James Mayers, a 26-year-old local resident, was arrested at the scene of the fire.
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Students kept safe in N.J. Catholic school during nearby gunfight
The school was placed on lockdown during the nearby attack. None of the students were hurt.
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Supreme Court leaves temporary stop on federal executions in place
U.S. Attorney General William Barr announced in July that the government was reinstating the federal death penalty
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Catholics mark anniversary of Jakelin Caal’s death at the border
Jakelin Caal Maquin died in December 2018 at the El Paso Children’s Hospital in Texas of a bacterial infection
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Court won’t take challenge to Ky. law requiring ultrasound before abortion
The law allows the woman to refuse to view the ultrasound and she may ask the provider to mute the heartbeat if audible.
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Bishops in eastern Congo urge more protection for victims of violence
“We also urge the national, regional and international authorities to be more active in safeguarding our peace, national unity and territorial integrity.”
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Myanmar cardinal: Don’t punish people for crimes of country’s leaders
Cardinal Charles Bo of Yangon has appealed to the international community not to punish the people of Myanmar as it faces genocide charges over the military’s 2017 crackdown on Rohingya.
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Updated: Beatification for Archbishop Sheen postponed
Bishop Daniel R. Jenky of Peoria said Vatican officials have told him that the upcoming beatification of Archbishop Fulton J. Sheen has been postponed.
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Former cardinal Theodore McCarrick faces new sex abuse lawsuit in Newark
In February, McCarrick was dismissed by the Vatican from the clerical state.
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Father George Clements, pioneering Chicago priest, dies
Father Clements, who was just the second African American priest ordained in the Archdiocese of Chicago, was long involved in social justice issues affecting his hometown.
But it was the adoption of four boys—one at a time, starting in 1980—that led to his high profile on a national level. The saga—Father Clements was the first U.S. Catholic priest to adopt a child—eventually found its way to Hollywood as a made-for-TV movie.