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April 2019

April 27, 2019
From the Archdiocese's Facebook page: "Send forth upon them, Lord, we pray, the Holy Spirit,...
April 27, 2019
Details:  Sri Lankan security forces said they found the bodies of 15 people, including four...
April 26, 2019
From CNN: The ongoing hunt for terrorist suspects in Sri Lanka, and fears of reprisal...
April 26, 2019
He is risen! And if you had any doubts, check out this brief video that...
April 25, 2019
From AFP: Sri Lanka’s Catholic churches suspended all public services over security fears on Thursday,...
April 25, 2019
The following email was sent around the diocese early today: Annuntio Vobis Gaudium Magnum –...
April 24, 2019
NCR and Phyllis Zagano suggest that just might happen: Will he or won't he? That's...
April 24, 2019
Some interesting insight from Crux:  A declining proportion of Catholics and accelerated growth of Evangelical...
April 23, 2019
Awful news from Maui:  A chapel at St. Anthony’s Catholic Church was vandalized overnight,...
April 23, 2019
Details: White House acting chief of staff Mick Mulvaney said on Tuesday a little known...
April 23, 2019
Details:  A woman has been arrested for allegedly throwing a bag containing seven newborn puppies into...
April 22, 2019
The horror of this story just continues to mount — made more grievous because...
April 22, 2019
From Crux:  A new “super dicastery” on evangelization might be one of the most significant...
April 22, 2019
Well, yes, the church was packed.  It started that way on Thursday and continued all...
April 21, 2019
Details:  As worshipers gathered on Sunday at Roman Catholic churches across Sri Lanka to celebrate...
April 19, 2019
Seriously? Check this out: I'll give them this: the story is better than the headline....
April 19, 2019
It remains for me one of the most haunting and defining moments of the movie...
April 18, 2019
The story:  Jesus' gesture of washing his disciples' feet, an act once reserved to servants...
April 18, 2019
From CNN:  A man will be charged with attempted arson and reckless endangerment after he...
April 17, 2019
Tonight, in this church named for Our Lady, many of us are thinking of another...
April 16, 2019
This is something new, released just hours ago: the University of Notre Dame's celebrated Folk...
April 16, 2019
This was announced yesterday: Former Speaker Paul Ryan (R-Wis.) has joined the faculty of the University of...
April 16, 2019
Here is an extensive and heartbreaking glimpse at what remains after yesterday's devastating fire. We...
April 16, 2019
The Holy Father's statement, released Tuesday morning in French: Following the fire that devastated much...
April 15, 2019
Details:  Fox News’ Neil Cavuto had to hang up on Catholic League president Bill Donohue during live coverage of...
April 15, 2019
Details:  A fire broke out at Notre Dame Cathedral in central Paris on Monday afternoon,...
April 15, 2019
From Nebraska:  A Palm Sunday morning Mass suddenly became violent at a small Catholic church...
April 15, 2019
From The Daily Caller:  Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas told a friendly audience in California...
April 14, 2019
It was a busy and eventful Palm Sunday in Queens — and it started yesterday,...
April 14, 2019
Cardinal John Dew of New Zealand wrote a letter to his flock earlier this month: Being...
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