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Mulledy Hall, also known as Freedom Hall, center, is seen on the campus of Georgetown University April 4, 2017. The building has been renamed after Isaac Hawkins, the first enslaved person listed in the Jesuit university's documents on its selling of slaves. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Issue of selling slaves ‘bigger than Georgetown,’ says descendant

Mark Pattison
November 20, 2019
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The issue of Georgetown University selling slaves more than 180 years ago to get out of a debt that could have shut down the institution is “bigger than Georgetown,” said one of the roughly 8,000 known descendants of those enslaved African Americans.

Elsa, voice of Idina Menzel, and other animated characters appear in the movie "Frozen II." The Catholic News Service classification is A-II -- adults and adolescents. The Motion Picture Association of America rating is PG -- parental guidance suggested. Some material may not be suitable for children. (CNS photo/Disney)

Movie Review: ‘Frozen II

John Mulderig
November 19, 2019
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This movie’s flaws are ultimately outweighed by sympathetic characters, visual flair and skillful, if sometimes overly complicated, storytelling.

Jeannie Gaffigan, author of "When Life Gives You Pears: The Healing Power of Family, Faith and Funny People" is pictured in an undated publicity photo. In the book, the co-writer and producer of comedy specials, two books and a television series with her husband and business partner, Jim Gaffigan, recounts the unexpected discovery of a pear-sized tumor in her brain in 2017, her three-day journey from learning about its existence to surgery, her complicated recovery and how she got through it all with faith,family and humor. (CNS photo/Chad Griffith, courtesy Jeannie Gaffigan)

In health scare, Jeannie Gaffigan relied on combined dose of faith, humor

Carol Zimmermann
November 19, 2019
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The book recounts the unexpected discovery of a pear-sized tumor in Gaffigan’s brain in 2017, her three-day journey from learning about its existence (almost by accident) to surgery and a complicated recovery where she was unable to eat or even drink water for six months.

Calvert Hall rolled 40-7 over Loyola Blakefield in last year's Turkey Bowl, a historic series that will be played for the 100th time Thanksgiving Day. (Kevin J. Parks/CR Staff)

Turkey Bowl hits 100: Calvert Hall-Loyola Blakefield more than a just game

Paul McMullen
November 19, 2019
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The football teams from Calvert Hall College High School and Loyola Blakefield meet for the 100th time Thanksgiving Day, but when it comes to the pomp and circumstance preceding the Turkey Bowl, collaboration trumps territorial tendencies.

Pope Francis poses Nov. 16, 2019, with members and consultants of the Dicastery for Laity, the Family and Life in the apostolic palace of the Vatican. The dicastery was holding its first plenary assembly since its creation in 2016. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)

More must be done to include women in church bodies, pope says

Carol Glatz
November 18, 2019
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The church, as a mother, wishes for “harmony among all her children and does not engage in favoritism or partiality,” the pope said.

Pope Francis blesses a sick child as he leads a special audience in Paul VI hall at the Vatican Dec. 15 for patients and workers of Rome's Bambino Gesu children's hospital. (CNS photo/Max Rossi, Reuters)

Pope blesses hands of doctors, nurses at pediatric hospital

Junno Arocho Esteves
November 18, 2019
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The pained faces of children with serious medical conditions and the suffering of their families should inspire doctors and nurses to serve with passion and enthusiasm, Pope Francis said.

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