Karen, Karenni and Chin Catholic communities in Twin Cities ask for prayers, other support for those back home

Baptisms, first Communions, confirmation and convalidation of a marriage.

Singing is a required subject at Chesterton Academy — as is three years of Latin. Latin comes in handy when Chesterton students chant.

After taking their annual “spring break,” legislators were back at work April 6. A fixture in the legislative calendar, the break always coincides with the Easter and Passover holidays, traditionally a time to rest in God. For many legislators and staff, the break also means a respite from the tumult created by thousands of bills and the proponents or opponents of bills vying for legislators’ attention.

The coronavirus pandemic has exposed how unprepared the world is -- even wealthy, technologically advanced nations -- to work together to stop an urgent crisis, Sister Carol Keehan said.

Cardinal Vincent Nichols of Westminster led Catholics of England and Wales in mourning the death of Prince Philip, the husband of Queen Elizabeth II.

Length. The Easter Season is fifty days, not forty days, like Lent, or four weeks or slightly less, like Advent. The Easter Season extends from Easter Sunday to Pentecost. It is sometimes known as the “Festival of Weeks,” seven weeks of seven days (49 days), plus one, the fiftieth day, Pentecost.

The whole fabric of space and chronology having been ripped open by villains, the stakes are high in "Crash Bandicoot 4: It's About Time" (Activision).

Poor countries cannot be expected to recover from the current financial crisis if the world returns to an economic model in which a small minority of people owns half of the world's wealth, Pope Francis said.

No one has to tell Catholic school teachers how different this past year has been.