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By ( articles ) | Mar 11, 2004

The poignancy of a detail.

The bodies of the dead, some with their cellphones ringing unanswered as frantic relatives tried to contact them, were carried away by rescue workers.

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Tue17 June
Ordinary Time

Tuesday of the Eleventh Week in Ordinary Time

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Today St. Albert Chmielowski (1845-1916) is commemorated in Poland. He was born in Igolomia near Kraków as the eldest of four children in a wealthy family, he was christened Adam. During the 1864 revolt against Czar Alexander III, Adam’s wounds forced the amputation of his left leg. His great talent for…

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