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[Catholic Caucus] The Bishop Cancelled the Memorial Requiem for my MotherTo the average Penn State student, the fourth of September of 2018 was a day like any other. A Tuesday early in the semester, the weather in State College, Pennsylvania was perfect, and the buzz of a promising football season (coupled with a narrow victory the week before) permeated campus. It was around 2 o’clock in the afternoon when I received a call I had been dreading but, unfortunately, expecting.My mother had died.For the past four years, my mother, Cheryl, had battled stage IV metastatic breast cancer. Over the course...