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Divided court examines if religious schools exempt from discrimination laws

In oral arguments May 11, the Supreme Court examined, and seemed divided about, laws governing church and state in its look at two California Catholic schoolteacher firings where the teachers claimed they had been victims of job discrimination.

Like everyone else, religious lean on tech in time of COVID-19

Until churches and schools reopen and people can gather again, however, technology is the next best way to connect, not just for laypeople, but those living in religious communities.

Wake up

Now more than ever, we must deepen the relationships around us, which afford us an opportunity to encounter God anew.

Response grows to those out of work, on front lines during crisis

The COVID-19 pandemic has taken lives and strained healthcare workers. It has shuttered businesses, putting more in a hand-to-mouth existence and further burdening food banks and soup kitchens. Fortunately, many are doing something to stem those needs.

German church leaders recall end of WWII, urge commitment to peace

In a joint service marking the 75th anniversary of the end of World War II, Christian churches in Germany issued a call for a commitment to work for peace, reported the German Catholic news agency, KNA.

Former principal of Archbishop Curley installed as Atlanta’s archbishop

In the silence of the Cathedral of Christ the King, Archbishop Gregory J. Hartmayer, a former principal of Archbishop Curley High School in Baltimore, was installed May 6 as leader of the 1.2 million Catholics in the Archdiocese of Atlanta.

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