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As for his adoptive parents, "they're excited as well to see what happens with the film and to see how many people we can impact."

An explosive device, described by the diocese as homemade, was detonated during Mass March 4 and was the second at an area church within four days.

It will occur the Monday after Pentecost each year and joins in with churches across Poland, Argentina, St. Peter's Basilica and some religious orders who already set aside the feast.

Fr. Thelakkat, 52, had been rector there since 2011.

The daughter of a wealthy Philadelphia banker, Katharine received marriage proposals but wanted to become a contemplative nun.

Salvation in Christ is a gift of God that cannot be earned by human efforts alone, and it is not simply some kind of interior transformation, but touches the way Christians live in the world and relate to others, said a new document from the Congregation for the Doctrine of the Faith.

The church's 10 Franciscan friars continued three days of celebrated Masses for the intentions of the pilgrims who were unable to pray in the church, where tradition holds that Jesus was buried.

WASHINGTON (CNS) — Saying the time had come to “right a wrong,” Cardinal Donald W. Wuerl blessed and dedicated commemorative bronze plaques honoring unknown enslaved men, women and children buried throughout the Archdiocese of Washington.

When classes resume at Stoneman Douglas on a modified schedule Feb. 28, they will face all their usual routines and challenges right up against the horrific memories of the fear and loss of just two weeks before.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — While Pope Francis thinks Blessed Paul VI wrote “the greatest pastoral document that has ever been written,” great writing does not make a pope a saint.