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Activists and recipients of the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals, or DACA program, march up Broadway in New York City Feb. 15 during the start of their "Walk to Stay Home," a five-day 250-mile walk from New York to Washington to demand that Congress pass a clean DREAM Act to save the program. (CNS photo/Shannon Stapleton, Reuters)

Back in Washington after recess, members of Congress get calls on DACA

Catholic News Service
February 26, 2018
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As Congress reconvened after a 10-day recess, members of both chambers received calls from Catholics around the country Feb. 26 urging them to find a legislative solution to save the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA.

State Sen. James E. “Ed” DeGrange Sr. (D-Anne Arundel County) applauds the choir of Cardinal Shehan School after its rendition of “Rise Up,” which was dedicated to the retiring legislator. (Courtesy Maryland Catholic Conference)

Sen. DeGrange honored at ‘Catholics in Annapolis’ reception

Christopher Gunty
February 26, 2018
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About 300 people from around the state converged Feb. 22 on the capitol for briefings on issues of interest to Catholics before meeting with local legislators.

Archbishop William E. Lori participated in a Black History Month ecumenical service in the Morgan State University Memorial Chapel in Baltimore Feb. 25. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Archbishop Lori returns to Morgan State for Black History Month celebration

Paul McMullen
February 26, 2018
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Archbishop William E. Lori returned to the campus of Morgan State University in Baltimore for a special ecumenical service during Black History Month.

Inmates at the Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola made this treated plywood casket for the Rev. Billy Graham in 2006, at the request of Rev. Graham's son, Franklin. Rev. Graham, who died Feb. 21, led ministries that supported the construction of two chapels at the country's largest maximum security prison. The inmates craft caskets for fellow prisoners who die. Funeral services for Rev. Graham were scheduled for March 2. (CNS photo/courtesy BillGraham.org)

Inmates at Louisiana prison built casket for Billy Graham

Peter Finney Jr.
February 24, 2018
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Inmates at a Louisiana prison built coffins, including the one for the Rev. Billy Graham, after an incident in 1995 when the body of a fellow inmate fell through the bottom of a makeshift coffin.

President Donald Trump bows his head during a prayer as he sits between Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School shooting survivors and students Julia Cordover and Carson Abt Feb. 21 at the White House. Trump hosted the listening session with high school students. families and teachers to discuss school safety in the wake of a mass shooting a week earlier at the school in Parkland, Fla. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

With growing student activism on gun violence, will lawmakers act?

Dennis Sadowski
February 23, 2018
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This year 34 mass shootings, resulting in 60 deaths and 144 injuries, have been recorded by the online site Gun Violence Archive.

A South Sudanese girl is seen at the Nguenyyiel refugee camp in Gambella, Ethiopia, in late October. Pope Francis called for an international day of prayer and fasting for peace to be observed Feb. 23. (CNS photo/Tiksa Negeri, Reuters) See BISHOPS-EUROPE-AFRICA-SUMMIT Nov. 28, 2017.

Pope asks for a Feb. 23 World Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace

Catholic Review Staff
February 22, 2018
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Pope Francis is asking Catholics around the world to observe a Day of Prayer and Fasting for Peace on Friday, Feb. 23.

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