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More than 250,000 people have died of COVID-19 worldwide as of May 5.
World
Catholic News Agency
Early in the 2019 school year, the students had been promised a homework pass if they took part in the choir during a First Communion ceremony.
Nation
Christine Rousselle/CNA.
According to data from the Centers for Disease Control, a third of all patients hospitalized with COVID-19 are African American, even though African-Americans make up about 13% of the national population.
Nation
Catholic News Agency
The Diocese of Little Rock’s Respect Life Office said on April 16 of a “particularly troubling” increase in abortions at the facility, especially by women traveling from neighboring Texas and Louisiana, states which have halted elective abortions.
Nation
Matt Hadro/CNA.
The diocese has been named in more than 250 lawsuits under the Child Victims Act which created a one-year “lookback” window for child sex abuse lawsuits.
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In a statement responding to the CDF's decision, the superior general of the Brothers of Charity, Br. René Stockman, said that "with a heavy heart" the religious congregation "must let go of its psychiatric centers in Belgium."
World
Catholic News Agency
In a wide-ranging interview at the end of the 1,184-page book, written by German author Peter Seewald, the pope emeritus said the greatest threat facing the Church was a “worldwide dictatorship of seemingly humanistic ideologies.”
Nation
Christine Rousselle/CNA.
While the Supreme Court previously declined to hear similar cases originating in Kansas and Louisiana, Fisher said that he is “hopeful” the court will consider taking the case this time around.
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Catholic News Agency
At the Palm Sunday service, a police officer entered the church and told attendees they were in violation of the governor’s order, threatening arrest for attendees who violated the order in the future.
Blogs
Matthew Archbold
Don Shula understood where his real treasure was.
Kathryn Elliott
A look at the COVID-motivated boom in virtual ministry.
Peter Jesserer Smith
In a defining mission for the priesthood, younger priests backed by their bishops are giving comfort to those in need amid the pandemic.
Joseph O'Brien
Traditional funeral celebrations have been stymied by restrictions imposed to stem the disease’s spread.