National/World News

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220630T1330-SCOTUS-JACKSON-OATH-1717223.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is
sworn in as Supreme Court justice" />

Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson is
sworn in as Supreme Court justice

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By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON — Judge Ketanji Brown Jackson was sworn in as a Supreme Court justice June 30, becoming the first Black woman…

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mandate without religious exemption" />

Court allows N.Y. health worker vaccine
mandate without religious exemption

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By Carol Zimmermann WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court June 30 rejected a challenge to New York’s vaccine mandate for health care workers with no…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/07/20220630T1525-POST-ROE-OUTREACH-1717213-1024x683.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Catholic agencies, church expect to
help more women, newborns after Dobbs" />

Catholic agencies, church expect to
help more women, newborns after Dobbs

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By Katie Peterson NASHVILLE, Tenn. — With the reversal of Roe, Judy Orr, executive director of Catholic Charities in the Nashville Diocese, and the…

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Catholics resign from the church" />

German leaders see crisis as
Catholics resign from the church

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By Thomas Winkel and Joachim Heinz BONN, Germany — For the first time in the history of Germany, less than half the German population…

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in Catholic faith with confirmation" />

In Texas, 1,007 adults take new step
in Catholic faith with confirmation

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By James Ramos HOUSTON — Guadalupe. Joan of Arc. Miguel Pro. These were just a few of the names of saints that more than…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/20220628T1500-BLAINE-AMENDMENTS-1717111.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Ruling on private school funding prompts
new interest in Blaine amendments" />

Ruling on private school funding prompts
new interest in Blaine amendments

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By Greg Erlandson WASHINGTON — The June 21 Supreme Court ruling in Carson v. Makin declaring that a Maine tuition aid program excluding religious…

<img src="https://therecordnewspaper.org/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/20220628T1100-SOLIDARITY-MIGRANTS-SMUGGLING-1717089-1024x731.jpg" class="wp-post-image first-post-image" alt="Texas archbishop asks church to be in
solidarity with migrants who died in truck" />

Texas archbishop asks church to be in
solidarity with migrants who died in truck

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SAN ANTONIO — The archbishop of San Antonio offered prayers for dozens of people found dead as well as more than a dozen survivors…