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Baltimore Riots
For Catholics in West Baltimore, only answer to violence is community
By Matt Hadro & Adelaide Mena CNA/EWTN News After unrest erupted in Baltimore following the death of 25 year-old Freddie Gray, Catholics stepped up to restore their communities and pray for peace and justice in their neighborhoods. “The community, to me, is not those people that come in and sell …
Fleeting peace as Baltimore pays final respects to Freddie Gray
By Paul McMullen Catholic News Service BALTIMORE — For four hours April 27, Freddie Gray Jr. was patiently and prayerfully memorialized. That peace, however, was extremely fragile. Gray, 25, died April 19, one week after being arrested on a weapons charge and sustaining a severe spinal cord injury in West …