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Caption: Lillian Estermann, a second-grade student at Holy Cross School in Kaukauna, Wis., places a crown of flowers on a statue of Mary holding the infant Jesus after Mass at Holy Cross Church May 16. The month of May is devoted to Mary and is traditionally celebrated with a crowning and praying of the rosary. (CNS/Sam Lucero, The Compass)
Lillian Estermann, a second-grade student at Holy Cross School in Kaukauna, Wis., places a crown of flowers on a statue of Mary holding the infant Jesus after Mass at Holy Cross Church May 16. The month of May is devoted to Mary and is traditionally celebrated with a crowning and praying of the rosary. (CNS/Sam Lucero, The Compass)
Vatican Legal: Church teaching doesn't change, but church laws can

By Cindy Wooden
Catholic News Service

VATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Bishop Juan Ignacio Arrieta has a special briefcase he uses exclusively to carry documentation for a project that would completely revise an entire section of the Catholic Church's basic law.

The black case contains a 40-page draft text for a new "Book VI: Sanctions in the Church" section of the Code of Canon Law, as well as the 800-page synthesis of recommended amendments and objections to the proposed changes.
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Caption: Pedro Arturo Lopez speaks at an interfaith prayer service at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, marking the fifth anniversary of the May 12, 2008, immigration raid in Postville, Iowa. Lopez's mother was deported after the raid. (CNS/Dan Russo, Catholic Witness)
Pedro Arturo Lopez speaks at an interfaith prayer service at Immaculate Conception Catholic Church in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, marking the fifth anniversary of the May 12, 2008, immigration raid in Postville, Iowa. Lopez's mother was deported after the raid. (CNS/Dan Russo, Catholic Witness)
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Editors: Contents of Origins CNS Documentary Service, Vol. 43, No. 3 (May 23, 2013):

-- The new evangelization requires a new apologetics, one that takes seriously contemporary challenges to Christianity and eschews polemics in favor of dialogue, says the former head of the Vatican doctrinal congregation, retired U.S. Cardinal William J. Levada.

-- Pope Francis commemorates 40 years of dialogue with the Coptic Orthodox Church at a meeting with its leader, Pope Tawadros II.

-- Mary is a mother who helps Christians to grow, to confront life and to be free, says Pope Francis.

-- Cardinal Thomas C. Collins of Toronto urges Catholics to weigh carefully a proposal to open a major new casino in the city, saying it is unhealthy for people, charitable organizations and government to be "enslaved by the lure of easy gambling revenue."

-- The 2013 farm bill offers the opportunity to address outdated agriculture policies and help hungry people at home and abroad, say the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops, Catholic Relief Service, Catholic Charities USA and the National Catholic Rural Life Conference.


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