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In this 2015 file photo, LGBTQ supporters wave a flag outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. The court ruled June 15, 2020, that federal anti-discrimination laws protect gay and transgender employees from discrimination. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Supreme Court says federal law protects LGBT workers from discrimination

Carol Zimmermann
June 15, 2020
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In a 6-3 vote June 15, the Supreme Court said LGBT people are protected from job discrimination by Title VII of the Civil Rights Act of 1964.

People march from the White House in Washington to the National Museum of African American History and Culture during a peaceful protest June 8, 2020, following the death of George Floyd, an unarmed African American man whose neck was pinned to the ground by police for more than eight minutes before he was taken to the hospital. (CNS photo/Bob Roller)

Maryland bishops call for action against racism

Catholic Review Staff
June 15, 2020
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The bishops who make up the governing board of the Maryland Catholic Conference released a statement June 15 that recalls “our own Church’s past sins and failings and admit to them freely.”

Bishop-designate Bruce Lewandowski is showered with well wishes during a surprise parade in honor of his appointment as auxiliary bishop of Baltimore June 13 outside Sacred Heart of Jesus-Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in Highlandtown. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Baltimore parishioners overjoyed as they keep a pastor and gain a bishop

Tim Swift
June 13, 2020
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Come August, he’ll have gained the title “His Excellency,” but for the parishioners of Sacred Heart of Jesus-Sagrado Corazón de Jesús in Highalndtown and its mission church of St. Patrick in Fells Point, he’ll remain and always be “Padre Bruce.”

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