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Holy Week Passover Seder connects Catholics to the Last Supper, Jews

Image of WOMAN PARTICIPATES IN SEDER MEAL – Sandra Steele lifts a cup of grape juice, symbolizing wine, during a Seder meal at St. Thomas More Church in Munster, Ind., March 24. The Seder is a special ritual during the Jewish festival of Passover, a holiday commemorating Jewish deliverance from Egyptian bondage and the time of the barley season. Many Catholics participate in a Seder during the season of Lent. (CNS/Northwest Indiana Catholic)

ROGERS, Ark. (Arkansas Catholic) - In the past two decades, there has been a growing interest for Catholics in the significance and ... continue reading


Haunting faces of war – Journalist asks 'where are its victims now'

Image of CHILD OF WAR - A refugee from the war in El Salvador looks into the camera lens of Mary Carty, who visited refugee camps in El Salvador and Honduras in 1986. (Mary Carty)

COLCHESTER, Vt. (Catholic Online) – The fourth anniversary of the Iraqi invasion by U.S. troops is a reminder of another anniversary ... continue reading



$7.00 safety nets may save lives and reduce illness

Image of $7.00 NETS OFFERED AS PREVENTION AGAINST MALARIA- Fatou Dibba and her daughter keep mosquitoes away by sleeping under a net provided by CRS.  (Photo CRS)

BALTIMORE, Md. (CRS) – Catholic Relief Services is issuing free, insecticide-treated bed nets to pregnant women and young children in ... continue reading


A big hit - Spring training baseball drives in funds for Catholic groups

Image of SPRING TRAINING FUND RAISER - Reene Bertone cleans the bleachers March 1 at Maryvale Stadium where the Milwaukee Brewers hold spring training. She staffs the games with dozens of volunteers to raise money for St. Vincent de Paul Parish. (The Catholic Sun)

PHOENIX, Ariz. (The Catholic Sun) – While millions of Americans donned green clothing and accessories March 17, some men from St. ... continue reading


Franciscan Mission cares for needy Peruvian children

Image of GIRL SWEEPS COURTYARD OF MISSION FOR CHILDREN IN PERU
A girl sweeps the courtyard of a mission for children in Puerto Ocopa, Peru, Feb. 13. Five Franciscan sisters care for nearly 100 children at the mission. Children arrive at the mission under different circumstances. Some come when they are newborns, wh ile others are left at the mission because their families don't have enough food. (CNS photo/Barbara Fraser)

PUERTO OCOPA, Peru (CNS) – The morning mist still clings to the trees as more than a dozen girls line up on wooden pews in the chapel ... continue reading


Religion, politics still too touchy a subject for Celtic band

Image of MEMBERS OF MUSIC BAND BOYS OF THE LOUGH – Brenden Begley, Dave Richardson, Malcom Stitt, Cathal McConnell (with glasses) and Kevin Henderson are members of the Celtic music band Boys of the Lough. Even after playing professionally for 40 years, Catholic member Cathal McConnell, a flutist and vocalist for the band, finds there are some songs that are too sensitive to make the group's repertoire, namely those about religion and politics. (CNS/courtesy of Boys of the Lough)

WASHINGTON (CNS) – Even after playing professionally for 40 years, Cathal McConnell, a flutist and vocalist for the Celtic music band ... continue reading



Los Angeles parish's food pantry helps build community

Image of LOW-INCOME RESIDENTS MOVE THROUGH GROCERY LINE AT CALIFORNIA PANTRY - Low-income clients move through the grocery line at St. Margaret Mary Alacocque Church food pantry in the Los Angeles suburb of Lomita. The food tables in the parish hall are staffed by church volunteers who prepare all week for the event, which provide s groceries for some 250 families. St. Margaret Mary is a largely middle-class, ethnically diverse parish amid neighborhoods of tidy homes. Over its 70 years, it has developed a reputation for aggressively serving the poor. (CNS photo/Bill Stephens)

LOS ANGELES (CNS) – A young Hispanic woman edged her shopping cart through the food pantry line at St. Margaret Mary Alacocque Church, ... continue reading


Freed Catholic death row inmate devotes life to end death penalty

Image of CATHOLIC WRONGLY CONVICTED OF MURDER GESTURES – Kirk Bloodsworth, who was wrongly convicted of the rape and murder of a 9-year-old Rosedale, Md., girl in 1985, gestures during an interview at his home in Cambridge, Md., in late January. Bloodsworth, who became a Catholic while on death row in Maryland, was exonerated by DNA evidence in 1993. Since then he has devoted his life to ending the death penalty. (Catholic Review)

CAMBRIDGE, Md. (Catholic Review) – If anyone has experienced sheer terror, it’s Kirk Bloodsworth. Tried and found guilty of the ... continue reading


Honing 40/40 vision - Live Lent’s 40 days with 40 faith-building ways

Image of FILE PHOTO OF CROSS DRAPED IN PURPLE OUTSIDE CHURCH DURING LENT - A cloudy evening sky provides the backdrop for a cross outside St. Elizabeth Ann Seton Church in Lake Ronkonkoma, N.Y., during Lent last April. The penitential season, which begins with Ash Wednesday, calls Christians to prayer, fasting, repentance and charity. (CNS photo/Gregory A. Shemitz, Long Island Catholic)

COLCHESTER, Vt. (Catholic Online) – The season of Lent brings to mind thoughts of reflection, fasting and “giving up.” Lent ... continue reading


From slavery to being the first black priest

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SAN FRANCISCO, Cal. (Ignatius Press) – Fr. Augustine Tolton (1854-1897) was the first black priest in the United States. Born into a ... continue reading


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