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A Kansas City, Missouri, judge praised four anti-nuke activists for trying to change the world. "While in the eyes of the law you are guilty, I recognize that there is a higher power that compelled you to act," he said.
Commentary: Over the summer, several descendants of enslaved people joined a dig on a former plantation owned by the Jesuits. NCR asked four people who participated in the dig to share their reflections.
Chicago-based Catholic Extension plans to help 1,000 women religious with grants in memory of a group of sisters who died in late December of COVID-19 in Elm Grove, Wisconsin.