Read more about the article U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Philadelphia Catholic agency in foster care case
Women pose for a picture near the U.S Supreme Court building in Washington June 17, 2021. In a unanimous decision June 17, the Supreme Court said that a Catholic social service agency should not have been excluded from Philadelphia's foster care program because it did not accept same-sex couples as foster parents. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters)

U.S. Supreme Court rules in favor of Philadelphia Catholic agency in foster care case

Court rules anti-discrimination law put unfair burden on religious freedom

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Read more about the article What the new revisions to the Code of Canon Law mean for safeguarding
A Latin-English edition of the Code of Canon Law is pictured on a bookshelf. New canon law provisions approved by Pope Francis are expected to help the Catholic Church safeguard against abuse. (CNS photo/Nancy Phelan Wiechec)

What the new revisions to the Code of Canon Law mean for safeguarding

What the new revisions to the Code of Canon Law mean for safeguarding

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Read more about the article Cardinal’s 60 years of priesthood cover volumes of memorable moments
Cardinal Justin Rigali, retired archbishop of Philadelphia, blesses the congregation as he leaves All Saints Catholic Church in Knoxville, Tenn., Feb. 26, 2013. The cardinal celebrated the 60th anniversary of his priestly ordination April 25, 2021. Now 86, Cardinal Rigali has lived in residence with Knoxville Bishop Richard F. Stika since his 2011 retirement. (CNS photo/J. Miles Cary, News Sentinel via The East Tennessee Catholic)

Cardinal’s 60 years of priesthood cover volumes of memorable moments

He has lived in Knoxville since his retirement in 2011

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Read more about the article Pope promulgates revised canon law on crimes, punishments
Archbishop Filippo Iannone, president of the Pontifical Council for Legislative Texts, attends a press conference to discuss revisions to the Code of Canon Law, at the Vatican June 1, 2021. Pope Francis has promulgated a revised section of the Code of Canon Law dealing with crimes and punishments. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope promulgates revised canon law on crimes, punishments

Revisions also address attempted ordination of a woman and a variety of financial crimes

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Read more about the article Editorial: The fight to preserve and protect life from birth to natural death continues with several recent developments.
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington May 13, 2021. (CNS photo/Andrew Kelly, Reuters)

Editorial: The fight to preserve and protect life from birth to natural death continues with several recent developments.

Developments in the over abortion highlight need to protect life

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Read more about the article Community still feels impact of Floyd’s murder, related events a year later
Electric and LED candles bearing the names of people killed by police illuminate the fist sculpture at the George Floyd Square in Minneapolis May 25, 2021. (CNS photo/Nicholas Pfosi, Reuters)

Community still feels impact of Floyd’s murder, related events a year later

‘The issue of racial reckoning has a tremendous impact on a personal level’

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Read more about the article Pope asks all Catholics to step up commitment to saving creation
Father Joshtrom Isaac Kureethadam of the Vatican Dicastery for Promoting Integral Human Development speaks at a news conference to unveil a new platform for action based on Pope Francis' 2015 encyclical, Laudato Si', at the Vatican May 25, 2021. The dicastery helped close the special year dedicated to Laudato Si' by unveiling initiatives to promote the message and concrete action called for by the encyclical. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Pope asks all Catholics to step up commitment to saving creation

Platform invites people to bring Ladauto Si’ to life

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Read more about the article Catholic Palestinian gets kidney transplant from slain Jewish Israeli
Arab Catholic Randa Aweis, 58, recovers from a kidney transplant with her daughter Niveen, 26, in Hadassah Medical Center in Jerusalem, May 21, 2021. Aweis received a donor kidney from an Israeli Jew, Yigal Yehoshua, 56, who died after being hit with stones during riots in Lod, Israel. (CNS photo/Debbie Hill)

Catholic Palestinian gets kidney transplant from slain Jewish Israeli

Organ recipient uses her case to urge peace in the Holy Land

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