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Violence erupts as Baltimore lays resident to rest
For four hours April 27, Freddie Gray Jr. was patiently and prayerfully memorialized. That peace, however, was extremely fragile.
Msgr. Lynn’s conviction reinstated by Pa. Supreme Court
The case of the former archdiocesan secretary for clergy took a dramatic new turn April 27 when the state’s high court overturned a lower court’s ruling that had released him from prison.
Inclement weather, logistical issues delay aid for Nepal quake victims
"The logistical problems are enormous and sadly, relief is being delayed," Father Pius Perumana, director of Caritas Nepal, told Catholic News Service April 28
High-level tweeting: Study confirms pope’s Twitter influence
According to "Twiplomacy," a study of the Twitter accounts of world leaders and their retweet rates, U.S. President Barack Obama has the most Twitter followers, but Pope Francis' @Pontifex is the most influential Twitter account -- his average "retweet" and "favorite" rate is more than eight times higher than Obama's.
Pope tells Portuguese bishop he hopes to visit Fatima in 2017
Pope Francis already is looking ahead to 2017 and particularly to marking important Marian feasts that year.
Pope prays for quake victims, sends donation, urges solidarity
Pope Francis offered his prayers to all of those affected by a deadly earthquake in Nepal, encouraged rescue and emergency workers in their efforts and sent an initial donation of $100,000.
Today’s teaching on the family
See the daily excerpt from the preparatory catechesis for the 2015 World Meeting of Families, “Love is Our Mission: The Family Fully Alive.”
No boring homilies, pope tells new priests at ordination
Priests are called to nourish the faithful, he said, so they must ensure "that your homilies are not boring, that your homilies arrive directly in people's hearts because they flow from your heart, because what you tell them is what you have in your heart."
5,000 join March for Marriage three days before Supreme Court arguments
The president of the U.S. Conference of Catholic Bishops called same-sex marriage "the greatest social experiment of our time" and said that "children do not need experiments," but rather the love of a mother and father at the third annual March for Marriage rally supporting traditional marriage on Capitol Hill.
Pope offers prayers for Nepal quake victims
More than 3,600 people have been killed and more than 6,500 others injured after a magnitude-7.8 earthquake hit a mountainous region near Kathmandu April 25.