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.
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Explosions kill at least 207 in Sri Lanka on Easter Sunday
Since the end of the nation’s 26-year civil war, in which the Tamil Tigers, a rebel group from the ethnic Tamil minority, sought independence from ethnic Sinhala Buddhist majority Sri Lanka, the country has seen sporadic ethnic and religious violence, but the scale of Sunday’s bloodshed recalled the worst days of the war,
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Irish commission: Grave for children was improper, but not a septic tank
The commission investigating the historic treatment of unmarried mothers and their children in religious-run care homes in Ireland has dismissed claims that an underground burial plot was in fact a sewage tank.
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Pope Francis to priests: Best place to be is among the people
Being with the people “is the most beautiful place” to be, he told priests during the chrism Mass in St. Peter’s Basilica April 18.
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U.S. cathedrals rely on state-of-art fire prevention, remain vigilant
Cathedrals in the United States count on state-of-the-art fire prevention, detection and suppression techniques to prevent the devastation witnessed at Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris as Holy Week began.
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Detroit-area Catholics permitted to eat Muskrat on Fridays in Lent
A long-standing permission allows local Catholics to eat muskrat “on days of abstinence, including Fridays of Lent.”
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Trump calls Pope Francis to offer condolences over Notre Dame fire
Trump says in a tweet that he offered “condolences from the People of the United States for the horrible and destructive fire.”
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China invites Vatican to have pavilion at Beijing garden expo
Accepting an invitation from the Chinese government, the Holy See is one of a number of nations and organizations participating in an international garden expo in Beijing.
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President Macron and archbishop of Paris vow to rebuild Notre Dame
The president of France and the archbishop of Paris have vowed to rebuild Notre Dame Cathedral after a devastating fire.
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Catastrophic fire engulfs Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris
The blaze collapsed the cathedral’s spire and spread to one of its landmark rectangular towers.