome to Warsaw, Poland, in 2005. (Christopher Gunty/CR file)

Touchpoints with a saint’s life

Christopher Gunty
May 17, 2020
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As we mark the centenary of the birth of Karol Wojtyla, who became St. John Paul II, it caused me to reflect on moments of my life that intersected with the man who was pope for a great chunk of my life and career in Catholic journalism.

A child in Washington runs near the U.S. Capitol April 6, 2020, during the coronavirus pandemic. Catholic leaders May 15, 2020, expressed deep reservations about a new $3 trillion tax cut and spending bill to help the economy because it would restrict support for Catholic school students. The measure was up for a vote in the House May 15. (CNS photo/Leah Millis, Reuters)

New emergency aid bill aims to cut most benefits to Catholic schools

Dennis Sadowski
May 16, 2020
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Catholic leaders expressed deep reservations about a new $3 trillion tax cut and spending bill in response to the economic fallout caused by the coronavirus pandemic that would restrict support for Catholic school students.

Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, records a video for New York City's Regis High School graduates of 2020. Fauci is a 1958 graduate of Regis. (CNS/screen grab from JesuitsEast.org)

Fauci to Jesuit high school graduates: ‘We will get through this’

Carol Zimmermann
May 15, 2020
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Dr. Anthony Fauci, director of the National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases, is used to addressing the country about steps to contain the coronavirus, but in mid-May he spoke directly to graduates of the nation’s 60 Jesuit high schools with words of encouragement and congratulations.

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