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Yogi Berra waves to fans from a golf cart at Yankee Stadium in New York June 23, 2013. (CNS photo/Ray Stubblebine, Reuters)

Arts & Culture

Berra, Hodges lead winners in balloting for Catholic baseball all-star team

Catholic News Service|Aug 10, 2022|3 Min Read

A man who said his village was burned and relatives killed by Myanmar soldiers comforts his wife as Rohingya refugees arrive by a wooden boat from Myanmar in Shah Porir Dwip, Bangladesh, Oct. 1, 2017. (CNS photo/Damir Sagolj, Reuters)

World

U.N. report: Myanmar junta 'committing systematic crimes against humanity'

Catholic News Service|Aug 10, 2022|3 Min Read

A court gavel is seen in this illustration photo. The U.S. Fifth Circuit Court of Appeals, based in New Orleans, heard oral arguments Aug. 4, 2022, in Franciscan Alliance v. Becerra, a challenge to a Biden administration mandate that doctors and hospitals must perform gender transition procedures in violation of their conscience and medical judgment or face "severe financial penalties" (CNS photo/Andrew Kelly, Reuters)

Nation

5th Circuit urged to keep injunction in place on HHS transgender mandate

Catholic News Service|Aug 8, 2022|2 Min Read

Father Jorge Torres, a priest of the Diocese of Orlando, Fla., has been appointed to head Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life and Vocations for the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops in Washington, effective Jan. 1, 2023. He is pictured in an April 3, 2022, photo. (CNS photo/courtesy National Eucharistic Revival, U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops)

Nation

Orlando priest to head Secretariat of Clergy, Consecrated Life, Vocations

Catholic News Service|Aug 5, 2022|2 Min Read

President Joe Biden delivers remarks from the White House during a virtual event in the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington Aug. 3, 2022. Biden signed an executive order to allow Medicaid funds to be used to help low-income women pay for abortion if they have to go out of state to obtain one. (CNS photo/Evelyn Hockstein, Reuters)

Nation

Archbishop decries Biden executive order, 'continued promotion of abortion'

Catholic News Service|Aug 5, 2022|3 Min Read

Nation

Knights honor family of year, present inaugural Blessed McGivney Medal

Catholic News Service|Aug 4, 2022|3 Min Read

A woman helps two young boys light candles during a "Value Them Both" sidewalk vigil in Olathe, Kan., Aug. 1, 2022. Voters rejected a ballot referendum that would have amended the state constitution to say there is no constitutional right to abortion in Kansas. (CNS photo/Kathryn White, The Leaven)

Life & Family

Kansas pro-lifers will 'redouble efforts' to help women, protect unborn

Catholic News Service|Aug 4, 2022|5 Min Read

Archbishop Andrews Thazhath. (Wikimedia Commons)

World

Dispute continues as Vatican names new administrator for Indian archdiocese

Catholic News Service|Aug 3, 2022|3 Min Read

Van Jackson is seen by floodwaters along Right Beaver Creek July 28, 2022, following a day of heavy rain in in Garrett, Ky. (CNS photo/Pat McDonogh, USA TODAY NETWORK via Reuters)

Nation

Kentucky churches, communities work together to meet flood victims' needs

Catholic News Service|Aug 2, 2022|6 Min Read

A sign for Roncalli High School in Indianapolis is seen July 23, 2020. (CNS photo/Sean Gallagher, The Criterion)

Nation

Court: Catholic school has right to hire staff who uphold church doctrine

Catholic News Service|Jul 29, 2022|3 Min Read

Nick Sandmann, then a junior at Covington Catholic High School in Park Hills, Ky., and others students from the school stand in front of Native American Nathan Phillips near the Lincoln Memorial in Washington in this still image from video Jan. 18, 2019. A federal judge in Kentucky July 26, 2022, dismissed defamation lawsuits filed by Sandmann against five national media outlets. (CNS photo/Kaya Taitano, social media via Reuters)

Nation

Judge dismisses Ky. student's defamation suits against five media outlets

Catholic News Service|Jul 28, 2022|3 Min Read

People are seen near the U.S. Capitol in Washington June 24, 2022. In bipartisan vote July 26, U.S. House overwhelmingly passes new legislation to combat human trafficking. (CNS photo/Tyler Orsburn)

Nation

House OKs anti-trafficking bill to 'protect the most vulnerable among us'

Catholic News Service|Jul 28, 2022|3 Min Read