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Retired Pope Benedict XVI is seen in a file photo praying with his brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger in his private chapel at the Vatican. The Vatican announced June 18, 2020, that Pope Benedict XVI, who is 93, traveled to Germany to visit his ailing older brother, who is 96. (CNS photo/L'Osservatore Romano via Reuters)

Retired pope travels to Germany to visit his ailing brother

Cindy Wooden
June 18, 2020
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Retired Pope Benedict XVI, who is 93 years old, traveled to Germany to visit his ailing older brother, Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, who is 96.

A death-row jail cell is seen at the state penitentiary in Huntsville, Texas, in this 2010 file photo. (CNS photo/Jenevieve Robbins, Texas Dept. of Criminal Justice handout via Reuters)

Supreme Court stops Texas execution for inmate’s religious liberty

Carol Zimmermann
June 17, 2020
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The U.S. Supreme Court granted a last-minute stay of execution for Texas death-row inmate Ruben Gutierrez June 16, saying the state prison officials need to reexamine their rule that bans clergy from being with prisoners to the execution chamber.

Jorge Tabug Jr., a 3rd Officer on the Atlantic Star, a container ship flying under the flag of the United Kingdom, gives a thumbs-up to supplies delivered May 12 by Andy Middleton, right, director of the Apostleship of the Sea in the Archdiocese of Baltimore. (Courtesy Andy Middleton)

Virus hits home for Apostleship of the Sea

Lisa Harlow
June 17, 2020
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“The pandemic has given me a better perspective on the life of seafarers,” Middleton said.

“I can’t stop,” said Rosina Cascio, a parishioner and receptionist at St. Ignatius Hickory Church in Forest Hill, who will celebrate her 100th birthday June 27. She was photographed May 10. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Hickory centenarian ‘loves’ her job

Peter Schlehr
June 17, 2020
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Like millions out of work and stuck at home by the coronavirus pandemic, Rosina Cascio looks forward to the green light that would signal the return to her job in the St. Ignatius Hickory parish office.

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