National/World News

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220304T1400-SURVEY-YOUNG-CATHOLICS-1522601.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Young Catholics need church leaders
to listen, engage them more" />

Young Catholics need church leaders
to listen, engage them more

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By Christina Lee Knauss Catholic young people in the U.S. are leaving behind traditional models of learning about and living out their faith, and…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220304T1306-UKRAINE-COSTS-FARMERS-CONSUMERS-1522617.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="War in Ukraine likely to fuel
higher costs for farmers, consumers" />

War in Ukraine likely to fuel
higher costs for farmers, consumers

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By Mark Pattison WASHINGTON — Even before February had turned into March, farmers and accountants alike were consulting their calculators and spreadsheets to calculate…

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for Boston Marathon bomber" />

Supreme Court reinstates death penalty
for Boston Marathon bomber

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By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty for Boston Marathon bomber Dzhokhar Tsarnaev in a 6-3 vote. The court’s…

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can defend state’s abortion law" />

Court: Kentucky attorney general
can defend state’s abortion law

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By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court, in an 8-1 ruling March 3, said Kentucky’s Republican attorney general could continue to defend an…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220303T1445-UKRAINE-PRIESTS-CHURCHES-1522495.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Bishop in Ukraine fears Russia
could brand priests, nuns as spies" />

Bishop in Ukraine fears Russia
could brand priests, nuns as spies

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WARSAW, Poland — Church leaders in embattled Ukraine have warned that foreign missionaries could be targeted by attacking forces, while many could be branded…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220303T1015-POPE-CONGO-SOUTH-SUDAN-1522499.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Pope to make long-promised trip to
South Sudan in July; also going to Congo" />

Pope to make long-promised trip to
South Sudan in July; also going to Congo

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By Cindy Wooden VATICAN CITY — Pope Francis will travel to the war-scarred countries of Congo and South Sudan in early July, the Vatican…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220303T0830-UKRAINE-BABI-YAR-1522471.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Russian strike damages Holocaust site,
prompting call to remember victims" />

Russian strike damages Holocaust site,
prompting call to remember victims

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By Gina Christian PHILADELPHIA — A March 1 Russian military strike on the capital of Ukraine damaged the site of one of World War…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/20220301T1230-PANDEMIC-KIDS-MENTAL-HEALTH-1521742.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Pandemic pushes kids’
mental health issues to forefront" />

Pandemic pushes kids’
mental health issues to forefront

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By Aprille Hanson Spivey FAYETTEVILLE, Ark. — Off and on, since the COVID-19 pandemic began and in-person instruction resumed, St. Joseph School counselor Suzanne…