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By Carol GlatzVATICAN CITY (CNS) -- Here is Pope Francis' schedule forHoly Week and Easter:-- March 5-10: Lenten retreat with officials from theRoman Curia in Ariccia, outside Rome.-- March 17: Penitential liturgy in St. Peter's Basilica.-- March 25: Pastoral visit to Milan where he wasscheduled to visit the Duomo and a prison, celebrate an outdoor Mass and meet withyoung people recently confirmed and preparing for confirmation.-- April 2: Pastoral visit to northern Italian town of Carpi.-- April 9: Palm Sunday Mass in St. Peter's Square.-- April 13: Holy Thursday, morning chrism Mass in St.Peter's Basilica. Evening Mass of the Lord's Supper with foot washing at astill-unannounced location as of March 3.-- April 14: Good Friday afternoon liturgy of the Lord'sPassion in St. Peter's Basilica. Nighttime Way of the Cross in Rome's Colosseum.-- April 15: Easter vigil at 8:30 p.m. in St. Peter'sBasilica.-- April 16: Easter morning Mass in St. Peter's Square,followed by the papal blessing...
DUBLIN (AP) -- A mass grave containing the remains of babies and young children has been discovered at a former Catholic orphanage in Ireland, government-appointed investigators announced Friday in a finding that offered the first conclusive proof following a historian's efforts to trace the fates of nearly 800 children who perished there....
PHOENIX (AP) -- Two years ago, Steve Ronnebeck's son was gunned down at work in a Phoenix-area convenience store over a pack of cigarettes. The man accused of pulling the trigger was an immigrant who was in the country illegally and had been released by federal authorities....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- In Washington, it's the art of the parse....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- President Donald Trump will be visiting a private, religious school in Florida on Friday, signaling that his education agenda will focus on school choice....
MOSUL, Iraq (AP) -- Thousands of civilians fled Mosul overnight as Iraqi forces advanced north of a sprawling military base near the city's airport on Friday....
NEW YORK (AP) -- A jilted ex-boyfriend is behind at least eight of the scores of threats made against Jewish Community Centers nationwide, plus a bomb threat to New York's Anti-Defamation League, in an effort to harass and vilify his former girlfriend, federal officials said Friday....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Attorney General Jeff Sessions may not have been clear about his contacts with Russian officials during the 2016 election, but this much is evident: The controversy over any Kremlin involvement in American politics is not going to fade away anytime soon....
WASHINGTON (AP) -- The Capitol is suddenly awash with troublemakers and rebels - and that's just the Republicans....
(Vatican Radio) True fasting is helping your neighbour; while false fasting mixes religiosity with dirty deals and the bribes of vanity. That was the message of Pope Francis at the morning Mass at the Casa Santa Marta on Friday.The readings of the day speak about fasting; that is, the Pope explained, “about the penance that we are called to do in this time of Lent,” in order to draw closer to the Lord. God delights in the “contrite heart,” the Psalm says, “the heart of one who feels himself a sinner, who knows he is a sinner.” In the first Reading, taken from the Book of the Prophet Isaiah, God rebukes the false religiosity of the hypocrites who fast, while at the same time carrying out their own pursuits, oppressing their workers, “striking with wicked claw”: on the one hand, doing penance, while on the other being unjust, making “dirty deals.” The Lord calls us, instead, to a true fast, where we are attentive to our nei...
