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.......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... .......... Ken Mayers of Veterans For Peace protests on April 23 at Guadalupe and West Alameda streets in Santa Fe, near a building LANL plans to use. (Eddie Moore/Albuquerque Journal) Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – Something big – as in billions – is happening at Los Alamos National Lab...

Copyright © 2021 Albuquerque Journal SANTA FE – Archbishop of Santa Fe John Wester praises much of the work being done at Los Alamos National Laboratory. The lab’s expertise greatly contributes to developments in bioscience, computer science, engineering, medicine and modeling that helped the nation navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic. But it also builds bombs – the kind capable of killing massive numbers of people. And that’s not an easy thing for him – and some Catholics working...

April 27, 2021 CWN Editors Note: After the state of New Mexico lifted emergency restrictions, allowing churches to operate at full capacity, Bishop Peter Baldacchino of Las Cruces authorized pastors to set their own limits on congregations. In the Archdiocese of Santa Fe, however, Archbishop John Wester said that parishes should continue to abide by the limits the state had rescinded. The above note supplements, highlights, or corrects details in the original source (link above). About CWN new...

  Yesterday’s verdict in the George Floyd murder trial is one step toward accountability, toward a measure of justice for the family of George Floyd, and toward building a more just world free of racism and systemic violence against the Black community. We know we have much more work to do to build a more just society. We must continue the prayers and stand up to bigotry and racism in our country.   Last year, shortly after the killing of George Floyd, the African American Catholic Communit...

24:46 The illness of racism was here long before Covid-19, but the pandemic brought it out into a brighter focus. It is too blinding not to see it. It is too loud to be silent in its presence. So we are going to make some noise of our own—the kind of noise you can dance to. On Episode 26, we highlight the dialogues we’ve had over the past year with anti-racist educators and leaders. As the country loops back through a national call to self-destruct on Sunday, April 11, NoMoNo spins remixes ...

Easter bunny The Easter bunny will be making an appearance at 1 p.m., Thursday, April 1, at Anna Becker Park in Belen. Tomé Hill pilgrimage The Town of Tomé Land Grant, owner and caretaker of the Tomé Hill, will support Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham and Archdiocese of Santa Fe Archbishop John Wester’s requests for people to limit gatherings on Easter weekend. If pilgrims choose to climb Tomé Hill, they must understand and follow these rules and guidelines: Pilgrims must continue ...

NEXT WEEK: The state has done it, recreational marijuana has passed the state Legislature and is soon to be put into the books by the governor. What does that really mean for New Mexico? Find out next week on No More Normal. SPECIAL THANKS TO: Vanessa Bowen for the artwork. And NoMoNo trivia: Bowne also designed the shows logos. Zelie Pollon, Yasmin Khan, and Taylor Velazuquez for their contributions. And virtual high-fives to Zelie, Taylor and Megan Kamerick for the editing help. Jazztone the...

The flag of Jersey. Credit: railway fx/Shutterstock. St. Helier, Jersey, Mar 12, 2021 / 05:01 pm (CNA).- Jersey has formed a citizens’ jury to determine whether assisted suicide should be allowed on the island. Out of 477 people who applied to sit on the jury, 23 were “randomly selected to provide a broadly representative sample of the Island’, Channel 103 reported the government as saying. An expert advisory team to the group includes several university professors from mainland universit...

“New Mexico is set to legalize abortions with very few restrictions,” Archbishop John Wester of Santa Fe warned.

Joe Biden is sworn in as the 46th president of the United States by Chief Justice John Roberts as Bidens wife, Jill, holds the family Bible during his inauguration at the Capitol in Washington Jan. 20, 2021. (CNS photo/Kevin Lamarque, Reuters) Following the inauguration of President Joseph R. Biden Jr., the head of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Archbishop José Gomez, released a lengthy statement, in which he laid out areas in which the bishops may work well with the new administrat...