Read more about the article América Latina se convierte en el centro de la pandemia e iglesias enfrentan hambre
Diego Ramirez, a single father of three teenage girls in Guatemala, stands among his family and chickens in this undated photo. With the restaurant and market where Ramirez had been working shuttered during the coronavirus pandemic, he is now selling off his chickens, one by one, to keep his family financially afloat. Facing an uncertain future, his faith keeps him going. (CNS photo/courtesy Unbound) See COVID-LATAM-ROUNDUP June 1, 2020.

América Latina se convierte en el centro de la pandemia e iglesias enfrentan hambre

Diego Ramírez, padre soltero de tres adolescentes en Guatemala, se para entre su familia y gallinas en esta foto sin fecha. Después de que el restaurante y el mercado donde…

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Read more about the article Obispos dicen estar ‘asqueados’ por muerte de Floyd, condenan racismo
Protesters in Minneapolis gather at the scene May 27, 2020, where George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was pinned down by a police officer kneeling on his neck before later dying in hospital May 25. (CNS photo/Eric Miller, Reuters)

Obispos dicen estar ‘asqueados’ por muerte de Floyd, condenan racismo

Un grupo de manifestantes en Minneapolis se reúne el 27 de mayo de 2020 en el sitio donde George Floyd, un afroamericano desarmado, fue tirado contra el suelo por un…

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Read more about the article Selection of quotes from Pope Francis on equality, fraternity, racism
Pope Francis addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress in 2015 at the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts) See POPE-QUOTES-RACISM-EQUALITY June 2, 2020.

Selection of quotes from Pope Francis on equality, fraternity, racism

Pope Francis addresses a joint meeting of the U.S. Congress in 2015 at the House Chamber on Capitol Hill in Washington. CNS photo/Joshua Roberts. VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Here are…

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Read more about the article As Latin America becomes center of pandemic, churches confront hunger
Diego Ramirez, a single father of three teenage girls in Guatemala, stands among his family and chickens in this undated photo. With the restaurant and market where Ramirez had been working shuttered during the coronavirus pandemic, he is now selling off his chickens, one by one, to keep his family financially afloat. Facing an uncertain future, his faith keeps him going. (CNS photo/courtesy Unbound) See COVID-LATAM-ROUNDUP June 1, 2020.

As Latin America becomes center of pandemic, churches confront hunger

Diego Ramirez, a single father of three teenage girls in Guatemala, stands among his family and chickens in this undated photo. With the restaurant and market where Ramirez had been…

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Read more about the article As poverty rises, Mexican parishes encourage neighbors to help neighbors
Paola Diaz Hernandez and Daniela Paredes -- volunteers at St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish in Chalco, Mexico -- prepare vouchers for free chickens donated by a local butcher in suburban Mexico City. The pair volunteer with a parish food bank that was initiated during the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/David Agren) See COVID-MEXICO-NEIGHBORS June 1, 2020.

As poverty rises, Mexican parishes encourage neighbors to help neighbors

Paola Diaz Hernandez and Daniela Paredes -- volunteers at St. Ignatius of Loyola Parish in Chalco, Mexico -- prepare vouchers for free chickens donated by a local butcher in suburban…

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Read more about the article Update: Bishops around U.S. express sorrow over Floyd killing, racism
Terrence Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, reacts at a makeshift memorial at the spot where he was taken into custody in Minneapolis June 1, 2020. Demonstrations continue after a white police officer was caught on a bystander's video May 25 pressing his knee into the neck of George Floyd, an African American, who later died at a hospital. (CNS photo/Lucas Jackson, Reuters)

Update: Bishops around U.S. express sorrow over Floyd killing, racism

Terrence Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, reacts at a makeshift memorial at the spot where he was taken into custody in Minneapolis June 1, 2020. Demonstrations continue after a…

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Read more about the article Louisville cathedral damaged as protests over Floyd death turn violent
Windows of the Cathedral of the Assumption's rectory in Louisville, Ky., are seen May 30, 2020. They were boarded up with plywood after several were broken amid an anti-police protest that began the day before. (CNS photo/Marnie McAllister, The Record) See FLOYD-PROTESTS-LOUISVILLE May 31, 2020.

Louisville cathedral damaged as protests over Floyd death turn violent

Windows of the Cathedral of the Assumption's rectory in Louisville, Ky., are seen May 30, 2020. They were boarded up with plywood after several were broken amid an anti-police protest…

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Read more about the article Supreme Court rejects appeals to lift restrictions on congregation size
Franciscan friars pray at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Butler, N.J., April 11, 2020. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected appeals to lift restrictions limiting congregation sizes May 29 during the coronavirus pandemic. (CNS photo/Octavio Duran) See SCOTUS-CHURCHES-RESTRICTIONS June 1, 2020.

Supreme Court rejects appeals to lift restrictions on congregation size

Franciscan friars pray at St. Anthony of Padua Church in Butler, N.J., April 11, 2020. The U.S. Supreme Court rejected appeals to lift restrictions limiting congregation sizes May 29 during…

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Read more about the article Learn from people’s suffering, forge new ways of living, pope says
Archbishop William E. Lori of Baltimore welcomes pro-lifers in Annapolis, Md., March 4, 2019, during his opening prayer for the Maryland March for Life. (CNS photo/Kevin J. Parks, Catholic Review) See MARYLAND-MARCH-LIFE March 11, 2019.

Learn from people’s suffering, forge new ways of living, pope says

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- As pain, fear and anger fueled riots across the United States, Pope Francis wrote to the priests of the Diocese of Rome, urging them to learn…

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Read more about the article Update: Bishops ‘sickened’ by Floyd’s death, urge racism be met ‘head-on’
A man in Minneapolis is injured after being hit in the head by an object at a protest near the Minneapolis Police Third Precinct May 27, 2020. Two days earlier George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was pinned down by a police officer kneeling on his neck before later dying in the hospital May 25. (CNS photo/Eric Miller, Reuters) See MINNEAPOLIS-FLOYD May 28, 2020.

Update: Bishops ‘sickened’ by Floyd’s death, urge racism be met ‘head-on’

A man in Minneapolis is injured after being hit in the head by an object at a protest near the Minneapolis Police Third Precinct May 27, 2020. Two days earlier…

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