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News Brief: Delta Variant, Defrocked Cardinal Charged, Taliban Revenge Killings

5:40am July 30, 2021

CDC document reveals the danger of the delta variant. Defrocked Cardinal McCarrick is charged with sexually assaulting a teen. The Taliban are executing Afghans who worked with foreign troops.

Ex-Cardinal McCarrick Has Been Charged With Sexually Assaulting A Teen In The '70s

4:45pm July 29, 2021

by Sacha Pfeiffer

Ex-Cardinal Theodore McCarrick has been charged with sexually assaulting a teenager in the 1970s. He's the highest-ranking Roman Catholic official to face criminal charges for sexual abuse in the U.S.

In this May 16, 2006 file photo former Washington Archbishop Theodore McCarrick pauses during a press conference in Washington. McCarrick, the once-influential cardinal who was defrocked after a Vatican investigation confirmed he had sexually molested adu

Defrocked Cardinal Theodore McCarrick Is Charged With Sexually Assaulting A Teen

12:49pm July 29, 2021

by The Associated Press

Court documents obtained by The Boston Globe show that McCarrick is charged with sexually assaulting a 16-year-old boy during a wedding reception in the 1970s.

The Vatican Is Holding Its Biggest Criminal Trial In Modern History

5:17pm July 27, 2021

by Sylvia Poggioli

The Vatican is holding its biggest criminal trial in modern history. The case alleges 10 people, including a once-powerful cardinal, of defrauding the Holy See of tens of millions of dollars.

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Churches Are Doing Christmas Over With Holiday Services In July

7:25am July 19, 2021

by Deena Prichep

Many churches spent December under lockdown, canceling traditional holiday services. This summer, some congregations are using loosened restrictions to hold a do-over: Christmas in July.

Fatima Ibrahim wears Haute Hijab's recycled chiffon hijab on Eid al-Fitr.

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The Latest Eid Fashion Trend? Sustainability

7:00am July 19, 2021

by Dalia Faheid

Muslim designers, noticing a demand for sustainable Eid clothing, have launched eco-friendly pieces leading up to the holiday.

St. Louis Catholic Schools Try To Confront Their Associations With Slavery

6:52am July 19, 2021

by Marissanne Lewis-Thompson

At least two St. Louis schools are named after bishops who owned and purchased slaves. Students, alumni and parents weigh in on what they would like the Archdiocese of St. Louis to do.

Pope Francis salutes the crowd as he arrives for the Angelus noon prayer from the window of his studio overlooking St. Peter's Square at the Vatican on Sunday.

Pope Francis Delivers First Address Since Leaving Hospital

6:12pm July 18, 2021

by Matthew S. Schwartz

The pope offered blessings for people affected by flooding in Western Europe, rioting in South Africa and protests in Cuba.

Pope Francis appears on a balcony of the Agostino Gemelli Polyclinic in Rome, where he was recovering from intestinal surgery, for the traditional Sunday blessing and Angelus prayer on July 11, 2021. Pope Francis left the hospital Wednesday to continue hi

Pope Francis Seen Leaving Hospital 10 Days After Intestinal Surgery

5:47am July 14, 2021

by The Associated Press

AP journalists saw a car with Francis sitting in the front passenger seat leaving Rome's Gemelli Polytechnic hospital on Wednesday morning.

Cornel West, here at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., in 2016, suggests in his resignation letter that politics were a factor in Harvard University's decision not to extend tenure to him.

Cornel West Has Announced He's Leaving Harvard And Says The School Has Lost Its Way

3:21pm July 13, 2021

by Deepa Shivaram

In a resignation letter posted to Twitter on Monday, West says the university is suffering from "intellectual and spiritual bankruptcy of deep depths."