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Notre Dame Cathedral fire a reminder of need for sacred spaces
Johan van Parys, director of liturgy and the sacred arts at the Basilica of St. Mary in Minneapolis, realized tears were running down his cheeks as he watched televised coverage of Notre Dame Cathedral burning in Paris.
Justices lean toward including citizenship question in next census
During April 23 oral arguments before the Supreme Court, the majority of justices seemed in favor of an added question about U.S. citizenship on the 2020 census questionnaire.
Parish’s Pastoral Migratoria ministry helps immigrants become citizens
When Evelyn Antonio talks about what becoming a U.S. citizen has meant to her, she gets tears in her eyes.
Memorial service marks 20th anniversary of shooting rampage at Columbine
After two students at Columbine High School went on a shooting rampage April 20, 1999, killing 12 students and one teacher and injuring two dozen more, then-principal Frank DeAngelis, a lifelong Catholic, began to question his faith, wondering “how could God possibly let this happen?”
Cardinal criticizes Sri Lankan government for not taking precautions
Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith of Colombo, Sri Lanka, has blamed the country’s authorities for the security lapse he claims could have prevented Easter bombings, in which the death toll surpassed 320.
Continuing Easter celebrations, pope again prays for Sri Lanka
On Easter Monday, Pope Francis led thousands of people in St. Peter’s Square in praying for the hundreds of people who died or were injured in bomb blasts the previous day in Sri Lanka.
Sri Lankan attacks are the latest in series of Easter-related incidents
At least 290 people were killed and more than 500 injured in Easter attacks on three churches and three hotels in Sri Lanka. The bombings were the latest in a string of Easter season bombings by extremists.
USCCB president decries terrorist bombings of Sri Lanka churches, hotels
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops termed as “a great evil” the Easter terrorist attacks in Sri Lanka targeting the country’s minority Christian community as worshippers packed three churches.
Only risen Christ can bring peace to world at war, pope says at Easter
As the machine of warfare continues to churn out more dangerous weaponry, only the power and joy of Christ’s resurrection can fill hearts with comfort and peace, Pope Francis said before giving his Easter blessing.
At Easter the stones of sin, despair, are rolled away, pope says at vigil
As individuals and as a church, it can be tempting to dwell on mistakes, failures and sins that block the fullness of life, but Easter is the proclamation that the Lord is victorious and his love will triumph, Pope Francis said.
New York fundraising effort started to help restore Notre Dame Cathedral
New York Cardinal Timothy Dolan said he named a fundraising effort for the Paris cathedral “From St. Patrick’s to Notre Dame” because he really wanted “to twin our beloved St. Patrick’s Cathedral, America’s parish church here on Fifth Avenue, with Notre Dame.”
Muslim father, ‘wanting to be part of something,’ joins Catholic Church
After questioning the Islamic tradition he had practiced for a few years, Christopher Booty delved into its history and explored other world religions — which eventually led him to Catholicism.
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