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• Archbishop Cordileone: New COVID church closures violate right to worship
  CNA Staff, Nov 28, 2020 / 09:07 pm (CNA).- As surging COVID-19 cases lead to new restrictions in the San Francisco area, Archbishop Salvatore Cordileone said the treatment of churches is discriminatory and violates the right to worship. “[W]orship is both a natural and a Constitutional right. My people want to receive the Body and Blood […]
• Advent at Home: How Catholics are preparing for a season of joy - even in 2020 
  Denver Newsroom, Nov 28, 2020 / 04:35 pm (CNA).- Wry jokes and memes about the decided awfulness of the year 2020 - with the pandemic, ensuing lockdowns and economic distress, as well as civil unrest in a turbulent election year - are well known to just about anyone on social media. Now, Christians find themselves […]
• 'Tolton' play in spotlight as Church addresses racial division
  Denver Newsroom, Nov 27, 2020 / 04:00 am (CNA).-   During the U.S. bishops' meeting last week, Bishop Jaime Soto of Sacramento said his diocese had hosted a one-man play honoring the first African-American slave to become a Catholic priest, as part of its efforts to address racism. The play is “Tolton: From Slave to […]
• Warning of donor harassment, Trump administration backs foes of Calif. disclosure rule
  CNA Staff, Nov 26, 2020 / 11:01 am (CNA).- The Trump administration has asked the Supreme Court to review a challenge to a California requirement that charitable organizations disclose their major donors to the state attorney general, siding with groups like the Thomas More Law Center that say the requirement will make their donors vulnerable […]
• Pandemic conditions have increased Christian persecution
  Washington, D.C. Newsroom, Nov 25, 2020 / 04:00 pm (CNA).- The coronavirus pandemic has exacerbated Christian persecution in some places, according to a new report from the group Aid to the Church in Need International (ACN). “The devastating and unprecedented impact of COVID-19 all over the world,” said the new ACN report, “had a direct bearing on […]