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The Supreme Court said the exclusion of religious schools in Montana’s state scholarship aid program violated the federal Constitution.

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Because of the impact of the coronavirus pandemic, parishes throughout the Archdiocese of Baltimore are facing new challenges in sustaining their ministries and outreach.

School Sister of Notre Dame Hilda "Hildie" Sutherland holds court at the 2018 basketball game against Mercy High School. (Paul McMullen/CR File)

IND alumnae have plenty of memories to cherish

Paul McMullen

Feature, Local News, News, Schools

From freshmen being paired with a “big sister” in the junior class to “The Big Game,” the Institute of Notre Dame established dozens of traditions during its 173 years as a Baltimore landmark.

Pope Francis is seen in a file photo making a point. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

U.S. Catholic media must inspire unity amid division, pope says

Junno Arocho Esteves

Feature, News, Vatican, World News

Catholic media outlets in the United States are called to break down barriers that prevent dialogue and honest communication between people and communities, Pope Francis said.

Archbishop Lori’s official assignments include Monsignor O’Connor to Eastern Vicariate full time

Feature, Local News, News, Press Release, Priests and Deacons

Archbishop William E. Lori announced clergy assignments, including Monsignor Jay O’Connor to Episcopal Vicar to the Eastern Vicariate on a full-time basis.

People hold signs during a candlelight prayer vigil Dec. 8, 2019, held to oppose the Trump administration's plan to reinstate the federal death penalty. (CNS photo/David Maung)

Catholic leaders denounce court’s rejection of federal death penalty appeal

Carol Zimmermann

When the Supreme Court announced June 29 that it would not hear an appeal by federal death-row inmates challenging the method to be used in their upcoming executions, a longtime advocate against capital punishment said the court “abdicated its legal and moral responsibilities.”

A statue of St. Junipero Serra statue that was toppled June 19, 2020, in Golden Gate Park and San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone are seen in this composite photo. (CNS composite photo/images by David Zandman via Reuters; Lisa Johnston, St. Louis Review)

San Francisco archbishop leads prayer, blesses site of toppled Serra statue

Catholic News Service

Several dozen people joined San Francisco Archbishop Salvatore J. Cordileone as he led the rosary June 27 and recited the prayer of St. Michael the Archangel for protection from evil at the site of the now-toppled statue of St. Junipero Serra in the city’s Golden Gate Park.

Click here to watch Archbishop Lori’s Mass for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time

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Watch a livestream of Archbishop William E. Lori celebrating the June 27-28 weekend Mass for the 13th Sunday in Ordinary Time from the Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. Click here for a worship aid to follow along with the liturgy.

Pro-life activists gather outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington June 29, 2020. (CNS photo/Carlos Barria, Reuters)

Supreme Court strikes down Louisiana abortion law

Carol Zimmermann

In a 5-4 decision June 29, the Supreme Court ruled that a Louisiana law requiring that doctors who perform abortions have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals could not stand.

Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, celebrates Mass at St. Pius X Church Sept. 23, 2019. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Asylum at the border is ‘effectively over,’ El Paso bishop says

Rhina Guidos

After visiting a group of pregnant migrant women on the Mexico side of the border, Bishop Mark J. Seitz of El Paso, Texas, issued strong words June 25 about the Trump administration’s “Remain in Mexico” program and other restrictive immigration measures, saying that turning away those seeking asylum in the U.S. amounts to sending them to their death.

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