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Though listed as "retired," the faithful will likely still see 11 deacons assisting in liturgy, supporting funeral services, reaching out to inmates and supporting an array of other vital ministries.

TORONTO (CNS) — Toronto Cardinal Thomas Collins called for special prayers after a van jumped a curb and killed at least 10 people on a busy Toronto street.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — The church needs courageous men and women like Italian Bishop Antonio Bello of Molfetta, who imitated Jesus’ closeness to the poor and the downtrodden, Pope Francis said.

SEDONA — A new bronze crucifix in the Chapel of the Holy Cross serves as a focal point for visitors to the chapel, said Fr. Kieran Kleczewski, pastor of the chapel and of St. John Vianney Parish in Sedona.

VATICANO (ACI Prensa) — “Gaudete et Exsultate (Alegraos y Regocijaos), sobre el llamado a la santidad en el mundo actual” es la tercera exhortación apostólica del Papa Francisco — después de Evangelii Gaudium y de Amoris Laetitia — y de su Pontificado, que acaba de cumplir cinco años.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — God calls all Christians to be saints — not plastic statues of saints, but real people who make time for prayer and who show loving care for others in the simplest gestures, Pope Francis said in his new document on holiness.

ATLANTA (CNS) — Churches around the Archdiocese of Atlanta solemnly rang bells 39 times in commemoration of the 50th anniversary of the assassination of the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (CNS) — Fr. Pat Connor was on his way from a graduate class at the University of Memphis to St. Joseph Hospital to visit a priest friend the evening of April 4, 1968.

VATICAN CITY (CNS) — “Rejoice and Be Glad,” Pope Francis’ new apostolic exhortation on “the call to holiness in the modern world,” will be released April 9, the Vatican announced.

MEMPHIS, Tenn. (CNA/EWTN News) — On April 4, 1968, Martin Luther King, Jr., was fatally shot outside his room at the Lorraine Motel in Memphis, Tennessee.