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The U.S. bishops approved by a wide margin a plan to draft a document to examine the "meaning of the Eucharist in the life of the church" following a lengthy debate during their spring...
A priest prepares to distribute Communion during Mass in Washington. (CNS photo by Bob Roller)
WASHINGTON (CNS) — 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...
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 by Jonathan Ernst/Reuters)
In a 7-2 decision June 17, the Supreme Court dismissed a challenge to the Affordable Care Act, saying the states that sued over the law did not have the legal right to do so.
The U.S. Supreme Court is seen in Washington June 13, 2021. (CNS photo by Tyler Orsburn)
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Pope Francis greets a baby during his general audience in the San Damaso Courtyard of the Apostolic Palace at the Vatican June 23, 2021. The pope began a new series of audience talks focused on St. Paul’s Letter to the Galatians and its lessons about evangelization, faith and freedom. (CNS photo by Paul Haring)
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A priest holds a host as he concelebrates Mass at St. Agnes Cathedral in Rockville Centre, N.Y., in this 2005 file photo. (CNS photo by Gregory A. Shemitz/Long Island Catholic)
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The U.S. Capitol is seen in Washington June 13, 2021. (CNS photo by Tyler Orsburn)
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People look at a sculpture of Robert Schuman, France’s former foreign minister, at a park in Bucharest, Romania, in this May 9, 2006, file photo. Pope Francis has advanced the sainthood cause of Schuman, who helped lay the groundwork for the European Union. (CNS photo by Bogdan Cristel/Reuters)
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Anti-coup protesters flash the three-finger salute during a flash mob protest in Yangon, Myanmar, June 3, 2021. On June 20 Pope Francis renewed his appeal for peace in Myanmar and for the world to come to the aid of the country’s people “who are displaced and have been dying of hunger.” (CNS photo by Reuters)
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