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FaithShort Take
Zac Davis
President Trump’s visit to the St. John Paul II National Shrine continues a pattern of using sacred sites for political stunts, writes America associate editor Zac Davis. This is over the line of what the church should tolerate.
FaithNews
Junno Arocho Esteves - Catholic News Service
Archbishop Paglia told CNS that just as people were called to self-isolate in order to care for one another, racism can only be defeated by people caring for each other.
FaithNews
Bronwen Dachs - Catholic News Service
In the United Kingdom, some bishops have criticized a government policy to place churches in the same high-risk category of public places as pubs, restaurants and theaters, which will not be allowed to reopen until after July 4.
Protesters in Minneapolis gather at the scene May 27, 2020, where George Floyd, an unarmed black man, was pinned down by a police officer kneeling on his neck before later dying in hospital May 25. (CNS photo/Eric Miller, Reuters)
FaithFaith in Focus
James Martin, S.J.
Racism, as St. John Paul II said, is one of the most “persistent and destructive evils” in the United States. And I have to acknowledge my own participation in it, writes James Martin, S.J.
FaithFaith and Reason
Massimo FaggioliBill McCormick, S.J.
When is it appropriate to criticize a reigning pope, and what implications does that question have for Catholic ecclesiology?
 Vatican workers remove scaffolding from the final restored section of the colonnade in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican in this January 2014 file photo. Pope Francis issued a new set of laws June 1, 2020, that govern the awarding of contracts for goods and services provided by outside vendors. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)
FaithVatican Dispatch
Gerard O’Connell
Pope Francis said the aim of the decree is to “reduce in a significant way the danger of corruption” in the awarding of contracts.