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(Vatican Radio) Anglicans and Catholics must not simply recall the legacy of great saints from the past, but must pass on to others “what we have received ourselves in the hope of a reunited Christendom.”That was the message from English Archbishop Arthur Roche, Secretary of the Congregation for Divine Worship and the Discipline of the Sacraments, to a historic celebration of Anglican Choral Evensong in St Peter’s Basilica.Archbishop David Moxon, director of the Anglican Centre in Rome, presided at the March 13th liturgy. The choir of Merton College, Oxford, sang motets by the English Renaissance composer William Byrd, as well as more contemporary works and some well-loved Anglican hymns.The celebration took place the day after the Church traditionally marked the feast of St Gregory the Great, who has become an unofficial patron of relations between the Anglican and Catholic Churches. St Gregory was the pope who sent Augustine, the prior of a Benedictine monaster...
IMAGE: CNS photo/Katie BreidenbachBy Katie BreidenbachMEDINA,Ohio (CNS) -- Dozens of little wax flowers lay on the table in front of her.With a gentle grip, Judy Hamrick picks up each one and covers the back in glue."It'svery peaceful work," Hamrick said. "I've worked here 24 years and every paschalseason I've been out here and we enjoy it out here."Nearbyare countless other wax decorations in the shape of lambs, crosses, numbers andGreek letters. Tubs of wax, rulers, brushes and boxes of pins lay strewn onHamrick's desk and the desks of her co-workers."It'sexciting when you put it all together," added another decorator, Rose MarieDixon.Eachelement is carefully measured and attached, by hand, to a long wax pillar. Afterabout 45 minutes, the women finish decorating one paschal candle. Their factory,the A.I. Root Co. in Medina, will create over 1,500 of these liturgical worksof art and ship them to churches across the country."Weprobably make about 25 to 30 a day," said Brad Root, pre...
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- "Saturday Night Live" gets the summer off, but "Weekend Update" will keep the political satire coming in prime time....
DALLAS (AP) -- American Airlines said Tuesday that it plans to offer free meals to everyone in economy on certain cross-country flights starting May 1....
By the time a lawsuit over pollution from a nuclear weapons plant had reached Judge Neil Gorsuch, it had crawled through the courts for more than two decades, outliving some of the landowners who said the contamination destroyed their property values....
EVERETT, Wash. (AP) -- As deaths from painkillers and heroin abuse spiked and street crimes increased, the mayor of Everett took major steps to tackle the opioid epidemic devastating this working-class city north of Seattle....
LONDON (AP) -- Britain's Parliament has told Prime Minister Theresa May she can file for divorce from the European Union. She will send the formal letter by the end of March. Then comes the hard part - the arguments, the lawyers, the squabbles over money....
NEW YORK (AP) -- The White House and its allies are stepping up their attacks on a foe typically associated with fragile democracies, military coups and spy thrillers....
A powerful nor'easter hit the Northeast on Tuesday after a largely uneventful winter, dropping up to 2 feet of snow in some places, grounding thousands of flights and leading to school and work closures along the coast....
NEW YORK (AP) -- A blustery, late-season storm clobbered the Northeast with sleet and heavy snow Tuesday, crippling much of the Washington-to-Boston corridor after a stretch of unusually mild winter weather that had people thinking spring was already here....
