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Czech Cardinal Vlk, former window-washer, clandestine priest, dies

Czech Cardinal Miloslav Vlk, who washed windows and ministered underground during communism, died of cancer March 18.
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Archbishop Lori’s Homily: Archdiocesan Mass for Consecrated Life

May the Lord inspire many young people to discern a vocation to consecrated life.
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Examination of Mencken’s writings on religion has lessons for today

As Hart notes, Mencken had the “capacity to expose civil religion’s pretense, idealism and hollowness.”
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Form and chaos

In the Catholic imagination, the God who created the heavens and the earth brought an order out of primordial chaos.
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Pope apologizes for Catholics’ participation in Rwanda genocide

Pope Francis "conveyed his profound sadness, and that of the Holy See and of the church, for the genocide against the Tutsi."
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Trump vows to keep fighting for travel ban blocked again by courts

President Donald Trump, during a campaign rally in Nashville, vowed to fight the latest court ruling blocking his executive order temporarily suspending immigration from six Muslim-majority countries and refugee resettlement all the way to the Supreme Court.
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Pope presides over Lenten penance service at Vatican

After urging priests to be generously available for the sacrament of penance, Pope Francis went to confession, then offered the sacrament to seven Catholics.
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Movie Review: ‘Kong: Skull Island’

Impressive monster movie, set in 1973, in which an ensemble of scientists and soldiers travel to a previously uncharted island where they encounter an updated version of King Kong.
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Politicians Are People Too (Why we should welcome the #bipartisanroadtrip)

Other than the BBC Dad story (which makes me laugh to the point of tears pretty much every time I watch it), my favorite story of the week is of the #bipartisanroadtrip – a two-day drive undertaken by Texas Congressmen Will Hurd (a Republican) and Beto O’Rourke (a Democrat). The two men, who don’t
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International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Fatima coming to Archdiocese of Baltimore

The International Pilgrim Virgin Statue of Fatima will be displayed as part of a nationwide call to prayer.
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Irish archbishop: St. Patrick was an ‘undocumented migrant’

The leader of the Catholic Church in Ireland has urged Irish people and those of Irish descent celebrating St. Patrick’s Day to remember the plight of migrants.
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