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Washington state’s bishops filed a lawsuit May 29 over a new law requiring clergy to report child abuse or neglect without exceptions for clergy-penitent privilege.

With Memorial Day around the corner, Kimberly A. Hess reflected on the service she and the federal government provide to families of veterans at Arlington National Cemetery. As assistant organist at the cemetery, she has performed at 1,000 funerals in the past five years.

The high court’s 4-4 ruling means that a decision by the Oklahoma Supreme Court, which found the establishment of the St. Isidore of Seville Catholic Virtual School as a publicly funded religious school was unconstitutional, will stand for now.