Read more about the article Event supporting seminarian education moves online July 28
The 10th annual Seminarian Education Dinner and Auction was held Tuesday, May 21 at Holy Family Church in Brentwood. The event, sponsored by the Knights of Columbus and the Serra Club, raises money to fund the education of about two dozen men in formation for the priesthood for the Diocese of Nashville.

Event supporting seminarian education moves online July 28

The faithful of the Diocese of Nashville are invited to go online to participate in the 11th annual Seminarian Education Mass, Event and Auction at 6 p.m. Tuesday, July 28.…

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Read more about the article Pope makes surprise visit to summer camp for kids of Vatican employees
Children perform for Pope Francis, who made a surprise visit to their summer program in the Vatican's Paul VI audience hall July 20, 2020. About 100 children of Vatican employees are attending the program for the month of July. (CNS photo/courtesy Play It) See POPE-SUMMER-CAMP-VATICAN July 21, 2020.

Pope makes surprise visit to summer camp for kids of Vatican employees

Children perform for Pope Francis, who made a surprise visit to their summer program in the Vatican's Paul VI audience hall July 20, 2020. About 100 children of Vatican employees…

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Read more about the article Virtual symposium explores race in Caribbean context
Joye Ritchie-Greene, principal at Mary, Star of the Sea Catholic Academy in Freeport, Bahamas, poses outside the school in this 2019 photo. Nonwhites dominate the populations of the Caribbean islands, but the legacy of European colonization in this region has left its people valuing "whiteness." (CNS photo/Tom Tracy) See CARIBBEAN-BEING-BLACK July 21, 2020.

Virtual symposium explores race in Caribbean context

Joye Ritchie-Greene, principal at Mary, Star of the Sea Catholic Academy in Freeport, Bahamas, poses outside the school in this 2019 photo. Nonwhites dominate the populations of the Caribbean islands,…

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Read more about the article Stalling action on debt relief at G-20 meeting was sinful, advocate says
Mohammed al-Jadaan, Saudi Arabia's minister of finance, wears a protective mask as he attends a virtual meeting of G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors July 18, 2020. Advocates say they are disappointed the G-20 meeting did not yield as much help for desperately poor nations struggling during the COVID-19 pandemic as hoped for, and they are urging Catholics to take action now to ensure international finance leaders make the needed decisions in the fall. (CNS photo/G-20 Saudi Arabia via Reuters) See DEBT-G20-MEETING July 20, 2020.

Stalling action on debt relief at G-20 meeting was sinful, advocate says

Mohammed al-Jadaan, Saudi Arabia's minister of finance, wears a protective mask as he attends a virtual meeting of G-20 finance ministers and central bank governors July 18, 2020. Advocates say…

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Read more about the article Mask-wearing varies dramatically in parishes across Minnesota archdiocese
In this illustration photo, a disposable medical mask hangs on the side of a pew at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Minneapolis. (CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit) See MASS-MASKS July 20, 2020.

Mask-wearing varies dramatically in parishes across Minnesota archdiocese

In this illustration photo, a disposable medical mask hangs on the side of a pew at Our Lady of Lourdes Church in Minneapolis. CNS photo/Dave Hrbacek, The Catholic Spirit ST.…

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Read more about the article D.C. Catholic food pantry: Months of long lines with no end in sight
Sister Romana Uzodimma, a Sister of the Handmaids of the Holy Child Jesus, places onions into a man's bag at Catholic Charities' Spanish Catholic Center parking lot in Washington July 15, 2020, where he is picking up free food supplies. Since the coronavirus pandemic wreaked havoc on the U.S. economy beginning in March, the Spanish Center food program has grown from 60 recipients a week to 600, Catholic Charities' officials said. (CNS photo/Chaz Muth) See FOOD-INSECURITY-RELIEF July 21, 2020.

D.C. Catholic food pantry: Months of long lines with no end in sight

https://youtu.be/bJsNK2W-gBE WASHINGTON (CNS) -- When the coronavirus pandemic first hit the Washington area in mid-March, shuttering many local restaurants and businesses, the lines at a weekly food pantry sponsored by…

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Read more about the article School officials say parents struggling with enrollment, tuition decisions
Jennifer Brown, a fourth-grade teacher at Sts. Philip and James School in St. James, N.Y., reviews an assignment with student Jovianna Keenan Feb. 13, 2020. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) See CATHOLIC-SCHOOLS-REOPENING-STRATEGIES and CATHOLIC-SCHOOLS-CRITICAL-YEAR July 20, 2020.

School officials say parents struggling with enrollment, tuition decisions

Jennifer Brown, a fourth-grade teacher at Sts. Philip and James School in St. James, N.Y., reviews an assignment with student Jovianna Keenan Feb. 13, 2020. CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz. WEST…

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Read more about the article Vaticano presenta documento de instrucción para parroquias
Priests, wearing face masks, process past the faithful attending the first day of Mass July 12, 2020, at the Cathedral of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as the country reopened worship places during the coronavirus pandemic. The Vatican issued a new instruction July 20 on pastoral care that emphasizes the role of lay men and women in the church's mission, but said most parishes must be led by priests. (CNS photo/Andres Martinez Casares, Reuters) See VATICAN-PASTORAL-MINISTRY July 20, 2020.

Vaticano presenta documento de instrucción para parroquias

Priests, wearing face masks, process past the faithful attending the first day of Mass July 12, 2020, at the Cathedral of Port-au-Prince, Haiti, as the country reopened worship places during…

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Read more about the article En el sur de México, muchos indígenas no aceptan existencia de COVID-19
An open-air market in Ciudad Hidalgo, just a few hundred yards from the international border between Mexico and Guatemala, is shown bustling with people in this April 22, 2020, photo. Several priests in the Mexican state of Chiapas say they've faced skepticism from a population unwilling to believe the dangers of -- and even the existence of -- COVID-19. (CNS photo/Omar Ornelas, USA Today Network via Reuters Co) See MEXICO-PRIESTS-PANDEMIC July 17, 2020.

En el sur de México, muchos indígenas no aceptan existencia de COVID-19

An open-air market in Ciudad Hidalgo, just a few hundred yards from the international border between Mexico and Guatemala, is shown bustling with people in this April 22, 2020, photo.…

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