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Catholic World News

Stone altar crushes man in Austrian parish

September 11, 2009

An Austrian man who prayed for deliverance when he was trapped in an elevator, and then went to a Viennese parish to thank God after his prayer was answered, was crushed to death when a stone altar fell on him. “He seems to have embraced a stone pillar on which the stone altar was perched and it fell on him, killing him instantly,” said a police spokesman.

 

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Fri2 May
Easter

Memorial of St. Athanasius, Bishop and Doctor of the Church

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Today the Church celebrates the Memorial of St. Athanasius (295-373), Bishop of Alexandria and a great defender of the orthodox faith, throughout his life opposed the Arian heresy. By denying the Godhead of the Word the Arians turned Christ into a mere man, only higher in grace than others in the eyes of…

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