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Friday in the Octave of Easter
After the crippled man had been cured,while Peter and John were still speaking to the people,the priests, the captain of the temple guard,and the Sadducees confronted them,disturbed that they were …
Month: April 2026
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Apr. 10 Friday within the Octave of Easter, Solemnity
Alleluia Verse, Ps 118:24:This is the day the LORD has made; let us be glad and rejoice in it.
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British euthanasia bill seems unlikely to pass
Mary Zwicker, European Correspondent: The United Kingdom is in the midst of an ongoing battle to legalize assisted suicide. In October 2024, Labour party MP Kim Leadbeater introduced the Terminally Ill …
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Push for Canada to allow child euthanasia
Mary Zwicker, European Correspondent: Several lobbying groups are pushing the Canadian government to expand its Medical Assistance in Dying laws to include mature minors, citing various European countries as examples of …
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Pope Leo XIV: Sport must be a ‘space for encounter’
VATICAN CITY — Pope Leo XIV on Thursday praised athletes from the Milan-Cortina 2026 Olympic and Paralympic Games, saying sport “can and must truly become a space for encounter” in …
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Alberta bill would enact euthanasia safeguards
Paul Tuns: On March 18, Alberta Minister of Justice Mickey Amery introduced Bill 18, the Safeguards for Last Resort Termination of Life Act, which, if passed, will restrict euthanasia in …
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Christians must be messengers of peace this Easter, Comboni missionary says
Christians are called to live the Easter message of peace, especially during times of war and violence, said a Comboni missionary priest once kidnapped in Uganda. “On the very day …
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Cardinal Porras says new era in Venezuela after Maduro ‘is not about vengeance’
“It‘s not about vengeance,” said Cardinal Baltazar Porras, archbishop emeritus of Caracas, while reflecting on Venezuela’s future following the ousting of President Nicolás Maduro by a U.S. military operation on …
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Clarence Mangan
Lionel Johnson (1867-1902) was a British critic and poet who converted to Catholicism in his early twenties. Known for poetry and his book The Art of Thomas Hardy, Johnson’s career …
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Chaucer’s Nuns
Sister Mary Madeleva (1887-1964) was known for poetry, eloquence, and scholarship. She became the third president of Saint Mary’s College in Notre Dame, Indiana, from which she had herself graduated. …