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Worshippers wave palm fronds near an image of Blessed Oscar Romero during a Palm Sunday procession March 25 in San Salvador, El Salvador. Catholic officials in El Salvador were shaken and expressed outrage and sadness after the assassination of a 36-year-old priest during Holy Week, in what some suspect may be a gang killing. (CNS photo/Armando Escobar, EPA)
Politics & SocietyNews
Rhina Guidos - Catholic News Service
Authorities said Father Walter Vasquez Jimenez was traveling with parishioners March 29 to officiate a Holy Thursday Mass in San Miguel when their car was stopped by an armed group wearing masks. The other passengers were set free after their belongings were taken, but Father Vasquez was abducted, shot and left to die.
Pope Francis visited the "Casa di Leda," a group home for women prisoners and their young children, in Rome on March 2. (CNS photo/Vatican Media)
FaithNews
Cindy Wooden - Catholic News Service
The pope left chocolate eggs as gifts during his surprise visit to Casa di Leda, a group home for incarcerated women with small children.
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Politics & SocietyShort Take
Joe Van Brussel
Making it more difficult for families to visit prisoners, or have any contact with them, is contrary to respect for human life and dignity.
Arts & CultureBooks
Kaya Oakes
Review: Michelle Kuo’s "Reading With Patrick: a Teacher, a Student, and a Life-Changing Friendship"
Pope Francis blesses a pregnant prisoner as he visits the women's prison center in Santiago, Chile, Jan. 16. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
Politics & SocietyNews
Jane Chambers - Catholic News Service
Pope Francis has visited other prisons, but this was the first time on his travels as pope that he visited one just for women. He was greeted by women standing with their babies in their arms. 
Jars of medical marijuana on display on at the Western Caregivers Medical dispensary in Los Angeles. (AP Photo/Richard Vogel, File)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Ellen K. Boegel
The Justice Department is vowing to enforce a federal ban on marijuana, even as some states try to move toward full legalization.