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NJ judge says he won’t overrule Catholic school’s enrollment decision

A New Jersey family has lost their lawsuit to try and force their children to be enrolled at a Catholic school in the Archdiocese of Newark. Cardinal Joseph Tobin, the Archbishop of Newark, testified that he decided not to allow the two girls to re-enroll because their parents’ behavior was not in the best interest of the school.

‘Notre Dame Trail’ pilgrimage salutes school’s spirit, founders and Mary

Following a path that begins in Vincennes and weaves north through Terre Haute, Lafayette, Logansport and Plymouth before ending on the Notre Dame campus, the Notre Dame Trail gives Americans the chance to take a pilgrimage in the style of the Camino de Santiago de Compostela Pilgrimage in Spain.

U.S. bishops explicitly reject ‘racism, white supremacy and neo-nazism’

On Sunday, the leadership of the United States Conference of Catholic Bishops got explicit, issuing a second statement on the violence in Charlottesville, Viriginia, within 24 hours, this one specifically condemning “the evil of racism, white supremacy and neo-nazism.”

Why YouTube needs Catholics
- Catholic News Agency, Church in the US
- August 13, 2017
“The explosion of streaming video, especially through our phones, means that people are open to the possibilities of what a video can show them. Like any media, streaming videos can be baptized and used to glorify God. Let’s not waste our time!” Steven Lewis, of ‘Steve the Missionary Channel’ on Youtube, said about the idea of a Catholic YouTube.
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U.S. bishops’ leader calls Charlottesville violence ‘abhorrent acts of hatred’
- Church in the US
- August 13, 2017
As political and religious leaders across America denounced Saturday’s violence in Charlottesville, Virginia, triggered by a large white supremacist rally, the leader of the country’s Catholic bishops said, “The abhorrent acts of hatred on display in Charlottesville are an attack on the unity of our nation and therefore summon us all to fervent prayer and peaceful action.”
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A religious procession of boats down a Louisiana bayou
- Associated Press, Church in the US
- August 12, 2017
“This is not the blessing of a priest, not the blessing of a mama for her children, not the blessing of the church,” Father Michael Champagne, the organizer of the procession, said. “It’s Jesus himself who is present in the consecrated host that is lifted over the people to bless them.”
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