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Caption: Father Bob Miller, pastor of St. Dorothy Parish in Chicago, gives a blessing to a student following a rally against violence in Chicago May 14. The rally focused on prayer for a blessed and peaceful summer for school-age children and their families. More than 530 students and their chaperones from nine Chicago Catholic schools participated. (CNS/Karen Callaway, Catholic New World)
Father Bob Miller, pastor of St. Dorothy Parish in Chicago, gives a blessing to a student following a rally against violence in Chicago May 14. The rally focused on prayer for a blessed and peaceful summer for school-age children and their families. More than 530 students and their chaperones from nine Chicago Catholic schools participated. (CNS/Karen Callaway, Catholic New World)
Georgetown criticized for having Sebelius speak at commencement event

By Mark Zimmermann
Catholic News Service

WASHINGTON (CNS) -- The Archdiocese of Washington issued a statement May 15 strongly criticizing Georgetown University for selecting Health and Human Services Secretary Kathleen Sebelius as a featured speaker at an awards ceremony during its commencement week ceremonies.

Sebelius has been invited to speak at Georgetown's Public Policy Institute awards ceremony May 18 during the university's commencement weekend.
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Caption: Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives to lead his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 16. In the background are members of the Catholic Shalom Community, founded in Brazil, who came to the Vatican to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their founding and the final approval of their statutes by the Vatican. (CNS/Paul Haring)
Pope Benedict XVI waves as he arrives to lead his general audience in St. Peter's Square at the Vatican May 16. In the background are members of the Catholic Shalom Community, founded in Brazil, who came to the Vatican to celebrate the 30th anniversary of their founding and the final approval of their statutes by the Vatican. (CNS/Paul Haring)
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Editors: Contents of Origins CNS Documentary Service, Vol. 42, No. 2 (May 17, 2012):

-- What can believers learn from atheists? Jesuit Father Patrick J. Ryan, a Fordham University theologian, looks to the works of Philip Roth, Colm Toibin and Salman Rushdie -- three novelists known for their critiques of their ancestral religions -- for insights for believers.

-- Pope Benedict XVI says a sound education in the faith constitutes the U.S. Catholic Church's most urgent internal challenge in an address to U.S. bishops visiting the Vatican.

-- What is the Catholic vision of ecumenism? It's all about mission, says Paulist Father Ronald G. Roberson, associate director of the U.S. bishops' office for ecumenism.

-- Members of the House of Representatives should strive "to do no harm" to poor and vulnerable people when they vote on the 2012 federal budget, says Bishop Stephen E. Blaire of Stockton, Calif. He speaks on behalf of the U.S. bishops' domestic policy committee.
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