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Dr. Kirk Gaddy, a longtime Catholic school educator, died June 20. (Courtesy photo)

Kirk Gaddy, black Catholic educator and father figure to many, dies suddenly at 55

Paul McMullen
June 24, 2020
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A lifelong parishioner of Historic St. Francis Xavier in Baltimore and major influence in the education of black youths from pre-K to college, Gaddy was in his second stint on the staff at St. Frances Academy, where he had been in the class of 1983. 

Phil Klay is a Catholic author whose works include the New York Times-bestselling collection of short stories, "Redeployment." (Courtesy Hannah Dunphy)

Catholic faith shapes Phil Klay and bestselling war author’s writing

George P. Matysek Jr.
June 23, 2020
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“I think a Catholic worldview inflects how I think about sin, about fallibility, about ritual and community and suffering, about being a physical body in the world, but also about being more than mere matter,” Phil Klay said.

Gabrielle Betances and her husband, Luis Aguilar, a DACA recipient from Mexico, pose for a picture near the U.S. Supreme Court building in Washington June 18, 2020. In one of the most anticipated cases of the term, the Supreme Court ruled that same day against efforts by the Trump administration to end the Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals program, known as DACA. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

Young people call DACA ruling good news, but know battle not over

Catholic News Service
June 23, 2020
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On June 18, the U.S. Supreme Court in a 5-4 ruling said President Donald Trump could not stop the program with his 2017 executive order.

Forensic police carry out a search near Forbury Gardens in Reading, England, June 22, 2020, at the scene of a multiple stabbing attack. Joe Ritchie-Bennett, 39, an American who attended Catholic schools in Philadelphia, was among three friends stabbed to death June 20 in the suspected terror attack. (CNS photo/Dominic Lipinski, PA images via Reuters)

American raised in Philadelphia among victims stabbed in England

Simon Caldwell
June 22, 2020
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An American who attended Catholic schools in Philadelphia was among three friends stabbed to death in a suspected terror attack in England.

A demonstrator in Washington confronts law enforcement officers June 1, 2020. Demonstrations continue after a white police officer was caught on a bystander's video May 25 pressing his knee into the neck of George Floyd, an African American, who later died at a hospital. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

Cops and Padres

John Garvey
June 22, 2020
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There’s a phrase in Juvenal’s “Satires” that might be translated as “Who will guard the guardians?” That’s the right question to ask for both police racism and clergy abuse.

Karen Smith is retiring as principal of St. John Regional Catholic School in Frederick. (Courtesy photo)

Five retiring school principals in Baltimore Archdiocese depart with cherished memories

Karen Sampson Hoffman
June 22, 2020
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Smith retired after 15 years as principal and 40 years in education. Other principals retiring included Deborah Glinowiecki of St. Ursula School in Parkville, Patricia McDermott of St. Mary Catholic School in Hagerstown, Terry Weiss of St. Louis School in Clarksville and Raymond Kiddy of Bishop Walsh School in Cumberland.

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