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Members of Chicago's St. Malachy School drum corps play during a rally for school choice outside an Illinois state building in Chicago in September 2014. (CNS photo/Karen Callaway, Catholic New World)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
Michael J. O’Loughlin
Eight months into his presidency, advocates of “school choice” wonder if the president will be able to deliver on his promise.
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Michael J. O’Loughlin
California Gov. Jerry Brown says a 'big tent' party should have room for Democrats opposed to abortion.
FaithDispatches
Michele Chabin - Religion News Service

JERUSALEM (RNS) — Archaeologists excavating in northern Israel believe they may have discovered the biblical city of Bethsaida, the hometown of three of Jesus’ apostles on the shores of the Sea of Galilee.

For decades archaeologists have searched for the fishing village where apostles Peter, Andrew and Philip lived, according to the New Testament (John 1:44; 12:21). Three possible sites in the area had been identified but all were inconclusive.

Politics & SocietyDispatches
Catholic News Service
The group, which included members of Catholic movements working to end nuclear weapons, had gathered to "apologize" for the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki.
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Simon Caldwell - Catholic News Service
The order follows repeated requests for the group to drop its new policy of permitting doctors to perform the euthanasia of "nonterminal" mentally ill patients on its premises.
People join a demonstration titled, "City Flotilla, at Sea Against Racism," to protest against the scheduled arrival of the C Star, a ship that an anti-immigrant group has chartered to try and halt migrant arrivals to Europe from Africa and elsewhere, in Catania, Sicily Island, Italy, on July 29. (Orietta Scardino/ANSA via AP)
Politics & SocietyDispatches
David Stewart
Far-right groups are “crowdfunding” to pay for a purported defense of Europe. The aim of the new-right is to target vessels of various charities and aid agencies that are trying to rescue refugees at risk on the Mediterranean.