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Pakistan’s military, security and intelligence agencies have foiled a possible terrorist attack on Christians in Lahore planned for Easter.   The army said on Monday  they captured a female medical student, identified as Noreen Leghari, who admitted she was part of a planned attack on an unnamed church during Easter.  At a news briefing on Monday, Maj. Gen. Asif Ghafoor, the director general of the army's public relations wing showed part of a video in which the woman said she had travelled from her hometown of Hyderabad to Lahore and was working with two other men to carry out the attack.‎Security remained tight on all churches of Lahore where 72 people were killed in a suicide bombing at a recreational park in Lahore on Easter 2016.  More than 25 police officials aided by 30 youth volunteers remained on guard during five Easter Masses at the Catholic cathedral.Archbishop Sebastian Shah of Lahore exchanged bouquets with police officials amid...
(Vatican Radio)  The Vatican has announced that Pope Francis will visit the northern Italian cities of Cesena and Bologna on Sunday, 1 October 2017.His pastoral visit coincides with the 300th anniversary of the birth of Pope Pius VI in 1717, who reigned as Pope from 15 February 1775 until his death on 29 August 1799.Pope Francis will make the trip at the invitation of Archbishop Matteo Maria Zuppi of Bologna and Bishop Douglas Regattieri of Cesena-Sarsina.A communique released by the Archdiocese of Bologna says the Pope’s pastoral visit occurs on “the occasion of the Diocesan Eucharistic Congress”, at which event the faithful are invited to renew their “efforts towards the diffusion, knowledge, and understanding of Sacred Scripture”.Archbishop Zuppi goes on to thank Pope Francis for his “kind acceptance of the invitation”.Please find below the full programme of Pope Francis’ visit:07.00       &...
Fire partially damaged priest’s residence and part of Assumption Cathedral in Kathmandu, Nepal Arson attack on April 18.   Arsonists attempted to set on fire Assumption Cathedral, the first public Catholic ‎worship place in Hindu-majority Nepal.‎Father Ignatius Rai, pastor of the cathedral parish said the incident occurred around 3 a.m. on April 18 ‎when "unknown persons" broke into the church premises.‎ ‎"This is shocking. The local Christian community is now living under threat," said, Father Rai.‎They started a fire that partially damaged the priest’s residence and the western part of the church. A ‎car and two motorbikes were also completely burnt.  No casualties were reported.‎ The incident took place two days after Easter. Police are currently investigating the case.‎This is the second time the church has been targeted. A bomb exploded there in 2009, claiming three lives ‎including a schoo...
Washington D.C., Apr 18, 2017 / 03:18 am (CNA/EWTN News).- Chocolate bunnies and marshmallow Peeps have graced the shelves of U.S. stores for weeks in anticipation of Easter, but now that the actual Easter Season has begun, how should Catholics observe it?“We cannot, as Christians, walk out of Easter liturgy and wash our hands of the business. Our life is forever changed, and it can never be what it was, if we believe that a man has walked out of the tomb,” said Fr. Hezekias Carnazzo, director of the Institute of Catholic Culture.Easter Sunday begins the liturgical season of Easter, which continues through the celebration of the Ascension to Pentecost Sunday, 50 days in all. Each day of the Octave of Easter, the first eight days of the season, is a solemnity and ends on the Second Sunday of Easter, or Divine Mercy Sunday.The Easter Triduum follows the 40-day penitential season of Lent, which is marked by penance, prayer, and almsgiving.However, once the Triduum is over a...
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Tuesday is Tax Day, that dreaded day when millions of procrastinators rush to fulfill their civic duty by filing state and federal tax returns....
ALPHARETTA, Ga. (AP) -- Republicans are bidding to prevent a major upset in a conservative Georgia congressional district where Democrats stoked by opposition to President Donald Trump have rallied behind a candidate who has raised a shocking amount of money for a special election....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump is planning to sign an executive order that seeks to make changes to a visa program that brings in high-skilled workers....
LONDON (AP) -- In a shock announcement, Prime Minister Theresa May on Tuesday called for an early general election to be held June 8 to seek a strong mandate as she negotiates Britain's exit from the European Union....
TOKYO (AP) -- The U.S. will not relent until it achieves its objective of ensuring the Korean Peninsula is free of nuclear weapons, Vice President Mike Pence said Tuesday while visiting Japan....
Acts 2:42-47, I Peter 1:3-9, John 20:19-31Divine Mercy in action: A TIME magazine issue in 1984 presented a startling cover. It pictured a prison cell where two men sat on metal folding chairs. The young man wore a black turtleneck sweater, blue jeans and white running shoes. The older man was dressed in a white robe and had a white skullcap on his head. They sat facing one another, up-close and personal. They spoke quietly so as to keep others from hearing the conversation. The young man was Mehmet Ali Agca, the pope’s would-be assassin (he shot and wounded the Pope on May 13, 1981); the other man was Pope St. John Paul II, the intended victim. The Pope embraced his enemy and pardoned him. When the Pope left the cell, he said, “What we talked about must remain a secret between us. I spoke to him as a brother whom I have pardoned and who has my complete trust.” This is an example of God’s Divine Mercy, the same Divine Mercy whose message St. Faustina witnes...
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