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Cardinal Philippe Ouedraogo of Ouagadougou, president of the Burkina Faso bishops' conference, is pictured at the Vatican Feb. 22, 2014. Cardinal Ouedraogo and other church leaders in Burkina Faso have appealed for unity and solidarity after two attacks on Catholics within two days. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Two attacks in two days leave 10 Catholics dead in Burkina Faso

Catholic News Service
May 16, 2019
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Catholic leaders in Burkina Faso appealed for unity and solidarity after two attacks on Catholics in two days left nine laypeople and a priest dead.

Pro-life advocates gather near the U.S. Supreme Court during the annual March for Life in Washington Jan. 19, 2018. By passing a bill to ban abortion in nearly all circumstances, the Alabama Legislature has recognized that abortion is "the extinguishing of a unique human life," said the president and CEO of Americans United for Life. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Pro-life leaders applaud passage of abortion bill in Alabama

Catholic News Service
May 15, 2019
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By passing a bill to ban abortion in nearly all circumstances, the Alabama Legislature has recognized that abortion is “the extinguishing of a unique human life,” said the president and CEO of Americans United for Life.

Pope Francis hears the confession of a priest March 7, 2019, at Rome's Basilica of St. John Lateran. The pope administered the sacrament to several priests during his annual Lenten meeting with the priests of the Diocese of Rome. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

Wake Up: The real danger posed by the California confession bill

Bishop Robert Barron
May 15, 2019
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Catholics should, of course, rise up in strenuous protest against this very aggressive incursion—but so should anyone who cares about the freedom of religion in our society.

A funeral Mass was offered May 4 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg for Sister Jane Marie Otterson, D.C.

Sister Jane Marie Otterson, D.C., served parishes, outreaches in Baltimore Archdiocese

Catholic Review Staff
May 15, 2019
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A funeral Mass was offered May 4 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg for Sister Jane Marie Otterson, D.C., who gave 71 years to her vocation as a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul. Sister Jane Marie died April 29, at age 93.

A funeral Mass was offered May 4 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg for Sister Sheila O’Friel, a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul for 65 years.

Sister Sheila O’Friel, D.C., served in Emmitsburg

Catholic Review Staff
May 15, 2019
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A funeral Mass was offered May 4 at the Basilica of the National Shrine of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton in Emmitsburg for Sister Sheila O’Friel, a Daughter of Charity of St. Vincent de Paul for 65 years.

Jean Vanier, founder of the L'Arche communities, is pictured in a March 11, 2015, photo. Vanier, a Canadian Catholic figure whose charity work helped improve conditions for the developmentally disabled in multiple countries over the past half century, died May 7 at age 90. (CNS photo/courtesy Jean Vanier Association)

What Jean Vanier taught us

Effie Caldarola
May 14, 2019
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Vanier changed attitudes toward the intellectually and physically disabled in ways so deep that we can hardly comprehend it.

Archbishop William E. Lori was among the attendees at a May 7 celebration of the School Sisters of Notre Dame. He is pictured with members of the Atlantic-Midwest Province Council, from left, Sister Sharon Kanis, Sister Charmaine Krohe, the provincial leader, Sister Jane Forni and Sister Maria Iannuccillo. (Courtesy Father Justin Ross, O.F.M. Conv.)

SSNDs celebrate their religious community’s 185th jubilee

Catholic Review Staff
May 14, 2019
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The School Sisters of Notre Dame in the Archdiocese of Baltimore marked the 185th anniversary of the founding of their religious community with a celebration at Columbus Gardens in Perry Hall May 7.

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