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Politics & SocietyEditorials
The Editors
We need the patience to let election officials do their jobs by checking ballots.
People hold signs during a candlelight prayer vigil Dec. 8, 2019, held to oppose the Trump administration's plan to reinstate the federal death penalty. (CNS photo/David Maung)
Politics & SocietyLast Take
Helen Prejean, C.S.J.
What is the moral imperative behind the government’s urgency to hasten the death of its citizens?
Harvard University, which will require most of its undergraduates to take classes remotely this fall, joined a lawsuit against a directive that would have rescinded visas from international students unable to attend classes in person. (AP Photo/Charles Krupa, File)
Politics & SocietyShort Take
Drew Roberts
The Trump administration backed down from a move to strip visas from students taking classes online, but colleges must be vigilant in protecting their international guests, writes Drew Roberts of Santa Clara University.
Workers remove scaffolding from the remains of the roof of the damaged Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris July 14, 2020, after the historic cathedral was partially destroyed in a 2019 fire. A new study has found that the amount of lead that settled to the ground and likely seeped into houses downwind of the fire was far greater than officials indicated at the time. (CNS photo/Charles Platiau, Reuters)
Politics & SocietyNews
Barbara Fraser - Catholic News Service
A new study has found that the amount of lead that settled to the ground and likely seeped into houses downwind of the fire and within about half a mile of the cathedral was far greater than officials indicated at the time.
Politics & SocietyNews
Catholic News Service
Due to the new round of coronavirus cases, California has had to reverse course and reinstate closures. "Outdoor Masses and other liturgical services such as adoration and prayer services are allowed and encouraged," an L.A. archdiocesan news release said.
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Carol Zimmermann - Catholic News Service
As a result of a public outcry and pressure, federal immigration authorities had agreed to rescind the directive and "return to the status quo."