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Jury finds pimp guilty of trafficking teen in SLO County March 16, 2021 By JOSH FRIEDMAN A San Luis Obispo jury has found a 37-year-old Sacramento man of guilty trafficking a 14-year-old girl and forcing her to engage in a sex act. On Oct. 5, 2018, an officer conducted a traffic stop of a vehicle driven by Lucion Lee Edward Banks, 37. A 14-year-old girl from Oakland was a passenger in Banks’ vehicle. Officers arresting Banks for for driving on a suspended license and having an outstanding w...

The Altar of the Transfiguration in St. Peters Basilica at the Vatican in February 2013 (Wikimedia Commons/Westerdam) A new instruction from the Vaticans Secretariat of State has banned the practice of individual Masses inside St. Peters Basilica and places strict limits on the use of the Latin rite. A March 12 letter outlining the new measures has sent shockwaves through traditionalist Catholic communities who have described the suppression of individual Masses as "forcing un...

Carla Harris, a celebrated gospel singer and a leading U.S. financial executive, will receive the University of Notre Dames 2021 Laetare Medal, one of the most prestigious prizes in the American Catholic Church. (Courtesy of the University of Notre Dame) Carla Harris, a celebrated gospel singer and a leading U.S. financial executive, will receive the University of Notre Dames 2021 Laetare Medal, one of the most prestigious prizes in the American Catholic Church. Now, on March ...

The Onslow County Sheriffs Office have arrested a Midway Park man on several felony drug charges with the help of the SBI and NCIS.  On Friday members of Onslow County Sheriff’s Office Drug Enforcement Unit (DEU), with the assistance of the N.C. State Bureau of Investigation (Jacksonville Field Office) and Naval Criminal Investigative Service (Camp Lejeune Field Office) conducted a search warrant on Barbara Avenue in Midway Park, the residence of Joseph Bernard White and his brother Jason Ch...

U.S. dollars are seen with face masks during the coronavirus pandemic in this illustration photo. A survey commissioned last fall by the Catholic Extension, which works to support Catholic communities in the poorest regions of the country, found that 13 of those dioceses saw an overall parish collection drop between 50-90%. (CNS/Dado Ruvic, Reuters) (NCR, GSR logo/Toni-Ann Ortiz) A few weeks into the pandemic last March, Fr. Fabian Marquez, pastor of El Buen ...

Children wave Iraqi flags before Pope Francis arrival for a memorial prayer for the victims of the war at Hosh al-Bieaa (church square) in Mosul, Iraq, March 7, 2021. (Paul Haring/CNS) One hour after his plane touched down in Rome after a historic three-day trip to Iraq, Pope Francis received praise from U.S. President Joe Biden, heralding the papal journey as "symbol of hope for the entire world."  "To see Pope Francis visit ancient religious sites, including the biblical bi...

Former Jackson Lab employee being investigated by FBI A scientist who worked for the company in Connecticut is accused of failing to disclose income from Chinese research institutions when applying for federal funds in the U.S. Share The FBI is investigating a former Jackson Laboratory scientist for allegedly failing to disclose his financial ties to Chinese research institutions in grant applications to the U.S. government. The world-renowned laboratory is headquartered in Bar Harbor but has ...

Inside the Joyce Center, the band played "Hail to the Chief." Outside, protesters said, "Hell, no!" Such was the scene the last time a sitting U.S. president came to the University of Notre Dame, Ame...

A new Safeguarding Initiative announced Feb. 23, 2021, by Foundations and Donors Interested in Catholic Activities includes a pledge for donors to show their support for protecting children and vulnerable adults from abuse. (CNS/Reuters/Lindsey Wasson) Two years after Pope Francis summoned the heads of bishops conferences around the world to Rome to confront clergy abuse among their own ranks, Catholic philanthropists are following his lead with a new initiative aimed to encou...

Executive Editor Martin Baron, holding microphone, speaks to staff at The Washington Post in this undated photo. (Courtesy of The Washington Post) When Martin Baron, one of the most consequential newspaper editors in America, announced his upcoming retirement, he cited his work overseeing the Boston Globes coverage of clergy sexual abuse and cover-up as a highlight of his journalistic career. "I think the impact has been really quite profound on several levels," he told NCR ah...