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FaithNews
Bronwen Dachs - Catholic News Service
In the United Kingdom, some bishops have criticized a government policy to place churches in the same high-risk category of public places as pubs, restaurants and theaters, which will not be allowed to reopen until after July 4.
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Archbishop Gregory: “I find it baffling and reprehensible that any Catholic facility would allow itself to be so egregiously misused and manipulated in a fashion that violates our religious principles.”
Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
Here are five ways for Catholics to deepen their commitment to working against racism.
Protesters in Minneapolis gather at the scene May 27, 2020, where George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was pinned down by a police officer kneeling on his neck before later dying in hospital May 25. (CNS photo/Eric Miller, Reuters)
FaithFaith in Focus
James Martin, S.J.
Racism, as St. John Paul II said, is one of the most “persistent and destructive evils” in the United States. And I have to acknowledge my own participation in it, writes James Martin, S.J.
Terrence Floyd, the brother of George Floyd, reacts at a makeshift memorial at the spot where he was taken into custody in Minneapolis June 1, 2020. Demonstrations continue after a white police officer was caught on a bystander's video May 25 pressing his knee into the neck of George Floyd, an African American, who later died at a hospital. (CNS photo/Lucas Jackson, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
“You can only oppress people so long before things tend to erupt.”
FaithFaith and Reason
Massimo FaggioliBill McCormick, S.J.
When is it appropriate to criticize a reigning pope, and what implications does that question have for Catholic ecclesiology?
Politics & SocietyFaith in Focus
Patrick Saint-Jean, S.J.
A litany for oxygen from a black Jesuit.
 Vatican workers remove scaffolding from the final restored section of the colonnade in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this January 2014 file photo. Pope Francis issued a new set of laws June 1, 2020, that govern the awarding of contracts for goods and services provided by outside vendors. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis said the aim of the decree is to “reduce in a significant way the danger of corruption” in the awarding of contracts.
Politics & SocietyNews
Marnie McAllister - Catholic News Service
The violence that has erupted after the violent death of George Floyd has been brought literally to the steps of churches, namely, St. Patrick's Cathedral in New York, and the rectory of the Cathedral of the Assumption in Louisville, Ky., where its windows were smashed and walls defaced.
Politics & SocietyNews
Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
The church had argued that California Gov. Gavin Newsom's reopening orders violated the Constitution because they placed fewer restrictions on some secular businesses than they did on houses of worship.
Politics & SocietyNews
Maria Wiering - Catholic News Service
Karen Bohaty, who lives in south Minneapolis, said she was aghast at what happened to Floyd, but was angry about the related riots and the destruction across the Twin Cities.
Pope Francis greets the faithful from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter’s Square on May 31. The pope led the Sunday prayer from his window for the first time in three months, after the square was reopened. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
On Pentecost Sunday, Pope Francis proclaimed the unity guaranteed by the Holy Spirit: “we are not bits of confetti blown about by the wind, rather we are irreplaceable fragments in his mosaic.” Gerard O’Connell reports.
FaithPodcasts
Tucker Redding, S.J.
In this episode, we join Jesus at the Jordan river, where we'll witness John the Baptist speaking to the crowd and baptizing Jesus.
FaithPodcasts
Tucker Redding, S.J.
In this episode, join Jesus and his disciples at the Last Supper. Jesus gives them a model to follow and gifts them with his very body and blood.
FaithPodcasts
Tucker Redding, S.J.
In this episode, we go with Mary Magdalene to visit the tomb of Jesus, but it is empty.
Father Chris Walsh
FaithSunday To Sunday
America Video

Father Chris Walsh ministers in an African American parish where he has learned the importance of dialogue and action for racial solidarity. In this episode of Sunday to Sunday we explore how Chris Walsh witnesses to the gospel in his Philadelphia parish, Saint Raymond’s where “God is Glorified & His people are sanctified!”

For more information about Father Chris Walsh, go to: https://saintraymond.net

FaithPodcasts
Tucker Redding, S.J.
In this episode, we join Jesus on the shore of the Sea of Galilee, where he calls his first disciples.
FaithPodcasts
Tucker Redding, S.J.
In this episode, we follow Jesus to the home of Martha and Mary as they mourn their brother. Jesus weeps outside of Lazarus' tomb, then calls him to come out.
FaithPodcasts
Tucker Redding, S.J.
In this episode, we go with the disciples across the Sea of Galilee, where Jesus walks to them on the water.
FaithPodcasts
Tucker Redding, S.J.
In this episode, we follow Jesus from his trial with Pilate to the place of his death and burial.