California bans singing in churches (Sacramento Bee) Updated COVID-19 guidelines issued Wednesday by the state Department of Public Health require churches and other houses of worship to “discontinue singing and chanting activities.” In previously allowing religious organizations to reopen in late May, the state merely said these institutions should “strongly consider discontinuing singing, group recitation, and other practices and performances…”

Brooklyn priest becomes new bishop of Paterson (The Tablet) Putting his episcopal ministry in the hands of Pope St. John Paul II and St. Mother Teresa, Bishop Kevin J. Sweeney was ordained a Bishop and installed as the eighth leader of the Diocese of Paterson, N.J. “They’re both such a great inspiration about who we are as Catholics in our times,” said Bishop Sweeney. “There’s more of them out there. We just have to find them. Now we get to work. We will strive to promote vocations. We will proclaim the Gospel of life…”

Parishes offer more details about Father Haake (Catholic Standard) Two Washington, D.C., Catholic parishes offered prayers and support for a visiting religious order priest who was allegedly assaulted on June 9 during an early morning walk…

Poll: Trump trailing Biden among Catholic voters (Pew) While no other religious group is as supportive of Trump as white evangelical Protestants – and his rating has slipped among most Christian groups in this analysis in recent months – the president continues to garner support from half or more of other white Christians…

Milwaukee nuns raise money with biergarten-to-go (Aleteia) To carry out their mission, the sisters based in Milwaukee raise a good deal of their funds each year by selling their own brews. With Catholic-inspired names such as Ale Mary and the Righteous Root Beer, they have become quite popular, especially among the faithful. They knew they had to find a way to bring the beer to their fans, and so they decided to turn their beer garden into a drive-through, which will distribute boxes of biergarten supplies on July 11…