Read more about the article July 16 virtual pilgrimage to Lourdes to affirm prayer against COVID-19
Candles are seen around a statue of Mary in the grotto at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France in this file photo. The shrine will hold a worldwide virtual pilgrimage July 16, the anniversary of the last apparition of Mary. (CNS photo/Paul Haring) See COVID-VIRTUAL-LOURDES July 10, 2020.

July 16 virtual pilgrimage to Lourdes to affirm prayer against COVID-19

Candles are seen around a statue of Mary in the grotto at the Shrine of Our Lady of Lourdes in France in this file photo. The shrine will hold a…

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Read more about the article Update: Twins conjoined at head successfully separated at Vatican-owned hospital
Twin sisters Ervina and Prefina, who had been joined from the back of the head since birth, are pictured with their mother, Ermine, at the Bambino Gesu hospital in Rome in this photo released July 8, 2020. (CNS photo/courtesy Ospedale Pediatrico Bambino Gesu via Reuters) See VATICAN-HOSPITAL-CONJOINED-TWINS July 8, 2020. Editors: for editorial use with this story only.

Update: Twins conjoined at head successfully separated at Vatican-owned hospital

Twin sisters Ervina and Prefina, who had been joined from the back of the head since birth, are pictured with their mother, Ermine, at the Bambino Gesu hospital in Rome…

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Read more about the article Update: Priest joins suit, cites COVID in trying to halt federal execution
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.

Update: Priest joins suit, cites COVID in trying to halt federal execution

TERRE HAUTE, Ind. (CNS) -- A Benedictine priest asked by a death-row prisoner to minister to him prior to his execution has filed an intervention pleading to join a lawsuit…

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Read more about the article Catholic universities oppose ICE guidance for international students
A man works with a laptop in this 2017 illustration photo. (CNS photo/Nguyen Huy Kham, Reuters) See ICE-FOREIGN-STUDENTS to come.

Catholic universities oppose ICE guidance for international students

A man works with a laptop in this 2017 illustration photo. CNS photo/Nguyen Huy Kham, Reuters. WASHINGTON (CNS) -- U.S. Catholic college and university leaders have joined the nation's higher…

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Read more about the article New York Archdiocese closes 20 schools; six more close in Brooklyn Diocese
A locked fence is seen at St. Mel's Catholic Academy in the Flushing section of the Queens borough of New York July 9, 2020, the day the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y., announced that financial fallout from the COVID-19 pandemic is forcing it to close six schools, including St. Mel's. Citing similar reasons, the Diocese of Brooklyn, N.Y., the same day announced it will shutter six of its schools. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz) See NY-BROOKLYN-SCHOOL-CLOSINGS July 9, 2020.

New York Archdiocese closes 20 schools; six more close in Brooklyn Diocese

A locked fence is seen at St. Mel's Catholic Academy in the Flushing section of the Queens borough of New York July 9, 2020, the day the Diocese of Brooklyn,…

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Read more about the article Papa emérito Benedicto participa virtualmente en funeral de su hermano
A photo is seen near the casket of Msgr. Georg Ratzinger, brother of retired Pope Benedict XVI, during his funeral Mass at the cathedral in Regensburg , Germany, July 8, 2020. (CNS photo/Uwe Moosburger, Bistum Regensburg via Reuters) See GEORG-RATZINGER-FUNERAL July 8, 2020.

Papa emérito Benedicto participa virtualmente en funeral de su hermano

El ataúd de Mons. Georg Ratzinger, hermano del papa retirado Benedicto XVI, aparece en esta foto de su misa fúnebre en la catedral de Regensburg, Alemania, el 8 de julio…

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Read more about the article Papa: Buscando nueva vida, migrantes encuentran ‘infierno’ en detención
Migrants are seen in a late June photo on a rubber boat waiting to be rescued by German NGO search and rescue ship Sea-Watch 3 during a search and rescue operation in the Mediterranean Sea, off the Libyan Coast. (CNS photo/Laila Sieber, Sea Watch handout via Reuters) See POPE-MASS-LAMPEDUSA-ANNIVERSARY July 8, 2020.

Papa: Buscando nueva vida, migrantes encuentran ‘infierno’ en detención

Un grupo de migrantes aparecen en esta foto de finales de junio en un bote que espera ser rescatado por el barco de búsqueda y rescate de la ONG alemana…

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Read more about the article Miembro de Focolares devuelve el favor ayudando a otros migrantes
Alba Rada, a member of the Focolare movement, provides hot meals to Venezuelan migrants on a road leading out of Tocancipa, Colombia, June 28, 2020. (CNS photo/Manuel Rueda) See COLOMBIA-VENEZUELAN-IMMIGRANTS-FOCOLARE July 7, 2020.

Miembro de Focolares devuelve el favor ayudando a otros migrantes

Alba Rada, del Movimiento de los Focolares, ofrece comidas calientes a los migrantes venezolanos en una carretera que sale de Tocancipa, Colombia, el 28 de junio de 2020. Foto CNS-Manuel…

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Read more about the article Court rules in favor of employer exemptions to contraceptive coverage
In this 2016 file photo, Sister Loraine Marie Maguire, mother provincial of the Denver-based Little Sisters of the Poor, speaks to the media outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington. (CNS photo/Joshua Roberts, Reuters) See SCOTUS-CONTRACEPTIVES July 8, 2020.

Court rules in favor of employer exemptions to contraceptive coverage

In this 2016 file photo, Sister Loraine Marie Maguire, mother provincial of the Denver-based Little Sisters of the Poor, speaks to the media outside the U.S. Supreme Court in Washington.…

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Read more about the article U.S. bishops welcome court decision on Catholic schools
Demonstrators in Washington hold a large cross outside the U.S. Supreme Court July 8, 2020. In a 7-2 ruling July 8, the Supreme Court said the California Catholic schools sued for job discrimination for firing teachers had acted within their rights in the recent firings. (CNS photo/Jonathan Ernst, Reuters) See SCOTUS-TEACHERS July 8, 2020.

U.S. bishops welcome court decision on Catholic schools

Demonstrators in Washington hold a large cross outside the U.S. Supreme Court July 8, 2020. In a 7-2 ruling July 8, the Supreme Court said the California Catholic schools sued…

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