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A man mourns in front of a relative's grave at Sellakanda Catholic cemetery in Negombo, Sri Lanka, April 23, 2019, two days after a string of suicide bomb attacks on churches and luxury hotels across the island. (CNS photo/Athit Perawongmetha, Reuters)

Cardinal Ranjith criticizes Sri Lankan government for not taking precautions

Catholic News Service
April 24, 2019
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Sri Lankan Cardinal Malcolm Ranjith said he is struggling following the Easter bombings in his country “because there are no words with which I can console my people.”

Retired Pope Benedict XVI attends a consistory for the creation of new cardinals in St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican in this Feb. 22, 2014, file photo. Pope Benedict has released an article addressing the roots of the clerical sexual abuse crisis in the Catholic Church and how the church should respond now. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

The Ratzinger Diagnosis 

George Weigel
April 24, 2019
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The Pope Emeritus did the Church a service by offering a diagnosis of the abuse crisis that should be taken seriously by anyone serious about healing the wounds inflicted on the Body of Christ by the abuse of Holy Orders for wicked, self-indulgent purposes.

Nuns, clergymen and police officials look over the scene after a bombing at St. Sebastian Church in Negombo, Sri Lanka, April 21, 2019. At least 200 people were killed and hundreds more injured on Easter Sunday in Sri Lanka when attackers unleashed an apparently coordinated series of bombings that simultaneously targeted Christian churches and luxury hotels. (CNS photo/Reuters)

USCCB president decries terrorist bombings in Sri Lanka on Easter

Catholic News Service
April 23, 2019
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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.

Steven Allbright teaches at Lighthouse, a homeless prevention support center in Annapolis, where he is associate director of culinary services. (Kevin J. Parks/ CR Staff)

Road to redemption

Paul McMullen
April 21, 2019
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Living in East Baltimore, Steven Allbright had plenty of options where he could come into the Catholic Church. Something about Historic St. Francis Xavier, however, set it apart.

Pope Francis delivers his Easter blessing "urbi et orbi" (to the city and the world) from the central balcony of St. Peter's Basilica at the Vatican April 21, 2019. (CNS photo/Paul Haring)

Only risen Christ can bring peace to world at war, pope says at Easter

Junno Arocho Esteves
April 21, 2019
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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.

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